Section B

4. Who would be the audience for your media product? FINAL

The people who are the audience of my magazine would do a lot of shopping at HMV, because they are mainly music fanatics and HMV is the biggest place known for music, they are also likely to shop at smaller, more independent music shops, as HMV is very mainstream, whereas my magazine promotes a lot of smaller bands who are less well known, and may not be sold at HMV, and more likely to be sold at independent shops, such as Rockaboom. My magazine is a rock/metal magazine much like Kerrang magazine, so the readers are likely to listen to well known rock bands such as Foo Fighters, Green Day, Slipknot and Nirvana, however the magazine is aimed a lot towards small bands, so the readers will listen probably to a lot of independent, unknown, underground new bands, such as Hawk Eyes and Dangerous! The readers music is not likely to be limited to only new bands, but more than likely they will listen to a lot of new music, is that is probably the magazines main appeal. On television the readers of my magazine are likely to watch music television stations such as Kerrang! Tv and Scuzz Tv, as it is aimed towards people who are big music fans, rather than casual listeners, meaning they will listen to music whenever they get the chance, including on tv. When they want a break from music, the television they watch probably would consist of comedy programmes such as ‘Mock The Week’ and it is unlikely that they would watch any reality tv shows such as the x factor or any gossipy television, as rock music is part of there life, it is a more rebellious genre than pop music as it pushes more boundaries, so the readers are probably looking for some outrageous, boundary pushing comedy to laugh at rather than chatty, gossipy tv programmes.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? FINAL

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? FINAL

My magazine photo is of the singer of a band who I once saw, and took pictures when I saw them. I thought that he was a fitting model for my magazine because the way the genre of the magazine links in with the look of my model. Often the rock music world is associated with youths who dress slightly different to normal people who dont listen to heavy or rock music. One way that my model represents the group of people the magazine is aimed for is with his clear on show Tattoo's. If you looked at a picture of this man normally, you would probably be able to tell that he listens to rock music just from his tattoo's or by the clothe's he wears. This could also draw people in because of his fashion, even if they don't know the band, because they think he looks cool. He also wears a vest, which is often associated with rock n' rollers, and skinny jeans, and this shows that he dresses very young despite being about 25 years old, showing that he is a good man to represent the magazine as he fits in with the genre and with the people who may be likely to read it. The image here next to the image next to the photo I used for my cover is a photo of a more well known rock star to my cover star. He is the Singer of Metal band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, Matt Tuck. Within my target audience, I think a lot of the people will be fans of Bullet For My Valentine because they are a well known rock band and I am aiming towards an audience who have open minds so like all kinds of music. Therefore I wanted a person who represented this audience, someone who looked like Matt Tuck, but I had no photo's taken of him, So I feel my model is fairly similar, as they are both wearing vests, skinny jeans, and have arm tattoo's. Also Matt Tuck is wearing ripped jeans, as is the person in the background of my cover photo. Although this is not used on my cover it goes to show the scene that these people all fit together in.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines) FINAL

As my magazine is a rock music magazine, I felt that I should use some of the design on my front cover as other rock magazines as the front cover is where you need to attract people so it is important to have a good looking front cover. I chouse the most successful and well known magazine music, Kerrang!, for my inspiration on the front cover. Kerrang! uses black, red, white and yellow as its main colour pallete, in my magazine I used the same colour pallette, apart from the colour yellow as I didnt think there was enough on my cover to spread between 4 colours to a good effect. Another way which I was inspired by Kerrang! magazine was with the usage of sub titles and then a small description of article down the left hand side on the page, above the title. This gives the reader a good idea of what is in the magazine without revealing too much. The main cover line of this magazine is also similarly represented too mine, a qoute is givin underneath a slanted title. This quote gives the reader an idea of the attitude of the artist or the content of the interview/article. There is also a banner at the bottom of this magazine, as their is similarly in mine, this gives readers who aren't already attracted by the content of the magazine further information and more advertisement. Fans of the bands listed in this banner may now opt to buy the magazine. As well as this for my double page spread I also took Kerrang as my inspiration. Again I used the same colour pallette of red white and black that is often used throughout Kerrang! magazine. I also used small caption boxes that I saw on Kerrang! as these help explain the picture and can give a comical edge to the magazine and entertain the reader. I also had the main writing of the article on one page, and a photo of the model taking up the whole of the other page, this is a formula often used in Kerrang! also. With the contents page I took NME magazine as inspiration because I didn't want my magazine to seem just like a clone of Kerrang! I wanted to aim it at a group of people who are interested a lot in new music and trying new things, and NME is a lot about advertising new bands, so I took them as inspiration too. For example my contents page is similar to NME contents pages I have studied by the fact that the page numbers and listings are down the right hand side of the page, with titles seperating articles into sections to make it easier to find what you want, as well as page numbers being highlighted in red so they stand out against the white writing. Also the red white and black colour scheme is used in NME too, showing it is a successful and clever scheme to use, as the big magazines use it, so I decided it would be wise to use it as well.

 

7. Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product? final

Things I think are a weakness of my prelim task are the fact that the front cover and the contents page do not look like they come from the same magazine, using different fonts, and colour schemes, therefore on my final music magazine I learnt to do certain things that would make sure they looked similar to each other. For example I had a photo of my cover model as the photo in my contents page, as well as the double page spread. More importantly thought fonts used on the front page are used in the contents and double page spread, but avoid using the main masthead font, as this should be reserved for the recognition of the magazine. As well as this there is a consistent colour scheme of red white and black throughout the my front cover contents and double page spread, with all the backgrounds being black with mainly white font and the occasional red. Also in the prelim task photos on my contents page were not very well proportioned to the space they were given and are therefore slightly stretched out, so in my final task, the photos have not been stretched at all and the proportion has been thought about carefully. On my prelim front cover, the models shirt is very colourful and takes away a lot of the attention from other areas of the magazine so I avoided this in my final task, with the colours on his shirt either being hidden or very small, and in one picture his shirt is not bright at all. Also I learnt how to make the feel of my magazine feel more like an actual magazine, for example adding features such as banners to add extra advertisement to the cover, subscription information, page numbers and caption boxes, things I may not have considered when making my school magazine.

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? FINAL

From the designing of my magazine I have learned various things about technologies that can help you to make a magazine. A website I have used largely to help me, is www.dafont.com which has various different fonts, which are often more bold and outstanding than the ones that you are limited to use on photoshop. These can be print screened onto photo shopped and cropped, and put onto their own layer so you can experiment them on your magazine cover. I learnt a lot about using photoshop, I had previously used it at gcse to make a collage which involved cutting out using the magic wand and lasso tools to cut out pictures and add on top of a background layer so this gave me a headstart as this is what a lot of making the magazine depends on. A new thing I learnt on photoshop in the magazine making process was how to use a grid view, so I could make sure everything was lined up straightly and everything was pristine. I also used the features in different ways, for example I learnt how to use the box making tool, the text tool, and the fill tool, to make a caption box, and also banners, something I hadn’t previously made. Also in the planning and research stage I learnt how to use animoto, which I discovered was a brilliant and professional looking way to cast out ideas, and more effective than a powerpoint and talking throught your ideas.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?FINAL

My magazine is aimed towards mainly the Young Alts. They are youngsters who are looking for something different and something that not everybody else listens too. Despite this they are open minded and do not dismiss the music tastes of others. Too attract these sort of audiences on the front cover, I have gone for a magazine which offers something different to other magazines, and focuses almost entirely on underground bands. Therefore it is really offering something different and gives them the chance to discover their new favourite band, and feel individual about it, this is the unique selling point of my magazine. As well as this, I included rock bands that are more well known, but appeal to the Young Alts, as they are not too poppy or chart music. I included these in the double page spread interview with bands such as, Green Day, Nirvana, Blink 182, and Weezer being mentioned. This appeals to the main audience of Young Alts as this is the type of music they are likely to listen to, and when they see that the artists they like are included in the magazine, as well as the uniqueness of the small bands that the magazine is centred around.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product? DRAFT

The people who are the audience of my magazine would do a lot of shopping at HMV, because they are mainly music fanatics and HMV is the biggest place known for music, they are also likely to shop at smaller, more independent music shops, as HMV is very mainstream, whereas my magazine promotes a lot of smaller bands who are less well known, and may not be sold at HMV, and more likely to be sold at independent shops, such as Rockaboom. My magazine is a rock/metal magazine much like Kerrang magazine, so the readers are likely to listen to well known rock bands such as Foo Fighters, Green Day, Slipknot and Nirvana, however the magazine is aimed a lot towards small bands, so the readers will listen probably to a lot of independent, unknown, underground new bands, such as Hawk Eyes and Dangerous! The readers music is not likely to be limited to only new bands, but more than likely they will listen to a lot of new music, is that is probably the magazines main appeal. On television the readers of my magazine are likely to watch music television stations such as Kerrang! Tv and Scuzz Tv, as it is aimed towards people who are big music fans, rather than casual listeners, meaning they will listen to music whenever they get the chance, including on tv. When they want a break from music, the television they watch probably would consist of comedy programmes such as ‘Mock The Week’ and it is unlikely that they would watch any reality tv shows such as the x factor or any gossipy television, as rock music is part of there life, it is a more rebellious genre than pop music as it pushes more boundaries, so the readers are probably looking for some outrageous, boundary pushing comedy to laugh at rather than chatty, gossipy tv programmes.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? DRAFT

Bauer media group distributes Kerrang! Magazine, which is the main influence of my magazine Turborock. The audience of the magazine Kerrang is 15-35 year olds, male. This is similar to my target audience. They also distribute Q magazine, which is fairly similar just with a slightly different genre of music. Therefore these are likely to look at my magazine as clearly they specialise in selling this type of male orientated, music magazine. Both of these magazines despite being mainly aimed towards a male audience, also have a fairly high female readership. This is perfect for my magazine, as I don’t want it to be limited to just males, but, especially when it comes to less well known, smaller music, males are who I believe to be the slightly bigger audience, but music is a multi-gendered thing.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? DRAFT

My magazine photo is of the singer of a band who I once saw, and took pictures when I saw them. I thought that he was a fitting model for my magazine because the way the genre of the magazine links in with the look of my model. Often the rock music world is associated with youths who dress slightly different to normal people who dont listen to heavy or rock music. One way that my model represents the group of people the magazine is aimed for is with his clear on show Tattoo's. If you looked at a picture of this man normally, you would probably be able to tell that he listens to rock music just from his tattoo's or by the clothe's he wears. This could also draw people in because of his fashion, even if they don't know the band, because they think he looks cool. He also wears a vest, which is often associated with rock n' rollers, and skinny jeans, and this shows that he dresses very young despite being about 25 years old, showing that he is a good man to represent the magazine as he fits in with the genre and with the people who may be likely to read it.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of music magazines) DRAFT

As my magazine is a rock music magazine, I felt that I should use some of the design ideas of other rock magazines, and mainly the most successful and well known magazine, kerrang. This magazine uses black, red, white and yellow as its main colour pallete, in my magazine I used the same colour pallette, apart from the colour yellow as I didnt think there was enough on my cover to spread between 4 colours to a good effect. Another way which I was inspired by Kerrang! magazine was with the usage of sub titles and then a small description of article down the left hand side on the page, above the title. This gives the reader a good idea of what is in the magazine without revealing too much. The main cover line of this magazine is also similarly represented too mine, a qoute is givin underneath a slanted title. This quote gives the reader an idea of the attitude of the artist or the content of the interview/article. There is also a banner at the bottom of this magazine, as their is similarly in mine, this gives readers who aren't already attracted by the content of the magazine further information and more advertisement. Fans of the bands listed in this banner may now opt to buy the magazine.

Final Design For My Magazine

DRAFT FEEDBACK

Draft Music Magazine FEEDBACK

MAGAZINE DRAFTS

This is the article I will be writing in my double page spread

Brogan Finnigan, bassist of self dubbed experimental grunge band KIDS ON THE RUN takes time away from his mission of world domination to give us the lowdown on the formation, influences, shenanigans and future of the band.

“I like to think of our music as something you can dance too.”

TR: To start off, which band or artist has influenced you the most?

BF: Without a doubt it would be Nirvana. They have written some of the greatest songs ever which only have about 2 different guitar parts that have really stood the test of time, so that’s really fantastic. From the start I have wanted this band to be the new Nirvana, with a bit of a different edge. There doesn’t seem to be any raw music nowadays, and I can’t tell whether it’s the band or the producers who have the real talent.

TR: So, you don’t like big studio works or complex bands?

BF: That’s definitely not the case. Take Muse for example, the production of their album and their complex guitar and piano solo’s are absolutely stunning. But some bands just take the piss. Angels and Airwaves for example, they’ve taken what could be excellent pop punk songs from Blink-182 and added some feedback or some other stupid effect that I’ve never even heard of. That doesn’t make it good? They are just pretentious and Blink-182 are ten times the band that they have ever been.

TR: Obviously a lot of hate for AVA then, any other bands you can’t stand?

BF: Not really. I don’t dislike many bands, I’m in a band for fun and to write songs for my own preference and I recognise that from other bands so I don’t tend to hate on a band because of the style of music they make. I can’t stand people who hate a band because they are too mainstream or because they changed their style. I listen to more than one genre of music, in the future our music will probably have evolved quite a lot, so for anyone reading this who has a problem with that, get ready to hate me.

TR: True point. You mention your future, what does that hold for you?

BF: Well hopefully we can get out of practising in a garage. All of us are learning to drive too so hopefully we can buy a van or something and tour. So far we’ve only played like 15 shows and they’ve all been in the midlands but I’m looking to break out of there. Leicester’s scene is all deathcore and full of people who take themselves seriously, Liam doesn’t even know how to tune his snare, and I still have to look at tabs on the internet to learn songs so we don’t really fit in. I just want to tour the hell out of this country and take over the underground. That’d be nice, and we’ll have an EP out soon. Recorded on garage band.

TR: We look forward to it. What are the main concepts and feelings coming from the album?

BF: Well the lyrics are positive, what we really stand for is moving forward and not dwelling on the past, so that’s the theme of all our songs really, and it is mainly influenced by like, industrial metal, the more punky side. But not fully punk, some of the songs aren’t that fast, and we want really melodic choruses, like Weezer, and then we have breakdowns that we like to make as fast and grungey as possible, things you can rock too. Something I think about when writing is, how would this sound at a party? Could I sing along if I was drunk? Questions like that. I like to think of our music as something you can dance too.

TR: We’ve spoke about Nirvana but what albums have helped shaped the way you play music?

BF: Dookie by Green Day is definitely an influence, as well as The Blue Album by Weezer, the way that these are so raw but every song on both album captures the emotions of the listener so well is brilliant. Enema of the state by Blink is another, they are so relatable and fun to listen to. On the heavier side there’s probably Slipknot’s debut album because it shaped the way for so many of our other influences. 

TR: Have you made friends with any bands who you tip for success?

BF: Well No More Adventures went to school with us, they are pretty awesome and hopefully we will be touring together soon. We are two very different bands but so I think that’s great because it means we can both learn from one another, and we also have a side project which consists of all the members of both bands. Their guitarist is a great producer too and he records all our songs. Check them out.

TR:  What do you want people to take away from your shows?

BF:  Well if you like to go mental at gigs then that’s fine with us and if you want to stand and watch with a pint or whatever then that’s fine too, we just want everybody to have fun, Saying that at our size we haven’t really got much stage work, so in the future I hope we can get some more crazy lights and stuff, bands like Muse and Rammstein who put on over the top shows are really cool and I’d love to be like that.

TR: What made you want to start this band?

BF: The day I saw Green Day when I was 15, was the day I decided I wanted to be in a band. It was the best day of my life and it just made me realise how much everything else sucks apart from this. The next day I asked Liam and George and they said they’d be delighted too.

TR: Finally, why should people listen to you?

BF: Because we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we are all about having fun before you die. Cheers

Mock Front Cover

There is a banner at the top of the magazine as this is what the most well known rock magazine Kerrang! have and therefore it is a succesful formula, it also gives extra information about bands that are included in the magazine for those who aren't as bothered for who is on the front cover. The font used for the title is sharp looking and unusual as this is what the magazine stands for, it is not neccaserily covering easy listening music so the font is not smooth and standard to represent this. The background is black and the main font colours are white and this gives the magazine more of a dark and rocky feel. The cover artist is wearing brightly coloured hats and clothes to go with the eccentric style of what is associated with young rock and rollers. There are also stars and boxes of information such as gig guide and introducing new bands, to give further information and advertisement for the magazine. There is a barcode in the bottom right hand corner because this is neccasery to be there to give the price and date of the magazine. The models facial expression is looking aggressive to show what the music is about, slightly heavy and angrier than indie or pop rock.

Font Ideas

All of these fonts have a sort of sharp and bold edge to them and that is why I chose these out of the rest of the possible fonts I could have as I believe these represent the style of magazine the most and will look the best on the cover with the colour scheme and the model. They are all fairly thick and I believe that makes them stand out more and goes with the fact that I want something bold. They are also not straight and neat like magazines such as Q and Nme because the magazine is supposed to be slightly more eccentric than them sort of magazines.

Test Shot for front cover.

This is a mid shot of Jack Mugglestone, the arms crossed and eyes looking dead in the camera gives them impression that this is a serious character and that the content of the interview could take a more serious side.

This photo shows Jack throwing his arms into the air with an odd look on his face, it suggests the article may be not as serious as in the previous photo as it is slightly humerous.

This is another mid shot of Jack, the look on his face and his arms thrown up in bemusement adds humour too the photo and shows the article may be slightly more funny and laid back.

This shows Jack pointing into the camera, this shows authority and inclusion of the reader and may suggest the article relates to fans or readers.

This photo shows Jack with his hands in his hair, looking like he is pulling it out, this shows that the article might be slightly more off the rails and silly, as he has an aggresive pose.

This is a mid shot of Lawrence Stephenson looking dead into the camera with a grim look on his face, this shows that he is a serious man and the article could be serious, it is also fairly intimidating showing he may not be a friendly interviewee

Cover Artists Profile

Name of Artist is 'Kids On The Run' because this is the models bands name. The name could also represent anarchy and rebellion also which goes in with the rock and roll genre of the magazine. A song that represents the band is Breed by Nirvana, it is fast, sloppy, punky and simple. The model will be Brogan Finnigan, who will be wearing a red green and yellow saggy beanie hat to show the colourfulness and strangeness the magazine is trying to show off. He will also be wearing a vest to add to the rock n' roll look as well as red skinny jeans to top the look off. The record label they will be signed to is Hassle Records as it is a fairly small labels for strange rock bands such as Turbowolf, The James Cleaver Quintet, and Rolo Tomassi.

Institution Publishing My Magazine

Bauer Media Group published Q magazine, but more ideally, Kerrang! magazine, and therefore this is the ideal choice of publisher for my magazine, as I know that they are experienced with the genre of rock music, and are successful at publishing this magazine, and therefore my magazine idea would not be far out of there comfort zone and they would be willing to do it.

My Pitch.

Audience Profile

Reynold, aged 18, lives at home with his mum, and has a part time time job. The walls on his room are plastered with posters of his favourite bands and tickets from the various gigs that he has attended. Although the majority of music he listens to is heavy and fast, he has no problem with pop music or slow soul music, and is open minded towards anybody as long as he thinks they have genuine talent.

Magazine Audience

My magazine will mainly be aimed towards males but this doesn't mean it is not open for females.
It will be aimed mainly towards 15-30 year olds as for magazines such as Kerrang! which will have a similar audience to me, the mean age is 22 and has a very young audience. The target audience goes up to 30 as my magazine focuses on a more strange genre of music and therefore the audience may have to be more experienced music listeners, and the minimum target age is about 15 as music magazines popularly have a young audience and often you grow out of loving music and buying magazines after you have grown up.

Magazine Analysis Double Page spread

Name Of Magazine

My magazine will be called TURBOROCK, this was influenced by the psychadellic rock band Turbowolf.

Style Of Magazine

My magazine will be a rock magazine intended on covering more psychadellic and strange bands, therefore there will be a different approach artisticly and a potential attempt at humour. It is aimed to try and make small bands who are different to your average band recognised as well as covering news on a few bigger bands.

Magazine Contents page analysis

Magazine Cover Analysis

Mood Board of magazine inspirations

G321: AS Foundation Portfolio

9^th January – 8^th April 2012

It is vital that blogs are kept up to date and that progress is posted regularly. Screen grabs of the creative process or other updates (evidence of students ‘creating the work’) must be included as work is being completed.

Monday 9th Jan-Friday 20th Jan

Carrying out research and planning.

To include:

·         Examples of other texts

·         Analysis of magazine covers, contents pages and double page spreads

·         Analysis of colour palettes, fonts, language register

·         Decide on style of music magazine based on research carried out

·         Audience research (e.g. questionnaire)

·         Decide on title of magazine

·         Mood boards

·         Audience profile

·         Analysis of institution that would publish your magazine

·         Preparation of a 25 word pitch

Teachers to regularly check and leave comments on blogs as part of rough draft marking of R&P.

Teachers to introduce evaluation questions 2, 3, 4

Monday 23rd Jan-Fri 3rd Feb

·         Lessons to pitch idea to class and receive feedback

·         Evaluate class feedback

·         Test shots of work on magazine elements

·         Complete mock version of cover/ contents page/ double page spread (1 lesson)

·         Write draft article

·         Begin composing cover/contents page/ double page spread (draft version)

       

Friday 3^rd February = Research and Planning FINAL DEADLINE

Marks deducted for late submission

Students to be placed on intervention list if work not completed.

Teachers to introduce evaluation questions 1, 5

Mon 6th Feb-Fri 10th Feb

·         Finish composing cover/contents page/ double page spread (draft version)

Friday 10th Feb DRAFT DEADLINE - 3:10PM ENGLISH OFFICE

Work to be printed out and submitted to the English office. Names and Candidate number must be clearly indicated on submission.

Marks deducted for late submission

1^st draft marks and feedback to be returned to students w/b Monday 20^th February.

Half term homework Mon 13^th – Fri 17^th Feb - Begin drafting evaluation responses

·         Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

·         Q2. How does your media product represent different social groups and why?

·         Q3. What type of media institution might publish my media product and why?

·         Q4. Who would be the target audience for my media product

·         Q5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Monday 20th Feb-Fri 24th Feb

·         Conduct audience feedback for magazine

·         Peer assessment and evaluate feedback. Update blog with feedback.

·         Update blogs with 1st draft teacher feedback.

·         Make plan of action for necessary improvements

DEADLINE FOR DRAFT EVALUATION ANSWERS =Friday 24^th February – 3:10pm .  Work to be printed out and submitted to the English office. Names and Candidate number must be clearly indicated on submission.

Marks deducted for late submission

Monday 27^th Feb-Fri 9th Mar

·         Complete cover/contents page/ double page spread

·         Print out as professionally as possible (photographic paper)

·         Cut to size carefully and submit in plastic wallet with name clearly labelled

·         Post onto blog

       FINAL DEADLINE FOR COURSEWORK = Friday 9^th March – 3.10pm English Office

All work to be printed out submitted to the English office.

Marks deducted for late submission

Pieces to be marked and marks submitted to NEF Friday 27^th April.

Monday 12th Mar-Friday 30th Mar

Teachers to introduce evaluation questions 6, 7.

       Draft answers to Q6 and Q7 and submit to teachers in final lesson w/e Friday 16^th Mar

       Feedback returned first lesson w/b Monday 26^th Mar.

      

·         Q6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

·         Q7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the                  progression from it to the full product?

Deadline for ALL Evaluation questions - Friday 30^th Mar 3:10pm.  Work to be printed out and submitted to the English office. Names and Candidate number must be clearly indicated on submission.

              Marks deducted for late submission

Evaluation to be marked and marks submitted to NEF by Friday 27^th April for moderation W/B Monday 30th April.

Inspiration from other magazine covers.

I think that this cover for mad magazine is good because it uses a play on the iconic album cover for Nirvana's album Nevermind, this adds humerous effect to the image, as people will recognise the photo, usually associating the naked person as a baby, but in this photo they have been represented as a cartoonised Barrack Obama. I also like the simpleness of the magazine, and how there has not been to much crammed onto the front page. 'The 20 dumbest things people and events of 2011' title gives me an idea of what the magazine has to offer, without giving away too much information to make buying the magazine unneccasery, this makes me want to read the magazine as it seems funny and entertaining.

I like this magazine cover because it is very simple but effective. The face of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner is placed right in the middle of the page, and 'Arctic Monkeys' is displayed. This already attracts to Arctic Monkeys huge fan base. Also if you take the time to actually read the writing placed all around his head, it is lyrics for the songs from the recent album they released. 'Suck It And See.' This plays on the tagline of the issue, 'Inside Alex Turners head' as it is showing all of the things that he has wrote, and the things he thinks about, as his lyrics are known to be odd. All this is done without losing the fact that it is still 'Q' magazine and not just a magazine with Arctic Monkeys, and therefore people who go out and occasionaly buy Q are still likely to see the issue and buy it, as well as Arctic Monkeys fans who would possibly not originally buy the issue.

I like this magazine cover because the colours that have been used are very clever. The magazine is all about Punk Rock, and the colour scheme is the same as the iconic, birth of punk album by The Sex Pistols. As well as this, I like how the magazine title does not have to been fully shown, showing that the title is iconic and well known enough to the level where you don't have to read the whole of it to know that it is kerrang magazine.

Glossary

Masthead – The name and logo of the magazine.
The Lead – the introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.
Body copy - refers to the text of your written articles, which should be produced as a printed presentation to accepted industry standards, e.g. correct use of language, font size, word limits etc. Usually written in columns.
Serif font – fonts like Times New Roman, or Baskerville Old Face, which have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Sans serif font – fonts like Impact, or Agency FB, which do not have little bars (serifs) on the end of the letters.
Drop Capitals – Really big letter, which start off an article.
Cross Head – Small sub-heading used to split up a large block of text.
White Space – white parts of a page other than text or pictures.
Mode Of Address – How the magazine talks to the audience.
Sell Lines – Text on the cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience. Kerrang!’s sell line is “life is loud”.
Banners – text, which stands out because its on a coloured background.
House Style – a magazines distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Borders – the gaps at the edges of the page.
Gutters – the gaps between the columns of text.
Leading - the space between lines of text.
Kerning - the space between letters.
Strap Lines – a smaller headline, printed above the main headline.
By-lines - name of the person who wrote the article. Picture Credits - where did the photos come from, or who took them.
Anchorage – The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and visa versa.