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Case studys of RockSound and Kerrang!
1.
2. •A monthly magazine
focusing on different
types of rock music
•Probably targeting
Teenagers about 16 to
20 year olds who enjoy
that type of music.
•It is published
Freeway Press Inc.
•It costs £3.99
•The editor is Ben
Patashnik
•First published in 1999
3. Skyline – attract to the readers
to special features
Simple Colours of
white, blue, black and yellow Anchorage text is used to
makes it very clear - these give information about
colours are muted slightly the main article relating
making the image of the band to the main image on the
very clear to see front cover
Yellow has been used for the
free CD Puff to make it stand Cover Image - a 5 piece
out as there is not much yellow puck rock band, picture
in that section of the page – the is a high angle long shot .
free CD is relevant to the Everyone it looking up
magazine as it would have and has direct mode of
music on it and it is a music address
magazine
The layout of the cover
The colour switch between lines are in thirds with
yellow and white for each band lots in the top and bottom
with the main band name third and only the text
“PARAMORE” in white out lined about the image in the
in colours chosen from the middle third
image
4. Logo in top corner with issue
Black/white/ red number and date
colour scheme very incorporated in the logo
simple
Letter from the editor in a
Clear gaps speech bubble coloured in
between each red to make it stand out.
image that had
different categories In each category had a
making them easy description of then articles
to see which is on the pages with the band
which names in bold
Largest links to the Page numbers are defined
Features with the by how long the category's
others being of last with most of the being
around the same listed like 6-28
size.
3 columns for features
One photo in the writers at bottom
bottom that
doesn't’t have a Large page numbers in
square edge photos link help to find when
brakes up the tiled there is interested
affect
Category titles
coloured red so
they stand out.
5. Large attention- Quirky pose – musicians Colour scheme of Very small font – maybe
grabbing portrait jumping at the same time and white so that is 8pt so that they can get
photo takes Both showing there personality in stands out against a lot of information in a
pages how they are posed the image small space
Bright Information about
lighting who took the photo
making in the top corner on
them look the right
youthful
Text laid out in 2
Large title in columns
a font the
band might Text wraps around
have used the photos with a
before as pull quote in the top
the title is corner of the page
the name of with black writing
the band. and a white
background making
Large drop it stand out
capital to
start article A sub heading
below the tile
Stand first paragraph introduces
the article. This can be found
above the title in bold to make it
stand out
6. Influence on my magazine
I will imitate some of the features of RockSound
in my magazine
• A full band shot on the double pages that
covers both pages
• A bold colour scheme that stays constant
• 4+ photographs on the contents page
7.
8. •A weekly magazine
focusing on different
types of rock music
•Probably targeting
Teenagers about 16 to
20 year olds who enjoy
that type of music.
•It is published bauer.
•It costs £2.20
•The editor is James
McMahon
•First published on 6
June 1981
9. Skyline – attract to the readers Anchorage text is used to
to special features give information about
the main article relating
Simple Colours of black and to the main image on the
white with yellow green and red front cover
as accent colours brings out the
different features
Cover Image - a 5 piece
red has been used for the free puck rock band, with
poser special Puff to make it direct mode of address
stand out as there is not much and each person is in a
red in that section of the page – different pose which
the posers are of different shows there personality
bands that might feature in the
magazine so it is helping to
highlight and advertise the
bands
Most of the writing is in white
with key words like Free and the
writing above and below the
main article in colours
10. The issue number and date
Black/white/ yellow are below the title
colour scheme very
simple Letter from the editor is next
to the image of the front
Clear gaps cover making it clear what it
between each is talking about
image that had
different categories The page numbers are next
making them easy to each tile of the different
to see which is pages
which
It has a 3 column layout
Largest links to the
Features with the Large page numbers in
others being photos link help to find when
smaller there is interested
The image of the
front cover is at a
canted angle
making it stand out
Category titles
coloured yellow
with a black back
ground so they
stand out.
11. Large attention- They are in an order Colour scheme of white Very small font – maybe
grabbing portrait which might signify yellow and green stands 8pt so that they can get
photo takes Both their importance in the out against the black and a lot of information in a
pages band white parts of the image small space
The way Information about
only one who took the photo
person from in the top corner on
the band is the right
in colour
makes it so Text laid out in 1
they the columns
reader
know There is a by line
whose the below the stand first
lead singer paragraph
Large title in
a font the
band might
have used
before as
the title is
the name of
the band.
Stand first paragraph introduces
the article. This can be found
above the article in a different
colour so that it stand out
12. Influence on my magazine
I will imitate some of the features of KERRANG!
in my magazine
• I will keep my colour simple keeping it to 2-3
main colours
• 4+ photographs on the contents page
• The text will wrap around a part of the double
page