Front Cover - Research Continued.

I also researched a copy of the magazine Kerrang!. This has much less text on than the NME magazine, however it still gives you a lot of information about what will be in the magazine via images, these are much easier to see from a glance than text would be, so the audience can quickly see whats inside it, in order to decide whether they want to buy it or not. The mast head is right at the top of the magazine, using the whole width of it, this is very easy to see, and would be easy to spot on a shelf, however, NME's would be a lot easier to see as it fits in the top left-hand corner. 'Kerrang' is in black, bold font, which contrasts with the white background that it is on, so it is clearly visable, the people in the main image are also wearing black and white which fit in with this theme, it suggests there good people, with perhaps a more darker side to them, maybe in the music that they play. Biffy Clyro is well known, so by putting him on the front of the magazine this attracts in the audience, also how the photgraph has been taken makes it look like he is looking out directly to whoever is holding the magazine, however the images at the bottom of different bands help to attract a more wider variety of audience. The main image also covers some of the mast head, however as Kerrang! is a well known magazine, this wouldn't effect it. This magazine advertises that if you buy this magazine then you get free posters as well, this is another technique of getting the audience to buy it, as if anything free is involved, they believe they are getting more for their money. The banner at the top of the magazine advertises a compertiton that may get the audience to buy it, the banner is in red, which stands out from the black and white theme that this issue of the magazine is using, all of the 'plus' parts of the magazine is also in red, so they are easy to identify, and the audience can see where to look to see whwat other things are in this magazine.