Evaluation of KERRANG front cover

Analyzing Kerrang front cover

At first impression the Kerrang looks like a normal conventional Rock magazine. This is due the colour, design, images,

Colour:

The colours used on the magazine are very dark, this is showing anger due to the dark colours, there is also red on the magazine symbolising danger or blood, red is a very effect colour to use on a rock magazine because it shows that rock people are danger or fearless, the red can also mean anger. Dark colours are always associated with rock magazines, this is because it would stand out on the shelves form all the brightly coloured magazines.

Design:

The design of the magazine is rock associated, you can see this form the main title the main title has lines and a splodges on the letters. This is showing anger and aggression on the magazine, there is also 6 males on the magazine looking pale and freaky looking. There are also many different images and sub-headings added in on the front cover, its over loaded.

Images:

On the front cover there is six males all belong to the same band (Rammstein), they all looking very pale and freaky looking making the genre stand out more. This is showing that it wont be targeted at anybody liking pop or R n B, it would be aimed at people how like Rock. There is also an images of Laid Bare form my chemical romance, for an unknown reason because there is no main sub-heading for it, this would make the read want to look in side and see what it is about, there is also a a random public person shouting/screaming, with the sub-heading "the Kerrang tour kicks off" so he must be a person that went to a Kerrang tour concert. There are 2 pictures of blink 182 and green day that are posters within the magazine.

Pose, Style hair, and make-up:

The poses, style hair and make-up are very rock associated, You can tell from this because of the wired looks of the six males on the front cover. The pose, style hair and make-up on male 1 (form left to right) looks very freaky angry looking with a very odd style hair cut, he also has eye-liner on his eyes. Male 2 looks very freaky looking with black lipstick on his lips, he also looks very pale. Male 3 has a very odd freaky look about him, he has a very long haired style that looks wet showing that he has been singing/playing drum and so forth. Male 4 is quite far back in the picture with very dark eyes and with eye-liner on, he has a lot of facial hair. Male 5 also has a odd look, he has long hair, like most Rock star, he also has eye-liner on.

How are word used on the cover:

On the Kerrang magazine there are many different words on the front cover they are all in upper case as well showing aggressiveness which is very rock associated , the words very Rock style and very aggressive, i.e. in on of some phrases on the magazine there is the word DANGEROUS, AFRAID and KICKS OFF. All these words are showing that the magazine wont be for the pop music genera, and that it will be for the Rock music genera.

Language:

The language used on the Kerrang magazine is rock associated, this will grab the attention of the buy because if they see several words they know that are associated with rock they will mostly likely buy that magazine.

Overall impression-how effective is the front cover:

Overall the frontcover is very affective, this is because every thing rock associated is on the magazine, i.e. the colour, design, and the poses, hair style and make-up. This is very affective because people that enjoy rock will buy Kerrang because they know they can will get what they are looking for.