Over the next week, I am going to be analysing some magazine front covers; to get ideas for my own. I will be looking at 3 Kerrang's, 1 Rock Sound and 1 Classic Rock. I am looking at a range of magazines in the same genre to get inspiration for my own. Today I analysed my first Kerrang which was a special edition 'New Music' issue. This issue included a large variety of band members as the main picture and an extremely large headline (almost as big as the title of the magazine).The front most band member; Austin Carlile from Of Mice and Men is one of the most famous faces from the rock genre is positioned in front of the other people on the cover because of his larger constituency. I personally like this cover because even though it has a large amount of people on it, the text is quite sparse as not to seem too over the top.The cluttered look makes the text stand out, instead of the people which is quite subversive. The use of all the band members looking into the camera appearing to be staring at the reader is affective as it draws the reader in as they feel like its personal to them.
The conventions I would consider using from this cover would be the idea of a large bold headlines because I think it focuses on the article rather than just the image of the band.
I also like the idea of having a consistent colour scheme, as there is so much going on on the page, the consistency of the reds, yellows, whites and blacks make the cover seem a lot more organised. The conventions I wouldn't use from this cover would be the use of multiple band members. While this is an effective technique to include a large audience, it would be hard for me not only to find multiple models, but also to create the perfect balance between organised and cluttered which this cover illustrates. Apart from that I think this is a good style model to use for my own magazine.
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