RESEARCH:

Band’s/Musicians- Paramore, Dita Von Teese, unveil,

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Genre- Rock, Goth, metal, punk, thrash, classic indie, unsigned bands

The dark clothes represent that they tend not to wear colour, that they are emotionally distressed of even a Goth. When I look at the title it looks like it has been cut up with a pair of scissors and ripped this suggests that that like to destroy thing’s. The colours used are very bright compared to the pictures this is to make the writing stand out. The pictures are all in a similar styles and are all close-up’s of there faces. The photos have little colour with loads of black make-up. The main photo is a person who looks very confused and distressed. The font is as though it is screaming KERRANG! To your face. The picture also give us the impression that they don’t care what they look like as MAKE-UP is seterotypilcy a female fashion item. The setting of the photo in the left hand corner is set in a Setting in which these “Type” of people Meaning, Goths Emos Ect. “Hang Out” . The fact that the image of Gerard way can me overlapping the title suggests this is a well known magazine and the title is recognisable either way. Gender has been represented quite well on this cover the page is male dominated but with pink writing suggesting its for a more female audience “bedroom wall” poster effect. Also, with the “and more…” written just above the man pelvis area grabs with reader in with sexual innuendo suggesting you buy this mag you will see more?! The fact that the used of “white space” has been filled procreative and colourfully this shows it’s a busy magazine and will keep the readers engaged at all times…

Font faces:

All fonts on this magazine are bold and colourful. They attach the audience’s eye with “stylish” and “modern” fonts. The use of Pinks and Purples aim the magazine at a female audience. The more serious articles are put in serious colours and sections off with “grown up” font faces.

Photography:

Images used are mainly of topless men from boy bands, for girls to “drool over”. There typical images for a “Girly” magazine as they are posed, and airbrushed. All photographs are also, staged making the magazine more professional. Clipart has been used to break to page down a bit. To make the magazine less serious.

Layout:

The magazine front cover is quite cluttered suggesting it is jampaced with information, attracting the audience even more as they will be getting more for their money. On the front page a large image of a boy band. If the magazine was not well known or they had a large readership they would not be able to do this as a magazine as the audience would not know the title. This shows that their magazine is well known & popular. Also, the magazine follows the regular conventions of a magazine with the title at the top of the page and the bar code at the bottom right hand side. The little snippets of information are sectioned of in importance for the more important topics the information is sectioned off clearly and more formally, were as the “gossip” articles are more comical and layed back with the text and images placed alongside.

Cost:

The cost of the magazine is £2.20. The reason the price of the magazine is relatively low is because of their target audience.

When looking at the title it is called now because it is full of the latest gossip and celeb action, it make the magazine look modern and new. Also, with it only being one word it make the magazine more memorable. It is in a simple font making the magazine look easier to read. Suggesting also, it’s for an older reader with no fancy writing just "what you see is what you get approach. The front page is also; quite cluttered suggesting there is a lot of information/gossip packed inside making it look more interesting. They have genially put the most famous celebs on the front cover, also but putting a “world exclusive” sticker in the right hand corner they have made the magazine more limited. Almost 90% of the images used on the front cover have the celeb caught “surprised” or “unaware” suggesting the gossip is more revealing. Most of the women on the page are also, mothers of middle aged to early 30’s suggesting this magazines target audience is more a middle aged female population. The cover genially fits well into the “gossip” magazine genre. The number of articles in this magazine make the audience feel as though they are up to date with a wide range of issues. The front cover has a use of a wide range of colourful images and text witch automatically attracts the audience’s eyes. The images are usually of a high quality and look very professional but, also “sneaky”. With this magazine being a professional magazine it makes the reader feel safe with the knowledge that the news and information is always up to date. They gather a lot of readers by appealing to their sub-cultural identity, making their product looking professional and official by including general information about a number of topics not just one.

Overall the front of the magazine looks cheep, suggesting it is possibly aimed at the working/lower class. Even though the magazine looks professional it looks as if the information has been stuff and cluttered onto the page to give it more of a chance to be brought.

Most of the advertisements in the magazine are aimed at middle aged working class women. Raging through cosmetics, hair products, cleaning products and groceries. Not only the is an advert to every two pages in the magazine. Overall there is 25 adverts in the magazine all by different manufactures, suggesting it is also a cheaper magazine because it needs a lot of sponsors but, could also been seen to being aiming at the working class suggesting a advertising the deals and offers about.