My created magazine was based on
the very prestigious rock genre magazine Kerrang magazine. The reason I chose
to use Kerrang magazine as my main inspiration is because of how many people
across the world read the well-known magazine. My magazine matches the
conventions of Kerrang magazine as the title is shown at the top of the page
and is long in vertical length and is stretched across the width of the page. I
have also included a sub heading above the top of mast head of the magazine
which Kerrang also do in their magazines. My magazine fits the conventions of
Kerrang magazine as the colour schemes used are very similar as in some of the
issues that Kerrang have published feature the same colour scheme as I have
chosen in my created magazine. My colour scheme is Red, Black and White and all
three colours work well together and easily fit the rock genre I was going for.
The main picture I decided to use also fits the convention of Kerrang magazine
which is the main image stretched across the whole front of the magazine and
the picture is from waist upwards. The text shown in the middle of the magazine also fits the
convention of the Kerrang magazine as the text is on a slant and looks like the
text shown on the front of the Kerrang magazine. The banner at the bottom of
the magazine is the same as the banner at the bottom of the Kerrang magazine
both showing other bands featured in the magazine.
Layout:
The layout of the whole front cover matches the layout
of Kerrang magazine as that was my main inspiration and also the contents page
which I designed matches up with the contents page that Kerrang magazine use
for their magazine. The layout is consistant throughout the whole magazine and.
The well constructed layout allows people to know that the magazine is of a
rock genre.
Design & Text:
the fonts and text I have chosen to use in my produced
magazine really show that the magazine is of a rock genre and it easily shows
that the magazine is all about rock bands. This is because the text shown is
black and very bold the masthead for example has the same length and width as
the masthead in Kerrang magazine. The fonts used all over my magazine are
easily matchable to those of Kerrang magazine as they are simple to read. By
keeping the same fonts and colours throughout my magazine the whole thing came
together perfectly and allowed my magazine pieces to look like they are from an
actual magazine.
Clothes & Style:
When modelling the person I used for the front cover of
my magazine I made sure that the makeup and clothing was correct because the
conventions of the main image on Kerrang magazines is that the person in the
main image is wearing rock clothing and you can tell from what they’re wearing
what type of genre music they are all about. By making sure my model used the
correct clothing and makeup for a rock genre magazine I allowed my front cover
to look like a profession rock magazine front cover.
How my band/artist represents my chosen genre:
My chosen band represent my chosen genre really well as
both girls I chose to model in my magazine know a lot about the rock genre of
music and have been to festifals such as download festival which shows rock
music. I had to do some editing with the band but all together when modeling
the girls the makeup and the clothing worked really well representing the rock
genre of music perfectly.
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