1. Magazine Analysis
media

2. Front cover of
Kerrang!
The colour scheme of Kerrang! is
mainly black white and red but with
yellow on this issue. These are dark
colours except for the yellow . These
colours show what kind of music genre
the magazine is aiming at which is
rock. The band normally wear black
which is true in this front cover. These
sort of colours are what the audience
for the magazine like as they are
normally wear that sort of colours on
their clothes. The mastheads colour
suits the colour scheme of the
magazine.

3. Front cover of RWD
RWD magazine is a ABC certified magazine
which is the higher end of the magazine
market, it is released monthly, distributing
36,040 copies. This particular issues front
page is based on Example’s album “Blinded by
the lights”. That is why the colour scheme fits
the slogan at the bottom which says “blinded
by the lights”. The colour on this front cover is
a blue wash half blinded out by white which
represents the light, also with black and
orange. These are the only four colours on
the front of the magazine, the editors keep it
to only a couple other wise it would be
difficult to read with so many colours on the
front.

4. Front cover of Q
magazine
Q magazine is a ABC market range magazine
which is one of the most popular music
magazines. This magazine has a alternative
genre going for lots of styles like indie, pop, RnB
and lots more. The main colour scheme for this
issue is red, white, black and brown. Mainly the
red colour goes to the names of the artists and
bands but also because they are nouns, which is
probably because of the name of the magazine
is in red. The writing in black is used for
descriptive writing after or before the name of
the artists. The gold colour looks like it is for the
important things on this issue as it is used for
the banner on the top of the magazine and for
the name of Jay-Z as he is the focus of this front
cover.

5. Contents page
The contents page of Kerrang! is quite
plain with most of the pages background
in white. The mast head is Yellow and
black like those danger signs and this is
used for the headers of the subjects they
are covering in this magazine. There are
seven photos in this contents page, some
which are taken live in a gig and some in
a studio. Most of the photos have black
in which is the colour of most of the
bands shirts. The overall look of this
contents page is plain and easy to
read, the writing is not in a confusing
font making it easier to read. The
pictures dominate this contents page as
about 70 % is just picture and the rest is
writing or just white space.

6. Contents page
RWD’s contents page is dominated by
pictures as just one side of the page is just
one big picture advertising puma. The
other side of the page is half pictures and
half writing so the ratio is 75 % pictures
25% writing. The writing is brief because
there will be full pages of the subjects
brought up on the contents page. All of
the photos have been set up with a plan
as they are models in the photos. The
colour scheme of RWD’s magazine
contents page is white, black and green.
This keeps it looking neat but lacks colour
on one side. Having less colours makes it
look smart like a suit (white and black) as
there isn’t colours every where confusing
the reader where to look when they open
the magazine.

7. Contents page
Q magazines contents page has 3 main
colours, red , black and white which are very
rocky colours. The photography of this
contents page has been staged and planned to
get the photo they want. The photos in this
page take up about 60 % of the whole page.
The overall image of the page is that it all fits
together and the colours work
together, making the page stand out. This
pages font are use for the same thing, if there
is a subheading then it is in one font, if it is the
thing being described it is another font and
are the same colour which is the shade black.
There are no massive paragraphs on this page
so the writing style was to write snappy and
short but get to the point quick. It uses proper
English grammar as it is trying to describe
things and it cant do that if the writers use
slang.

8. Double page spread
This double page spread is about teen
spirit, the title stands out, it does so
through a white and red background.
Since these colours contrasts it draws
the readers attention to that point as it
overlaps the image on the left so you
want to read the article.
The text in the subheading has “Rolo
Tomassi” highlighted as this is one of
the artists name, so it is advertisement.
It also has different colours to the main
title so they contrast as well but make
it easier to read. The main sections of
writing are divided to show the
different subjects. The picture to text
ratio is 50/50 this makes it more
interesting to the readers eye and
easier to read along with the picture
which draws the reader in. The main
colours in this magazine are red white
and black which all compliment each
other but contrast as well as they are
bold colours.

9. Double page spread
This double page spread on
the black eyed peas has
roughly 70 percent took up by
the photo leaving only 30
percent for writing. This
superimposed image is
cleverly designed on a set.
The reason three of them are
superimposed is because Will
I Am is thinking of leaving and
going solo that's why he is the
only one fully in focus. He is
wearing gold and the heading
says “will he, Wont he?” in
gold which is the colour of his
suit showing a connection
between the two. The writing
style is neat with only one
main column of writing in
black font so it stands out
between the white
background. The overall look
of the double page spread is
neat .

10. Q magazines double page
Double page spread spread is 50:50 picture to
writing ratio. The big
picture draws the readers
attention along with the
massive “A” on the right
hand side of the page. This
is so you will read the
article. The main colour
themes in this are
red, white, black and blue.
These colours fit well
together as they contrast so
they stand out. The overall
look of the double page
spread is neat in two long
columns so it looks like a
easy read but there is a lot.
Because the “A” is in the
background it is like a
message to read it as it has
something to do with the
article so it would interest
the reader.