Rock Magazine Front Cover 3



The masthead of this magazine reads 'Rock Sound' in big bold white writing. The masthead is spread across the width of the magazine. This means it stands out to the audience therefore it catches their eye. The masthead could be white because it can relate to the main image as the main man in the image has white hair. However, I think they chose for the masthead to be white because the main image is a dull and darker image therefore white would stand out on this background. Some of the masthead is slightly covered by the main image which shows that the magazine is a popular rock magazine as they are confident the audience will be able to work out what the masthead says. The main image on this magazine covers all of the magazine and has writing written over it. The main image dominates the magazine which will catch the audience's eye as its so big. With the main image being so big it shows to the reader that this issue is related on the rock band 'My Chemical Romance' which automatically catches the eyes of My Chemical Romance fans. You know that the people in the main image are apart of a rock band because they are on the front cover of a rock magazine but also because of the way they are dressed. They are dressed in dark colours which relates to the rock music genre. The skyline at the top of the front cover which is placed above the masthead looks professional. It looks professional because it isn't too big for a skyline and doesn't overlap over the main image or over any main information that the audience need to know. The skyline in this instance is also a sell line as it has information about a competition that can be entered and rock related prizes can be won. This is a sell line because it attracts the audience to the magazine and may push the person that little further into making the decision of buying the magazine. The layout of this front cover is laid out like a traditional magazine would be. This is because all the main things are placed in the correct places or the places that make the magazine look more appealing and professional to the audience. The bar code is in the bottom right of the page because this means it isn't in the way of any information on the magazine and is out the way making the magazine look better. The masthead and skyline are placed at the top of the page as these are the main things the magazine wants you to read first. The other writing on the front cover of the magazine are laid out in the good way as they are down the right and left side of the page because this means they aren't overlapping the focal point of the main image. If the writing was to do this it wouldn't look presentable and professional to the target audience. The anchorage text of this magazine front cover reads 'My Chemical Romance Songs For The Death'. This anchorage texts relates to the main image of the rock magazine because this is the main focus of the magazine and this will make 'My Chemical Romance' fans more eager to buy the magazine. The colour scheme of this front cover is green and white. This is different to a traditional rock magazine because a traditional rock magazine is normally black and white. This magazine is different to a traditional rock magazine because the main image of it is a dark image therefore if you were to put black text on this magazine it would be difficult for the reader to be able to read the writing, and this wouldn't have as much of an effect on the audience as it does with brighter text. There are a lot of sell lines on this magazine which means that the audience are more interested in buying the magazine. The main sell line of this image is the free poster inside the magazine you get when you purchase it. This is the main sell line because the target audience is teenagers interested in rock music and teenagers are more likely to want a poster to put on their bedroom wall than an adult.