Magazine cover (Kerrang! Magazine - My Chemical Romance)

This is an issue of Kerrang! with a member of the band My Chemical Romance. One thing that is easy to notice about the style of Kerrang! magazines is the text written all over the cover. The name of the magazine is written at the top of the magazine and tends to have the middle of the name covered by the image of the person used. Since this is a magazine for rock music, the font style of the title has lines through it which makes it look like it is cracked. This will make it easier to identify the magazine. The title is also written in big bold white text on a black background.

The text for the magazine can be seen every corner, the centre and at the top and bottom of the cover. The centre text is the easiest to spot because it is written in the biggest size. The text lets the reader know who the person is or which band they are in. The text in the centre around the name of who the magazine is focussed on is about the main article in the magazine. In the bottom right corner of the cover, their are smaller images of people which tends to show what the reader can find inside the magazine. These smaller images tend to show the posters that can be found in the magazine. This may interest the reader if the posters are of a band they like. The top right corner of the cover has text on other bands with different articles or stories on them. This is so the reader will be able to know more about what they could find in the magazine.

I think that the colours that are used do make the magazine style different to other magazines. The colours have also been used smartly rather than just randomly put together. We are able to see that white text is used on a black and red background. We can also see that black text is written on a yellow background and yellow text is written on a black background. The background colour of the magazine is white which is helpful when it comes to the colours used for the text. However, I do think that too many colours are used for the cover of the magazine because it may take certain readers attention towards the colours of the text rather than the image in the centre of the cover.

I think that for my magazine, I will have a white background so it will make the colour of the image stand out. From this magazine, I will not be using the style they have used when it comes to writing the text on the cover because I think there is too much on the cover. I am going to make sure that my magazine name is clear to see and stands out.