This Kerrang contents page has kept in with the stereotypical colour scheme of a rock magazine: black, red and white. You can see that the contents page is mainly image dominated but also with that blocky effect to keep in with the house style. The main image stands because it is wild and the stereotypical convention of what a rock concert should look like, eg someone plunging head first into a crowd of sweaty shirtless men with long hair. The image represents the attitude that Kerrang has and potentially the attitude that the readers have also, as being shocking outrageous and exciting, as this image is featured in the Kerrang magazine the readers will aspire to be like that. The other images are placed underneath the main images so the readers eyes will go straight to them after, they are placed in slanty formation which is dynamic and fits in with the messy house style. One of the images contain a band with lively expressions and hand gestures showing the daring attitude that the magazine has to offer, and as this is only the contents page it shows the reader the what to expect throughout the magazine. The contents page features active words like ‘LIVE’ and ‘WIN’ which are used to appeal to the energetic audience, it is clear that most of the information is about gigs and bands which meets the audiences expectations as Kerrang is a music magazine and gives them a feel for whats to come in the magazine. As the contents page list on the right has a lot of short bursts of information this will appeal to the audience as they will expect to find a lot of information in the magazine.
From my analysis I will use the features in the image of having models that look like how a typical rock star should look like and for it to meet the readers expectations and what they aspire to be. This contents page is more image dominated than the others I have analysed, I prefer this and want a more imaged dominated like this for my contents page as it is known that images are more interesting and eye catching than a lot of text. Under my main image I will have other smaller images like this contents page, as the readers eyes will be draw straight from the main image to the smaller images and then the text so they are slowly looking at all the features in my contents page without feeling overpowered. I will use the features of having images and words slanted to keep in with the conventional messy house style of a rock magazine and use the words like ‘WIN’ and ‘FREE’ to draw the audience in and everyone enjoys winning things and free stuff!
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