Textual Analysis of KERRANG!

The title of this magazine sounds like a guitar; this connects to what genre the magazine is. The audience for Kerrang! would be people who are interested in rock music. The front cover has a colour scheme of black and red. The main title is a different font to the rest of the text, which would allow it to stand out, with the white text on a black background. The picture is the main asset on this cover, because it is in the centre of the magazine. It is a mid close up shot of a man. The main picture connects with the coverlines as the man in the picture is from the band “Guns ‘n’ Roses”. The barcode is in the corner of the magazine, this will make it easier for the person behind the check out to scan it. All of the text is in capitals, which makes it easier for the audience to read, it stands out a lot. There is a red border around the white text to emphasise the important parts of the text.