As this is a rock-based magazine, a guitar-pick shaped offer is a a subtle touch to establish a rock-theme of the magazine, an artificial prop to attract the target audience of rock fans

A large focus one of the most influential rock bands of the modern age, with a large mid shot.

Zoomed out mid shot of a prominent musician to draw attention of audienc who would recognise the musician

Mention of many popular bands in order to attract an audience across a wide spectrum and sell more magazines

Washed out metal/bronze colours to create a classic colour scheme which would appeal to classic rock fans, as it creates a sense of age which fits with old music.

Vague teaser of article to intrigue reader into buying the magazine

Musician holding a guitar in order to improve to appeal to fans of guitar-based music

Magazine masthead is different than you would normally expect; the masthead is on the right and vertical. It is still on the left 1/3, so it obeys the left side rule. There are also less advertisements so this may connote that it is a special edition magazine

Currently popular and featured in magazine prominently advertised on the front cover to attrac an audience interested in Alternative music

Mid shot of the band together on a set to establish a mise en scene of the band with a classy look

Other magazine features subtly advertised at the top for audiences who are not interested in Imagine Dragons but may still buy the magazine

Strong blue theme throughout with the suits, lighting and glass blocks, which is effective in combination with the strapline which includes “depressed as hell”

The “sex, drugs and violence” strapline attracts a target audience interested in heavy rock/metal culture. The use of a distressed, dirty typeface also connotes an ‘underground’ mise en scene. This in combination with the chain a member of the band is using and the secondary strapline “world’s most dangerous band” appeals to a target audience that considers themselves to be rockers. Title of the story is also offset to the left slightly, putting it in the left 1/3rd of the cover.The from-above mid-shot allows 5 people, the entire band to be fit into the single mid-shot.

In the left 1/3rd there is a smaller advertisement for a free poster from another band which will appeal to a larger target audience upon the first glance. There is also the “PLUS” sign on the left, which advertise the small text on the bottom’s existence

Small teaser of stories all over the front cover of the magazine, which advertise a wide variety of bands, hopefully attracting as large of a target audience as is possible through variety.

Even though this is not a front cover, it is still likely to be looked at in-store, meaning that the contents page must continue to appeal to the target audience, which is why the magazine is still designed like an advertisements with pictures of bands and their names in large a fontsize .The fonts have a dirt-splattered look in order to establish the mise-en-scene of a grunge type theme, which is effective for Kerrang as it is a rock magazine, often associated with that sort look.

Almost all pages are simply advertised with band names, as there is an extremely limited amount of space available to work with, and the magazine must appeal to as many people as possible.

The use of a mid shot of a recognisable musician is similar in effect to the use in a front shot, allowing the immediate recognition of an artist.

The most successful band ever gets the top spot of the a contents page, has a larger font and a brighter colour scheme as they need some fanfare, and as they still more fans than other bands so some people will

Similar to previously, the use of a simple band name, or a two word phrase of the titles of articles to attract a reader who may not have yet bought the magazine, and has a short attention span. There is also a wide variety of artists, as previously, because as large of an audience as possible must be attracted

As this magazine is published by Billboard, who also maintain official US chart rankings, on the contents page is also the mainstream chart listings on the left.Again, there are close ups of many artists that were trending when this magazine was released.The colour scheme is less aggressive than previous, with soft blues rather than harsh reds and yellows, as pop music is not attempting to appeal to the demographic of rock music fans.The use of a long shot (although the image is shrunk) of the artist on the mid-right with nothing more than a page number indicates that this artist is so popular or influential that you are expected to know who they are anywayBillboard is an American organisation, so the “homefront” section is exclusively American-made music, which would appeal to the nationalistic side of the audience, or just the audience which are only interested in English-language music.

First of all, an extremely large mid-shot taking up ½ of the page achieves 2 things: allowing the reader to immediately recognise a member of the band if they already know them, and also meaning the article can be smaller. The large headline of ‘do I ever have a casual Friday? Absolutely’ indicates two things; that this is an interview-format article with an artist, and also it is not necessarily to do with the music-side of things, more the celebrity lifestyle.

Around the entire edge of the page there are white circles, which imitate stage bulbs to a certain degree, this in combination with the strapline indicates that this has something to do with their tour.

The colour scheme of white & dark purple is an effective colour scheme when used in combination with the bright lights and mid-shot establishes a somewhat camp theme.

For this doublepage spread, again a whole half is devoted to a mid shot of the artist subject. Lady Gaga is extremely recognisable, so a large picture of her would mean that someone flicking through the magazine would likely spot this picture and immediately recognise her, which would mean they are likely to stop and read the magazine.

This feature is much simpler in terms of unique design aspects than the previous, so there is much less to write about.

This article is extremely sexualized, with the artist in the mid-shot wearing little more than some ring-mail clothing covering the most lewd parts of the body, along with the only colour on the page being a large, red L. This helps establish the theme of sexuality as red is a colour often associated with passion.

On this doublepage spread, there is much less content and is closer to an advertisement than anything, the use of a pink ‘girl’, followed by black text of you’ll be a woman soon creates a them of growing up within the first seconds of opening the page. The article has a sort sub-headline in the top right that will likely be the second thing that is noticed as a person reads from left to right.

The use of dark clothes and a pose cornered in a dark room also symbolises growing up, with a stark contrast to previous images of Miley Cyrus in Disney children’s shows

The white on grey text only takes a small portion of the entire spread, meaning a large portion of the image can be devoted to the large, empty expanse of the grey room. This symbolises that growing up can cause someone to become lonely.