Thursday 10 February 2011

Kerrang! Textual Analysis

On the OFC, the banner is always in the same place and the same size. The house style usually uses the same style, the colour scheme uses red, yellow and black. No pastel colours are used because that would give an impression that the magazine is 'friendly'. On every issue, the artists are looking directly at the camera and it is normally a mid close up. The red on yellow clashes to grab the readers attention.

To prove the point the house style is the same, including the same colour schemes, here's another example:

The contents page also follows this house style:


The contents is always down the right hand side, with photos on the left side of the main article.

There is normally a little note from the editor explaining the issue.
The contents page used to have a black background with the contents down the left side with one main photo on the right.

The contents page has changed recently, now the contents are on the bottom half of the page with the photos at the top.
This is an older contents page:
This is the newest version of the contents page:


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