Kerrnag! Double page spread

This Kerrang double page spread appeals to their audience through the colour scheme. Black and red are colours often linked with rock music and are also key colours linked with the featured band, My Chemical Romance. Kerrang address their male and female readers by using neutral colours. The font used is very simple and easy to read, everything being in capitals gives the impression of them rebelling and shouting, something that is stereotypical of the genre.The band shown is very popular in this genre, by focusing on such a well known band it may be more likely that more readers will like the magazine, as well as appealing to the bands huge fan base. The majority of images featured are of band members singing and holding instruments, this immediately coveys the genre the magazine is trying to portray. Compared to NME magazine this double page spread has a lot less text, and larger photos. This shows the difference in the target audiences, NME targeting educated,affluent people who are quite serious about music whereas Kerrang are targeting a younger audience who may be into image rather than information.

As  the magazine I am creating is more similar to NME I have to be careful about how many images I use in relation to text in order to appeal to my intended audience.