Action shots of the band The slug is telling the audience the The over-sized pull quote replaces
e replaces a heading. It
performing make the pages
exiting. The band are never
looking at the camera in the
images, which gives them a
‘natural look’ by not
breaking the forth wall.
The images are in greyscale.
This makes the double page
spread look a whole product
and suggests the audience
like a retro style. The layout
also looks very masculine
and ‘straight edge’.
Cheeky quotes are in subtle
captions in varied corners of
the images. This is for a
comedic effect to appeal to
the readers sense of
humour.
The magazine is known for
contents and form of the page.
maintains the house style, e.g. font and colours and keeping readers updated on
makes the reader want to continue reading. the front line of the rock
scene. This reputation is
fulfilled as KERRANG! list
new songs with a mini-
review, whilst
simultaneously keeping the
feature band on-side by
advertising their songs.
Underneath the big pull
quote, KERRANG! boast to
their audience that MCR
invited them to their
recording studio. This makes
readers see the brand as
‘cool’.
A drop capital has been
used to signify the beginning
of the interview.
Page number, date and
issue number is a typical
convention of the
magazine industry to
feature these in the bottom
right corner.