In Thursdays lesson, I have researched a music magazine called KERRANG!
Firstly I was meant to find out the price - which was £2.20, the publisher - Bauer London Lifestyle Ltd. and how frequently it is publisher - weekly.
The mode of address used on the front cover was - serious, as the image was quiet dark and simple to portray heavy metal music.
I have then moved on to analyzing the different types of adverts included in the magazine.
Most adverts were music promotion adverts for new releases of albums and singles. Most of the appear in the beginning of the magazine and some at the end and where around £7 - £10 each. I have then noticed lifestyle adverts only only found 2 different items being advertised - games placed at the beginning of the magazine and clothes at the end which ranged from£5 - £30 and could also be considered as classified adverts which are always the small ads at the end of the magazine. Lastly I also found one advert for from the Royal Air force, offering a job and join the air force and this was at the beginning of the magazine.
moreover, I have looked at the contents page and looked at the features of this magazine :
- Feedback
- News
- Live Reviews
- Features
- K! Icon
- Album Reviews
- Gigs
- Swag
- Famous Last Words
The contents page also included a short paragraph from the editor of Kerrang magazine who wrote about his visit to the Iceland festival of music where he met lost of rock and heavy metal bands.
I then look at the image to text percentage in the magazine which i estimated to be 70% - 30%. This was because the magazines ideal reader would be a young person, and this age group particularly enjoys the great and lots of images rather than reading too much.
Good stuff Barbora, this is the type of research that should influence the construction/content of your magazine, depending on what sort of music you choose to base it upon. Keep up the good work.
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