Magazine Analysis 2

General (http://www.rocksound.tv/)

Rock sound is published by a man named "Patrick Napier", the magazine has a target audience of the young adults in the UK it is targeted at them for their interest in music which is made obvious due to the lead singer Oli skyes who matches their image. The magazine costs £3.80, the high price may have something to do with not enough advertisement or circulation. The magazine is published monthly and compared to the previous magazine Kerrang, it seems that it is not as well known and popular. The magazines circulation consists of an average net of 20,011.

The cover

"Rock Sound" links with the type of music the magazine entails, "Rock Sound" is very simple, yet on point. Also, the masthead/logo only involves a slogan, "new music first. It is quite effective as it suggests to the audience that the "Rock sound" magazine is always the dominant magazine that gives out the new information first to the public. However, it is not shown clearly as it is a slogan and placed below the title.


The main image is a medium head shot of the lead singer (Oli Sykes) of the band "Bring me to the horizon", which links the previous magazine, as they are all popular bands and shot in a medium close up frame.

Oli skyes facial expression portrays a sadness Ora, as his gaze is aiming right into the camera lens like most images on the front covers. The lead singers body language is very negative as he holds his hands on his heart. The clothes he is wearing is a grey low cut V-shirt, the top allows the audience to see his amazing tattoos. The halo light above his head portrays lighting as the rest of the background is in darkness. The light is aimed at his face as this is the main focus. The front cover picture links with the target audience as the tattoos and his negativity suggests that he links with the rock lyrics, which are always sad and angry.





Other images that appear on the front coverage images of other bands. It advertises how buying the magazine will let you attain 4 art cards. Content on the magazine shows lists of bands which are also involved inside the magazine. Bands mentioned come with a subtitle which shows what the bands are going to talk about. The connotation of typefaces, graphics and colours are all linked to the style of the magazine.

Colours - yellow, green, grey and white.

3/2 types of different font.

The language used on the cover, is very simple and to the point by listing bands which will be involved inside. Also, the content involves slang and swear words to link to the young readers. The cover does look similar to other music magazines as it is very dark with bright font. However, this magazine offers things that rivals do not have, such as, there own sarcastic opinion on most bands and the way they obtain the "new music first".

Inside

Pages 113

Adverts 26

Types:

Clothing Products

New Album Releases

Gigs/Performances

Music Stores

The magazine contains about 13 double page spread which consists of only:

Interviews with bands

Music Review

The magazine uses the same style of fonts and layouts throughout, to keep a sort of house style to the magazine. They have kept it very close to the young adults of their targeted audience. The fonts used have been kept consistent throughout and pictures that have been taken, look like the same rock style. This is appropriate as it attracts and appeals to the young adults which are looking for their interests all-in-one.