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'Kerrang' is a modern music magazine, catering to the more alternative music tastes (i.e. Rock, Metal, Punk etc...) I will now once more analyse the magazine extract to see how conventions are used and adapted to suit the individual needs of the magazine. I will be ble to apply the individual uses of conventions to my magazine, due to the fact that they are, despite not having the same content, both aimed at a teenage audience and will therefore have to reach out to their target audience in similar ways.
List of main articles: The list of articles and the pages they are on, (a convention of all magazines, not just those aimed at a teenage audience,) though in this particular magazine, they are making the list more dynamic and appealing. For example, the fonts used suit the image of the magazine and the black and yellow sub headings go well with the colour scheme, and portray a modern, outlandish feeling which the magazine tries to display. Also, unlike most conventional magazines, the article list isn't fully in the order they appear in the magazine. They are instead put into sections and then ordered in their respective sub-sections. This break of convention makes the contents page seem more interesting and out of the ordinary.
Photographs of Main Article Subjects: As the chances are people who bought the magazine will have some interest in the main featured bands, and therefore, would be attracted to their photograph in the contents page and then see the page reference making it easier for them to find the article which they most want to read. The photographs also make the page seem more interesting and colourful, and a lot less bland than a lot of magazines around.
Foreword from the Editor: Not a main part of the contents page, as it is in small writing and in the top corner, but I believe people would want to read it as it would help them relate with those who make the magazine, as they could see similar views and expressive opinions, (if they can relate to those who make the magazine, they would be more likely to relate to the magazine itself and then More likely to buy it.)
From analysing this contents page i have decided that I will most likely include an eye catching colour scheme even for the inside so that people remain interested in the magazine, and then i could perhaps show that college magazines don't have to be boring and give it a new 'life'.
I would also like to include a similar part to the Foreword from the Editor, but perhaps make it from a student of the college so that the readers can relate to the magazine more, as it is hinted at being made by people of their own age who know what they want.
List of main articles: The list of articles and the pages they are on, (a convention of all magazines, not just those aimed at a teenage audience,) though in this particular magazine, they are making the list more dynamic and appealing. For example, the fonts used suit the image of the magazine and the black and yellow sub headings go well with the colour scheme, and portray a modern, outlandish feeling which the magazine tries to display. Also, unlike most conventional magazines, the article list isn't fully in the order they appear in the magazine. They are instead put into sections and then ordered in their respective sub-sections. This break of convention makes the contents page seem more interesting and out of the ordinary.
Photographs of Main Article Subjects: As the chances are people who bought the magazine will have some interest in the main featured bands, and therefore, would be attracted to their photograph in the contents page and then see the page reference making it easier for them to find the article which they most want to read. The photographs also make the page seem more interesting and colourful, and a lot less bland than a lot of magazines around.
Foreword from the Editor: Not a main part of the contents page, as it is in small writing and in the top corner, but I believe people would want to read it as it would help them relate with those who make the magazine, as they could see similar views and expressive opinions, (if they can relate to those who make the magazine, they would be more likely to relate to the magazine itself and then More likely to buy it.)
From analysing this contents page i have decided that I will most likely include an eye catching colour scheme even for the inside so that people remain interested in the magazine, and then i could perhaps show that college magazines don't have to be boring and give it a new 'life'.
I would also like to include a similar part to the Foreword from the Editor, but perhaps make it from a student of the college so that the readers can relate to the magazine more, as it is hinted at being made by people of their own age who know what they want.
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