Analysis 3.

This magazine, Kerrang is well known to its target audience as being a very good rock magazine. It is also known for its free posters advertised in the bottom left corner.

I think this front cover as the band Slipknot is very prominent on the front and thats what catches you eye. The masthead is covered by the shot but it still looks good and effective.

Most of the text is at the bottom of the cover and this makes the photo stand out more which I would do on my front cover as none of the writing cover the faces of the band.

The colour scheme is mostly black, white, red and gold. I like the colour scheme as it makes the magazine look smart and each of the different sections of text stand out because of the different text colour used and also so it doesn't blend into the background shot of the darkly dressed models.

On this cover there are 5 free posters advertised. This will definitely appeal to the people who listen to those listed bands. The masthead on this is bold and stands out on the white background and it is still easily readable even though it is slightly covered by the band.