Rock Sound Magazine

8/11/2019 Rock Sound Magazine

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Cover Price: This is the price

that the readers buy the

magazine for. The cover price is

shown on the front cover. This

also represents the social

classification for the

demographics of the magazine.

The demographics of this

magazine would range from

class B to D because they would

be able to afford this magazineweekly. The people who are

grouped in these social classes

would listen to the same kind of

music because they are using

similar media consumption.

The barcode always

appears on the right

hand side of the front

cover. The bar code is a

black and white serial

number which can be

read by a computer or

app. This also tells the

target audience what the

date and issue number

of the magazine is, so

the audience know

ff / buzz word, the magazine is giving away a

e item, so this is influencing the reader to buy

magazine, more because of the free item,

cause the reader is intrigued what songs are

the CD . So, if the reader wants the free CD

y must buy the magazine.

he skyline is telling the audience the genre of music, the genre of the magazine is rock music. You can tell this by one of the

nds that are featured; Paramore is a rock band. There is also a pull quote about Paramore being in the UK, this is also a

chnique that the magazine uses to make the reader buy the magazine. The skyline is also a puffbecause its advertising a free

ster and cd which is convincing the reader to buy the magazine so they can have these free items. They have also used a small

mage on the Skyline, with the band / artist name, so the reader could identify them.

This is a pull quote from

the main cover story

which is being said in the

perspective of the lead

singer, you can tell this by

the image of him being

bigger on the page than

the other band members.

A pull quote is used to

break up a piece of text

on a magazine, it also

helps to intrigue the

reader to read the story

behind the quote. The

colour yellow is

connoting the light and

hope for the singer, since

he was having trouble and

his band members helped

him through it. The

reason why the other half

of the quote is white is

because its reflecting his

life now which is good.

The reason why this pullquote is on the front cover

is because people can

relate to the singer, since

people do have problems,

this is also showing a very

different side of

representation for the

singer, since now he is

being shown as a normal

person and not a famous

person because people

will stereotype famous

people not to have

everyday problems like

normal everyday working

people. The font is a bold,

san serif font that has

yellow and white as its

font colour. Its in capital

letters to emphasise the

point of the singer to the

reader and to get the

message / opinion of the

singer to the readers.

he Masthead

in red, bold,

n serif font.

he reason

hy the font is

d, is to

nnote that

e magazine

s passion,

ve and

wer. The

go is also in

e masthead,

hich is

owing the

ader the logo

the

agazine and

if they seeis logo again

ey will know

s belongs to

ockSound

rand

entity). The

ain image, is

vering the

ord sound on

e tile which

conveying

at the image

more

mportant to

e magazine

an the

asthead.


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The website is mentioned at the

bottom on the price tag becauseits out of the way but the reader

could miss this is because its so

small. The reason why

magazines have websites is so

there target audience, can go on

the website and get the latest

and up to date news from the

magazine. The font is a san

serif, black font.

This is a puff because its

influencing the reader to buy

the magazine, by saying over

19 new bands to know about

inside the magazine. The +

19 is in a bold san serif font.

The new bandsis in the

colour yellow and in a bold

but smaller san serif font and

its in capitals which

emphasis to the reader this is

important and the reader

should take notice.

Underneath are some bands

names in a white san serif

font in capital letters; this is

to tell the reader the

importance of the bands. The

and more, is to intrigue the

reader to look inside this is in

a yellow san serif font and

this puff is on a greenbackground

ain Cover Line: Six Monthsis the length of time they will be in the jungle, it is bold yellow san serif font the reason why its in

ellow is it connotes to honour and loyalty because they planned to complete the months in the jungle. Inside, Bring me the, is in a

old san serif font because its connoting to the light after the experience they have been through. Horizon, word is in yellow and

hite colour because at the end of the six months they do get to see the light; its in a bold serif font. The main cover line is all in

apitals to empathise the point of the article but some of the font size is smaller than others to convey they are important to the

over line but not as important.

Colour Scheme: The colour scheme for this issue is green, yellow and white. These

colours are used because of the relationship with the main cover line / article because it

was in a jungle which they are connoting to the reader. Red and black are also used

which also compliments the colours because it helps balance the light and dark colours

on the front cover and during the magazine. The layout of the magazine needs to be

simpler because there is a lot to taken in just looking at the magazine so people can

easily miss cover lines and other things on the front cover.

The green and white

symbol must be

symbolising the Junglewhich is linked to the

main cover line because

its behind the main

image of the band and

in front of the image

and behind the main

cover line.

e cover lines

es are in a

ld, san serif

nt in green

d white

lour. There

a bit of space

between the

nopsis, so

u can tell the

fference

tween them,

en as white

ts. There is

image

hich is about

e of thever lines on

e cover. The

x of the 2

lours is

nnoting the

ht and

odness of

e music. The

ver title is in

llow san

rif font, with

green

ckground.


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The main title, this tells the reader that it is the contents page; this is a white san

serif font, bold. The white connotes to the rock music being heavenly

perfection. The colour is used to convey the music is like no other genre of

music and that rock music has a very high standard to live up to. The reason

why the font is in capital letters is to inform the reader, that the title is important

to this page. The text is on a black background because the colour is connoting

the power of rock music has over its target audience. The colours also

complement each other.

he Editorial

ote iselcoming

aders to the

agazine and

ving the

aders an

troduction

whats

oing to be

side, which

written by

e editor of

ock Sound.

he note

arts off with

elcome to

ock Sound

agazine.

he font of

Welcome To

ock Sound!

a bold, san

rif font.

he colour

d of the

nt is

onnoting the

ve and

assion the

ditor has for

usic. Thats

hy there is

so a picture

f him

outing toe heavens.

he font of

e editorial

tter is a

ormal, black

n serif font.

Images are

featured on the

contents

because they

relate to the

feature and

regular articles.

They also give

the reader

something else

to look at

besides thewriting in the

contents so it

will be less

boring for the

reader to look at.

The pictures are

bright to look at

so it makes the

reader feel the

contents page is

livelier. The

reader will be

more excited to

see images of

their favourite

bands / artist, so

this will make

them want to

buy the

magazine more,

instead of seeing

lists of artist /

bands. The

images are in the

centre of thecontents page

which grabs the

readers

immediate

attention once

on this page,

which makes

them want to

read on to find

out about the

images.

Using Rock sound .TV at the bottom of the page is brand

dentity and is used to remind the reader what magazine they

re reading so next time they want to read the magazine they

an buy the magazine.

The folio

numbers are at

the bottom of

the page this

tells the reader

what page they

are on in the

magazine. The

font is in a

bold, black,

serif font.

The main featured articles of the magazine have a red san serif font for their page number

with a bold san serif font for their title. There is also a little synopsis underneath

explaining what the article is going to be about, in a grey san serif font. The Noise is a

sub-heading for the contents page. This mentions some of the featured articles, it also

tells the reader what pages the articles are on.


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The folio numbers are at

the bottom of the page

this tells the reader what

page they are on in the

magazine. The font is in

a bold, black, serif font.

Using Rock sound .TV atthe bottom of the page is

brand Identity to remind the

reader what magazine they

are reading so next time they

want to read the magazine

they can buy the magazine.

ured article titles are

yellow san serif

which conveys to

eader that its the

n title for the

ured articles inside

magazine. There is a

psis underneath the

n title explaining to

eader what the

les are going to be

ut. The font is in a

, smaller san serif

here is also a sub

eading, On The

over,to tell the

aders what

rticles appeared

n the front page.

he font is in a

lack, bold san

erif font to provide

statement and

ecause the bandho appears on the

ontent has black t-

hirts on.

The reason why there is folio on the content page is to tell the reader what page the article is on so the

reader can go directly to that page without trying to finding in the magazine. The font of the folio numbers

is in a bold san serif font which is in a large font than the featured articles because it has to stand out to

direct people to that article. Thee font colour is black. The colour for the folio also matches the

background colour. The font is in bold which makes a statement of being important which is why the

magazine is using the colour for the folio numbers. Its on a red background because its compliments the

mood the magazine wants to set.

Here the

magazine has

used a line to

separate the

two columns

of text for

this article.

The line is

white to

blend into the

article, this isknown as a

gutter

because the

vertical space

between

columns or

between two

pages in the

same spread.

There is also

a flush usedin this article

because type

that is set so

that one

margin is

even, as in

flush right ,

meaning the

left margin is

straight while

the left one is

ragged.

The Reviews box is to help separate up the page,

it also looks like a thought box because its themagazinesthoughts on those bands since its a

review. There is a bold, san serif black font for the

title. The sub heading of the box is in a san serif

bold red font. The text is in a small font in black

san serif font but in capitals to mark the

importance of the bands being reviewed.

ross the top is a sub

e called In the

ck Sound Thisonth, this is in a

ite san serif font but

ld font. Its then link

the puff called 19

w bands, this is a

umn which gives

reader page

mbers to the article

out the new bands.

ere is little

scription about the

posure of the bands,a grey san serif font.

d it also gives the

ge number between

ere you can find the

icles. Its on a black

ckground to connote

wer and elegance of

s music. The bands

me is in capital

ers to emphasise

importance of

m. They are in a

ld san serif font in

ours of white and

low.


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This is the Rock Sound logo, which is brand identity because its reminding

the reader what magazine they are reading and also next time the reader

sees this logo they will know it belongs to Rock Sound magazine. Next

time the reader / audience want to buy the magazine and they see this logo

they know its Rock Sound magazine. The logo also is telling the reader is

that if you play this cd you have to play it a 100 % volume. There is also

brand identity with having the rocksound.tv at the bottom.

The folio

numbers are

at the bottom

of the page

this tells the

reader what

page they are

on in the

magazine.

The font is in

a bold, bold,

grey serif

font.

This is a sub story insert which runs alongside the main

story. It has a title The light at the end of the tunnel. This

is relating to the experience of Matt Heavy. The font is a

bold, white sans serif font which connotes the journey they

have had. Underneath the title is the tagline of the sub

story which sums up the story, vengeance might be a

pissed =off record but as Matt explains, theres more to it

than fur and disgust so they are relating it back to the

article but getting the front man thoughts of the experience.

. The font is san serif font, in the colour yellow because its

connoting also to the light that got the band through the

experience. The text is in san serif white font, its a quote

from Matt Heafy and also an image of the singer to see

who the sub story is talking about. .

he sub heading is in a bold, san serif font. It uses the colour white because its connoting to goodness and about how innocent the band was before they

perienced life in the Jungle. The reason why the band name is yellow is because thats conveying to the audience the light of belief the band had to have to

rvive the experience. The sub heading sums up what it is about perfectly, its introduced the reader to the article they are about to read, its a bit long to be

nest and not catchy enough to be a sub-heading.

Here the

magazine has

used a line to

separate the

two columns

of text for

this article.

The line is

white to

blend into the

article, this is

known as a

gutter

because the

vertical space

between

columns or

between twopages in the

same spread.

There is also

a flush used

in this article

because type

that is set so

that one

margin is

even, as in

flush right ,meaning the

left margin is

straight while

the left one is

ragged.

he article is in a san

rif white font. This is

ling the readers

out the bands

perience in the

ngle. There are two

ragraphs which startth capital letters and

a yellow san serif

nt. This is to

mphasise that these

o paragraphs are the

ost important out of

e whole article

cause they are

plaining to the

ader, where the band

now and did the

nd actually survive

e jungle. In the

ticle on this band the

ain colours have been

llow, white and

een because these

lours connote

lours of the jungle

d are a

presentation of the

ngle.

image, of the band is on both pages, with a bleed that extended this and the next page.

back ground is a forest green to connote the jungle.


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The image, of the compass is connoting the idea of the

main article to the readers, because the band was in a

jungle for six month, so they had to use a compass in the

woods. The colour green is connoting the colour of theleaves / trees because in a jungle there is just trees in the

landsca e and nothin else around.

The Folio

numbers are

at the bottom

of the page

this tells the

reader what

page they are

on in themagazine.

The font is in

a bold, bold,

grey serif

font.

The quote I thought I was going to be killed, is a quote by one of the members of the band. The

quote is in a bold, san serif font with the colour of the font being white. The reason I think why they

have used it is since the main image is of the band in a jungle scene; they are making it even more

personal to the band by using the experience of a member (Matt Heafy). The reason why its at the top

of the page is because its shows the band rethinking about the experience to the reader.

he main title for this article is a play on word of brave new world,

stead the title is Grave New World, since the band thought they were

ing to die in this experience, since the world brave is replaced with

ave. Grave connotes to death or something that is dead. The Grave New

orld, could also have the meaning that the jungle is dangerous since

ave can also mean this. The font size is big so the reader can tell that this

the title of the story, its also a quote by Caren Gibson one of the

embers of the band. The font is bold and is a san serif font. The reason

e colour of the font is green and white is because its connoting to how the

nd saw the light at the end of the turnel of this experience. The colour

een is connoting because they were in a jungle for six months

Therocksound.tv is

brand identity

because its

reminding the

reader what

magazine they

are reading

and also next

time the reader

sees the wordsrocksond.tv

they will know

it belongs to

Rock Sound

magazine. This

is also the link

to their

website so the

reader can go

online to findout more about

Rocksound.

he main

mage is of

e band

rivium, in a

ngle sceneecause the

agazine is

onnoting the

ticle through

e image,

ecause the

and were in a

ngle for 6

onths. The

and isearing all

ack which is

eir signature

olour for the

othing they

ear. The

and poses

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at the

xperience forem was

ugh because

ey look all

ugh. The

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onveys to the

ader that

is image is

mportant.

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