Examples of magazines and magazines within rock genre

Wonderland

Wonderland is an Indie style magazine that focuses on bright colors in various different styles. The front covers generally consist of one dominating picture that covers the majority of the page. Wonderland has a striking and noticeable masthead due to it being in black and white which makes it stand out compared to the rest of the magazine which is very colorful. Wonderland also features the main stories and headlines around the picture with an introduction called cover lines.

I:D

I:D cover pages are very simplistic and basic and follows the indie genre. They consist as a masthead, a main picture that covers the whole page with a punchy one lined word. I:D covers are often very striking and noticeable due to the lack of text on the page.

Dazed and ConfusedDazed and Confused is an indie magazine with a large bold white text masthead placed over an image that covers the whole page. The image is striking and perfectly place as the women's eyes draw the viewer in. Dazed and Confused features cover lines around the magazine which features the main stories with a short and snappy introduction. The colors used are clean and pure which make the magazine look innocent and calm.

XXLXXL is a rap genre magazine. The masthead bold which features red, a colour which has the connotations of blood and anger. The model is looking straight at the colour in a close up shot. The whole magazine is very sharp and aggressive. The writing is all squares with sharp lines and angles, consisting of no curves. It instantly draws the the reader in. There are cover lines that simply consist of bullet points to stick with the straight to the point, aggressive theme.

Kerrang

Kerrang is a rock genre which I am basing my magazine genre on. Kerrang usually features a wide range of colours and font types and sizes to give a mad and mental effect to the magazine. In Kerrang there are always a wide range on pictures usually layered together. Kerrang as evident in the magazine uses a lot of text and cover lines on the cover page. The Masthead is behind the picture so the main title and picture stand out to the reader.

Classic Rock

Classic Rock is another magazine in the Rock genre which I'm focusing on. Classic Rock has a big and bold masthead which is in white on a black background so it stands out. Again there is a main picture which draws in the attention of the reader where the main feature and headline sits central so the reader clearly knows the main story. Surrounding the picture are cover lines and cover title for the main headlines with short and punchy introductions.