Front cover analysis template 21 pilots

1
he Target Audience and genre The target audience is mainly teenagers between the age of 15 to young adults of the age 24. Main Image The main image is the duet themselves. Their clothing is quite dark coloured and they have makeup on which could Model credit The model credit is central of the page and is ’21 Pilots’ However the ‘O’ used in ‘One’ is the duets sign which is used on many lbum covers Main Cover Line The main cover line is ‘On the road special… Bring me the horizon’ This band also has similar music genres to 21 pilots therefore is Colours/Typefaces/House style The main colours of the magazine are white, black and orange. The colour black is a main colour used in rock bands artists which will explain why it’s a main colour used. The type is italic and thin especially covers lines. The design is the main image behind the model Masthead The masthead is ‘Kerrang’ this is a rock based magazine and 21 pilots are a pop/ rock genre The Gutenberg Design Principle The primary optical area is the top right. This is where it has the main cover line. This is what the editor wants the reader to see the first. You then look at the bottom left of the magazine which is the terminal point. This bit shows the barcode which isn’t very important therefore it doesn’t matter. The strong fallow area is the top right corner which has some cover lines Cover lines Other cover lines used link in with the ’21 pilots’ as they are all either about touring for example ’96 hours on tour with rocks hottest band’ or other solo Banners/Flashes/badges Badges used are competitions; these are eye catching to the reader, it also links in with music as the prize is tickets for every rock show at Wembley. Another badge is ‘6 Killer posters’. This band is a rock band, which 21

Transcript of Front cover analysis template 21 pilots

Page 1: Front cover analysis template 21 pilots

he

Target Audience and genre

The target audience is mainly teenagers between the age of 15 to young adults of the age 24. Their music is alternative hip hop, indie , rock and electropop.

Main Image

The main image is the duet themselves. Their clothing is quite dark coloured and they have makeup on which could indicate the genre of rock.

Model credit

The model credit is central of the page and is ’21 Pilots’ However the ‘O’ used in ‘One’ is the duets sign which is used on many lbum covers and their drums which links in with their music.

Main Cover Line

The main cover line is ‘On the road special…Bring me the horizon’ This band also has similar music genres to 21 pilots therefore is the reason it may have been used as the main cover line.

Colours/Typefaces/House style

The main colours of the magazine are white, black and orange. The colour black is a main colour used in rock bands artists which will explain why it’s a main colour used. The type is italic and thin especially covers lines. The design is the main image behind the model credit surrounded by cover lines. Also, the badges used are either at the top or the bottom of the front page.

Masthead

The masthead is ‘Kerrang’ this is a rock based magazine and 21 pilots are a pop/ rock genre based band which fits in well.

The Gutenberg Design Principle

The primary optical area is the top right. This is where it has the main cover line. This is what the editor wants the reader to see the first. You then look at the bottom left of the magazine which is the terminal point. This bit shows the barcode which isn’t very important therefore it doesn’t matter. The strong fallow area is the top right corner which has some cover lines as well as other pictures of other artists which the reader will be drawn to, therefore it will catch the reader’s attention. The weak fallow area is the bottom left which has badges.

Cover lines

Other cover lines used link in with the ’21 pilots’ as they are all either about touring for example ’96 hours on tour with rocks hottest band’ or other solo artists or bands with similar genres such as Kurt Kobain.

Banners/Flashes/badges

Badges used are competitions; these are eye catching to the reader, it also links in with music as the prize is tickets for every rock show at Wembley. Another badge is ‘6 Killer posters’. This band is a rock band, which 21 pilots may enjoy as it’s a similar genre to 21 pilots.