Luke Forster

Print Analysis

Headline: big bold capital letters are used so the reader sees this text first. The text is a bold bright red and there is a white line across the back making a clear contrast and making it easier to read. This slogan refers to the name of the band by saying the words “Bloody hell!” this is cause the band is called royal blood making the reader want to know the info about the slogan.

Features: Smaller text is used but still in bold with a similar contrast for the other bands featuring in the issue showing it still has some importance.

The title of the magazine is situated in the top left of the magazine. This is because when we read we naturally start at the top left of any article. The title is in a small box but it still makes and impact due to this.

The image in the background of the cover is a plain white with the duo covering up most of this space. They are both wearing black giving a clear view on how these two look. Although there is a white background we don’t see any real dead space on the cover.

Reign in blood is written right across the full double page photo. This is because it is the album name and they want to highlight its importance.

They also have smaller writing to give more information about what the lager slogan.

The text that we see on the front cover of this magazine is all clean cut. There is no editing used to make it look smashed, burned, creased and so on this shows us it’s a more professional magazine.

The duo is centred in the middle of this double page spread. This shows us they are the main feature on this double page. There is also a plain whit background drawing our attention to the image and text.

The image this time is smaller and most of the page is now covered in text. Moving the focus on to the article on this page.

Drop cap: The large letter starts off the articles and attracts the reader to read the article.