Genre/Readership
• The artists featured in KERRANG! Range from Heavy
Metal/ Screamo bands such as Bring Me The Horizon and
Poppy to alt rock/alt pop bands such as Twenty One Pilots
and Paramore
• The readership is fans of the bands features and
aficionados of the rock/metal genre. Their ages ranges
from13-25 and often skews towards a male audience
(dependent on what band Is features)
Representations
• LGBTQ (Lesbian woman) representation on the front
cover, presented in a masculine way
• Modern “Greaser” hair style is typically a masculine
presentation from the 1950s
• No overt make up, stereotypically women would have
“over the top” /dramatic makeup looks on front pages of
magazine
• Piercings/chains/leather jackets are a convention of the
rock genre through their “punk”/”alt” sub genre of fashion
often worn by the artists themselves and the fans of their
music (therefore this image appeals to the target audience
with similar ways of presenting)
• Natural flowery background used as a binary opposition to
the genre of the band/magazine
Straplines
• Use of informal exclamation points used to emphasise
the features inside and make the reader excited about
purchasing and appeal to the younger target audience
(catches their attention)
• Uses the names of band members in promoting the
articles inside about them, expecting the reader to know
who they are as fans of the genre/band
• Straplines are positioned around the edges of the central
image (mainly to the left/ top /bottom) to keep the
image the main focal pint
Title/Masthead
• Masthead is positioned at the top of the page like all
the KERRANG! magazines are however the logo
can't be read as the image is covering it and the only
thing that can be seen is the K! which is a
recognizable features to a fan of the magazine
• all in capital letters/in bold
• There is no slogan however this is a coverline and
headline
Front page image
• Medium close-up shot of the face taken from a high
angle straight on.
• A shallow depth of field is used so that only the face is
in focus and the rest of the body/background is blurred
• The lead singer (Lynn Gunn) of PVRIS is featured on
the front as she is a recognizable icon of PVRIS , the
article only features Lynn