The masthead is written in capital letters, in a black font. The black font contrasts against the white background of the masthead.
‘Rocksound’ sounds like it is spoken as two words, if you separate the two words, it reads out as ‘Rock’ and ‘Sound’ which relates to the genre of the majority of the bands that are featured in the magazine. Even though the masthead is partially covered by the main image, it doesn’t need to be fully available to see, due to the popularity of the magazine as many fans of the magazine are likely to know what the magazine is, without having to see the full masthead.
The faces of the main image, the whole band of ‘A day to Remember’ can be clearly seen, and eye contact is made. The screamer of the magazine is ‘A Day to Remember’ written in yellow, capital letters, which is eye catching and appealing as it contrasts against the black background which is the clothing of the two band members which the screamer is placed over.
Underneath the screamer, it says ‘The sound of now’ which is also written in capital letters, and like the masthead is written in black over a white background. Because of the facial expressions of the band, it looks like they are trying to create the effect that they are shouting or screaming, which relates back to the genre of their music – rock.
A skyline is included in this magazine cover, and is about My Chemical Romance, which says ‘Dangerous Days with My Chemical Romance’.
The most recent album released by My Chemical Romance is called ‘Danger Days’, so the wording of the skyline could be a play on words so it could be associated with both the album, and the band.
There are two thumbnail images on this cover; one that accompanies the skyline including My Chemical Romance, and the other thumbnail images are a cluster of three images which are posters which are free when bought with the magazine.
Thumbnail images not only make the front cover look slightly more attractive, some people are attracted to a product because of pictures, not words.
So fans might find a magazine more appealing if they see a picture of their favourite band, or a band they have an interest in on the front cover, as opposed to the name of the band written across the page.
By using ‘free posters’ on the front cover, it can be used as an incentive for people to buy their magazine, and it is likely to attract more customers as they are likely to feel like they are gaining something for their money, as well as the contents of the magazine.
The main two colours used on the front cover are black and blue. Blue is used as the main background colour, which attracts the attention of the reader to the masthead. By attracting the reader to the magazine’s masthead, this could mean for new customer’s that they do not, or have not heard of the magazine, therefore have never read it, so this could mean that they may try the magazine, to see what it is like. A possible reason as to why the band are clothed in black clothing, could signify the genre of the band – black is usually related to the genre of rock.
The barcode is at the bottom right of the page, like it is typically meant to be. The price is accompanying the barcode, and it is at £3.90.
Considering the magazine is released on a monthly basis, this is quite a reasonable price, which people are probably prepared to pay because of the content in the actual magazine. Based on the ‘fierce’ facial expressions, and also the hand gestures from ‘A day to remember’, this could relate to quite masculine men, which could be based around the genre.
The bright colours, blue and yellow, could relate to the female fans of the band, as these are quite feminine colours. The teaser is at the bottom of the page, and unlike Kerrang!’s teaser – it doesn’t go across the full length of the page.
The text is written in pink and black, but is written in a small font which is quite unreadable. However, the pink and black use of colour does stand out against the white background.
Even though A Day To Remember are one genre, the bright colours make it more ‘funky’ which could widen the choice of the target audience, as bright colours tend to attract more people as they are more eye catching towards the reader.
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