As part of my next task, I have to compare and contrast two magazines of the same genre. I picked Kerrang! magazine, and also Rocksound. The images I have chosen feature the same band as a main focus to keep it more fair in comparison.
Something the magazine does the same, is using one image that is a medium close-up shot of one of the main features of the magazine. In this case, they both use the band Green Day as their main focus. They both have use capitals and a bold font to highlight the band's presence on the magazine, which grabs your focus onto the band itself, rather than the actual magazine title.
Furthermore, they both have a segment at the bottom of the page, in which it tells the audience what else is included within the magazine, and it shows the different bands.
Both magazines also have a competition on going, in which the audience can win a prize. This is a method in which the audience has to buy the magazine to be able to have a shot of winning.
However, one thing that Kerrang! does differently to Rocksound, is that they give a glimpse of what posters are included inside the magazine, in which it entices the audience to go buy the magazine, as the posters are something practical and could interest them.
Instead of posters, Rocksound uses a free CD as a freebie, yet it isn't as enticing as it's quite small and doesn't show the audience what exactly is contained.
ABC.org.uk Findings:
I searched up both of these magazines on ABC.org.uk, and these were my results:
Kerrang!
Rocksound
Product Type: Consumer Magazines
Sector/Geography: Music: Rock
Media Owner: Rock Sound LtdFormer Name(s):
First Joined ABC: 2000
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