In yesterday's two lessons we began to do a case study on a music magazine, the magazine i had chosen to analyse was Kerrang magazine from last year (2010). I analysed things such as the magazine as an overall, the front cover, ownership. audience profile, inside the magazine, advertising, interactivity and pleasures.
But what i have been told to put down on blogger is the audience profile, genre and the front cover.

Genre
The genre is pop/heavy rock, it is basically about rock music, for what i would stereotype as "indies", "scene kids", "rockers". Genre is a big part of the magazine, if one had a magazine with too much different genre's then there wouldn't be much point of buying a magazine with minimal information about a certain genre that the audience likes, so doing it on two particular genre's but have some relation to each other would get more customers, and would be easier for the magazine producers to be able to produce a suitable magazine, that suits a particular audience instead of running around to have a suitable magazine for a variety of audiences.


The Front cover
For the front cover i took note of the kind of pictures are placed and what the picture is of on the cover and how it suited the genre, i also had to annotate what the images are telling the audience as well as the writing on the writing. I also looked at the font size, the font style etc, and explain how this was all in relation to each other. The colour is also a vital part towards making the magazine what it is, if there wasn't any colour then it would be boring and dull, no one would want to read it, people want to read something that would interest them, by having colour on the front cover it catches the customers eyes, and would want them to buy it, its all about the presentation.
Images:
The main image is of a couple of members from quite a famous and popular/ well known band of this particular audience. This would definitely attract fans of Enter Shikari, the which is the band the two people on the front cover are apart of. Having these two men placed big and bold attracts readers, obviously if it was a small picture and colourless then no one would see the magazine or be attracted to it in any shape or form. It also would attract more of an audience simply how the band member's are posed, and how they have been positioned, for instance the way one of them are pointing at you, catches your attention, it kind of says "YOU! read me" it reaches out to the audience, by pointing at them. Also by both of them having a cheeky grin on them makes you want to see what kind of story it is. The image sells the story, a story or headline without an image gives you a bit more insight on what the story is about. It doesn't just leave you wondering what its about but it helps you imagine what the story is about.
Even the smaller images could catch someones attention, by having little other pictures, but still noticeable. They are more desirable to the readers, as the readers obviously like this genre and would like pictures of the members of bands who are associated with this genre. For instance the pictures of the free posters that come with the magazine.
Colours:
For this magazine cover the colours show what audiences the publisher is aiming at, for example the colours of pink and blue are supposed to be a feminine and masculine colours, so this suggests that this magazine is both aimed at males and females. this attracts both genders to the magazine and the simple fact that it isn't plain, and has colour will make the magazine more eye catching, and would help make the amount of readers rise to a higher number. The fact that the colours are not too bright but 'happy' colours help, and also the fact the colours all go together, would attract more people, if it is too out there, too over crowded, then people wouldn't want to buy it, although it may catch someone attention it doesn't mean its presentable and people would like it.
Text:
all of the text on the front cover isn't the same font and size, so it mixes it up a bit, and makes it more exciting and more desirable. Also how they have worded the main head line 'we're reaching the point of no return! Enter Shikari & The King Blues. Rou and Itch tells it like it is' this automatically thinks, celebrity point of view, this could be interesting, people may want to compare how they feel about what the celebrities have said. The fact that it says 'tell it like it is' makes readers think they are being truthful how they feel, this could be interesting. it may intrigue people, also how its about two bands who do different types of music but still come under the same kind of genre.

Audience Profile
The type of person would believe to read this is someone at the ages of 14 -18 if not a little bit older, the gender i think this magazine would be for is both, as stated earlier in my analysis. The social class i believe to read this would be C1, C2 and D because when you think about it, would you see someone who is a professional doctor who belongs in the social class A or B to read a music magazine, i would of thought professional people, as they are believed to be smart, obviously as they wouldnt be able to get a professional well paid job if they wast, i think they would read something that is intelectual, something that would challenge their brain, or something that is going on around the world, like a newspaper for instance. The reason i believe the age would be 14-18, obviously i believe it would be 18 for fextivals, this would also be the reason i believe the readers could be a little bit older. 14 and above may want to be 'with it' and go to all the cool events. This magazine costs £2.20 so its not too expensive especially for something that is for every week, if it was every day then it would add up too much, and be alot of money in the long run.