Analysis of Rock Sound Front Cover

This is the front cover of Rock Sound magazine. This is quite a dark magazine, however very effective for it's audience. The use of the black background backs up the genre of the magazine which is rock because it gives an instant impact and is deep like the music. The title of the magazine 'Rock Sound' is in big bold white letters which stands out very well for the readers on the black background. The magazine can be seen as popular because the main photograph overlays onto the title suggesting that people could instantly recognise the magazine without even reading the full title. Everything on the front cover isn't really positioned anywhere specifically, it is all bundled up and put anywhere which could suggest that with the genre of the magazine being rock that the readers won't really care how it's laid out.

The main photograph is of the lead singer of 'Gallows' and it probably gives the most impact on the full front cover. This is because of his stance and the way he is looking which is like he doesn't care about anything, which represents the magazine of rock. As well as his stance the singer is sticking to fingers up along with the sub-headline 'we're putting the boll*cks back in rock' which is also a rock thing to say. The readers of the magazine won't see anything wrong with this because it is for that kind of audience however, other people would see this as wrong. The title of the band 'Gallows' next to the photo is in a very irregular font than normal magazine, it's very effective and stands out very well for the readers. This is also the same with the band names next to the photo. All of the colours used white,yellow,and red all suit the black background very well making it catch the eye of the reader. The other photo's used are of another singer and the advertisement of free posters, all these photo's are quite dark but very appealing to the audience of this genre. The band names on the side are useful for the readers as they give them an insight into what bands are in this months issue.

The language used on this front page of the magazine is how the layout is structured with several sections of text and how it's all been parted from one another, the picture of the singer and how he represents the genre of the magazine, the boxed sections and the main photograph which is bigger than the others. Along with all the headlines and sub-headlines.

The institution of the magazine is Editions Freeway who publish the magazine who are a french publisher.

The ideology for the magazine is that it's all about music so the idea's behind the text what is in the magazine will have come from the latest happenings in the music industry.

The audience for this magazine could be seen for an age of 16-19 however, it's mainly for anyone who is interested in the rock genre of music.

The representation shown in the pictures is the lead singer of 'Gallows' and how his photo represents the rock genre with the way he is putting two finers up and the way he is stood.