The choice of band in the article above is of My Chemical Romance who are a rock band therefore the target audience the magazine is reaching out to are for those that are interested in rock music. This is suggested by the genre of the band itself and the type of magazine the news is featured in as Kerrang is a rock magazine.
The language of the article is written in a formal presentation of an interview, there are no specific style of wording or phrases but a written interview with MCR.
The colours used in the article are just red, black and white which represent the neutral rock colours. The black and white photographic background creates a reality in the music studio of MCR recording which represent real passion and success about the rock band. The Red titles and speech such as “NEWS World exclusive” brings a leading start to the heading “WE’RE BEING THE BEST MCR WE CAN BE”. With these text written in capitals and bold, it attracts immediate attention to the article for the readers to look into it. The read sub-headings bring attraction as it’s one of the thing that will stand out of the page.
The style of the text such as the big bold title introducing the article creates a direct speech to the readers, viewing about themselves (MCR). The style of the article is written in two columns which present the article in a well organised prospective and easy to read.
The double-page spread is laid out with one page a photograph of the leading singer performing with the title NEWS in bold, red writing on the top left corner. This can catch the readers’ attention to read about them and find out the news that’s being revealed. On the other page presents the titles in big capitals rock theme fonts which represent MCR genre. There are also images of the band on the bottom of the page with the short article in the centre of the page above the images. The layout of the article with the text placed in the centre of the page creates a centre of attention feature to the news which allows easy access for readers to read.
The image included in the article mostly covers the double pages with the short article placed only in a small section in the middle of 1 page. There are not much text written on the pages about MCR but there’s a side bar on the right hand sand where listings of their new tracks from MCR are revealed and reviews from listeners are told.
The sort of language that’s used in the article is being told as a member of an “in crowd”, as though it’s speaking to viewers as a news reader and not a friendly approach with interviews included.
The images of the band are presented as a hard-working successful group as it shows the rock stars in recording process.
The article in the magazine matches the front cover because they have similar text font and colour, also similar fonts has also been used for some of the article text. It also introduces the magazine Kerrang in its title which is what the magazine being issued is.
The article does not need a high demand of knowledge about the band to understand the article as it introduces the characters: “My Chemical Romance, Gerard Way”. It also includes many quotations from the interview. “Our original game plan was to make a quick visceral record” which was reviews by the Kerrang crew; this involves reader into the article as it’s mainly writing about the characters in the band and not needing specific known knowledge for readers to include while reading the article.
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