Textual Analysis Rocksound

This cover has very simple colours, mostly using blue and black. The cover could appeal to anyone but mostly people who like the rock genre of music because of the name of the magazine "rocksound" which clearly shows that the genre of the magazine is rock music.

It could also appeal to people who like tattoos as the person on the cover appears to be covered in them. The main article is aligned to the left of the cover which connotes that it is infact the main article and the fact that the font is larger than the font on the rest of the page. On the left of the page there is a list of other artists, that are of a simelar genre of music. This could appeal to people who like them artists as well as the artist that is on the dominant picture. There are also more pictures on the cover which appeals to preferably a younger audience and it breaks up the layout abit, making it look abit less formal.

The text on the page is straightly aligned but the font is eroded which helps promote its genre of music. This will show the reader that the rest of the magazine will be informal aswell.

The contents page almost looks as if it was backwards, which gives a messed up imagery of the rest of the magazine. This is used well however because of the genre of music. The contents are on the left which shows which page it is, but the majority of the page is taken up by pictures with short words that sum up the pictures and the articles that will come with them.

The stars at the bottom could connote a rating for the magazine as well as a theme and to make the page look abit more interesting.

The picture at the top, is a picture of the successful band known as green day. The lead singer is putting his finger over his lip, almost as if something is a secret, this could draw the reader in, because they would want to know what the secret is.

The colour of the contents is mostly red, this could connote an evil side. It gives almost a hellish feel which is assosiated with the type of music that is inside the magazine.
Double page spread- The word "Exposure" is written in the top left and right hand corners, this has a yellow banner with white block text this will immediately capture the readers attention and make them wonder what is in the article. The large image breaks up the text and makes the text seem shorter. The black highlighted writing in the center of the text also does this, it is also a key line which is used to draw the reader into reading the text by pulling out words that may encourage them to doing this. The layout is simple yet effective because of the size of the image.