Magazine Research-Rock Sound contents page

     Similarly to all of the other magazines research, Rock Sound appears to incorporate the use of subheadings in the actually content list which enable the detection of specific articles relevant to the reader quickly and easily.
       The actually colour scheme appears to follow a similar colour scheme to both Q and NME with the incorporation with black, white and red. However, the magazine appears to use these colours in a different way. The magazine appears to split down the middle, one half appears to be just off white with a slight tint of pink. This appears to give a very angelic impression. Yet the juxtaposition of the red rustic looking metal background with this white creates a bold contrast creating a sense of rebellion. Also, the use of 'rustic' style backgrounds, the contents page gives off an extremely grungy, edgy look which also seems to be suggesting by the use of grungy looking font. This gives off the impression of decay and rust itself creating a very run down, grungy atmosphere which could be a way of conveying the magazines 'underground' style. Despite the contrast between the split backgrounds being so great, the use of 'star' footer appears to link the too together and the inversion of colour schemes creates a sense of flow between the two.
     The use of an edgy declarative statement like slogan appears to act as an introduction to the magazine and sums up the entire style of the magazine and helps convey what the magazine is about giving the reader an insight.
     The interesting effecting of using torn looking backgrounds around obviously posed images creates a sense of rebellion and eliminates the idea of the magazine appearing much too formal and structured giving a much more edgy look- something i hope to incorporate into my magazine as i would like to reflect the grungy, edgy style of the music into my work.
     The images themselves seem to vary with size, the most famous bands appear to feature in a larger image which suggests an element of status and importance, almost as if the band is overemphasising the story and persuading the reader to want to read that particular feature.
      Lastly, the magazine seems to advertise its technological convergence at the bottom of the magazine with the incorporation of the website. This allows the website to become more popular which will increase the strength of the synergy between the magazine brand and the audience as they will both benefit from the audience viewing the website to obtain latest gossip and giving the brand hits and opportunities to advertise next issues and persuade them to buy.