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Anaylsing Colour
Black - Dark, Gothic, Leather (Metal clothing is denim and leather, also the main band is wearing black)
White/Grey – Contrasting against the black and red, no real connotations
Red - Blood (Metal genre: Grim, dark, death)
Colour scheme of magazine is traditional rock and metal colours, being the heavy use of darker colours. This helps to follow a house style for the music magazines aimed at the genres of rock and metal.
Analysing Design
Big images of 3 members of 2 very well known bands. This magazine is focusing on these two bands since they are touring together, this will be huge for the metal genre. Since this is such a big event the people here are overlaying the title of the magazine to symbolise how big they are. Other band news and interviews are written on the magazine underneath the main news to attract people who like these bands as well
Analysing Images
Main image shows members from 2 bands (Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold) teaming up and working together on their new monster tour. Again the main image overlaps the title to show how important this event will be. By combining members of bands into one picture the fans of these bands will see it and instantly gain a huge interest, especially since they favourite band is teaming up with another hugely liked band.
Pose
The bands play heavy metal and thrash metal; both being naturally fast and aggressive so the members pose reflects this with the scowls and grit teeth on their faces.
Use of words on cover
The words on the magazine are not used to do anything other then advertise what bands are in the magazine. This keeps the front page clean, simple and not over crowed.
Overall impression
This magazine’s focus is all on the main event of the magazine; this being a combined tour by 2 monster bands. The magazine is clean, simple and does what it says on the tin by showing you what bands are in this magazine and give you the choice to take it or leave it, it does not over complicate things by having a huge amount of different stories on the front cover.
Revolver double page spread
Colour
This double page’s colour scheme is typical of what you would expect from an underground metal magazine, the background is a mixture of some kind of greyish brown – keeping with the traditional metal colour scheme of anything dark and raw. Due to this being a interview the names of the two people being interviewed and in different colours to show their importance, not that it really needs to be pointed out since Ozzy Osbourne practically invented the metal genre. Zakk Wylde is the other person being interviewed and is known for being totally insane and unpredictable; red represents fire and how it can spread uncontrollably so it is a perfect choice for such a man. The album artwork from their latest album is used on this double page spread, being very grim and dark it fits in well with the dark industrial setting that these pages have.
Design
The article in question on these pages is an interview between three people so the text itself is going to be the most important part and needs the most attention. So the design of this page has the importance of the text in mind, so the choice of the only two pictures in this article is the album artwork for their upcoming album and a picture of the guitarist Zakk Wylde; two very different pictures but not a lot to say about them both – meaning the readers attention is on the text for a lot longer.
Images
The images on these pages are of the upcoming album artwork and a picture of the beast of a guitar player that is Zakk Wylde. If you are even remotely like metal music (which you should be since you are reading a metal magazine) then you will know who Zakk Wylde is and how insane the man is and how he is the what every metal musician should be like; drinks to excess, lives life to the full and looks like a Viking from head to toe. This image of Zakk instantly draws in his fans and anyone who wants to see the face behind the blistering guitar solos; linked in with the fact he works with one of the pioneers for the genre (Ozzy) helps to bring in his fans as well.
Pose
The pose held by Zakk Wylde in the picture is one of huge strength and power; the odd angle he is leaning at is portrays him as an unstable character possibly crazy which he is. The confidence he is showing with his pose indicates that he knows what he’s doing; he’s been there and established himself past all the bad times of the early days of a band and is now a very successful artist.
Use of words
The use of words in this article is very important since it is an interview. The interview opens with a summary of what the interview is going to be about, drawing in anyone who quickly skims the article to see what it is about. The language used in the article is simple and often including swearwords since the audience this magazine is targeting is reading this magazine to find out about their metal scene and not to have their magazine made of fluffy lesser genres.
Overall impression
This double page and the interview wherein is a great display of artistic work by the colours, choice of chosen images and poses within the image. The usage of dark colours as a basis, bright colours for emphasising points and breaking the flow of the page. The dark choice of colouring goes well with the rest of this magazine since it does cover the more darker and extreme areas of metal sub-genres. Ozzy Osbourne; one of the people being interviewed and the person in the album artwork, is nicknamed ‘The Prince of Darkness’ so the use of a dark colour basis and background perfectly fits his nickname as well as the music genre.
Revolver double page spread
Colour
This double page’s colour scheme is typical of what you would expect from an underground metal magazine, the background is a mixture of some kind of greyish brown – keeping with the traditional metal colour scheme of anything dark and raw. Due to this being a interview the names of the two people being interviewed and in different colours to show their importance, not that it really needs to be pointed out since Ozzy Osbourne practically invented the metal genre. Zakk Wylde is the other person being interviewed and is known for being totally insane and unpredictable; red represents fire and how it can spread uncontrollably so it is a perfect choice for such a man. The album artwork from their latest album is used on this double page spread, being very grim and dark it fits in well with the dark industrial setting that these pages have.
Design
The article in question on these pages is an interview between three people so the text itself is going to be the most important part and needs the most attention. So the design of this page has the importance of the text in mind, so the choice of the only two pictures in this article is the album artwork for their upcoming album and a picture of the guitarist Zakk Wylde; two very different pictures but not a lot to say about them both – meaning the readers attention is on the text for a lot longer.
Images
The images on these pages are of the upcoming album artwork and a picture of the beast of a guitar player that is Zakk Wylde. If you are even remotely like metal music (which you should be since you are reading a metal magazine) then you will know who Zakk Wylde is and how insane the man is and how he is the what every metal musician should be like; drinks to excess, lives life to the full and looks like a Viking from head to toe. This image of Zakk instantly draws in his fans and anyone who wants to see the face behind the blistering guitar solos; linked in with the fact he works with one of the pioneers for the genre (Ozzy) helps to bring in his fans as well.
Pose
The pose held by Zakk Wylde in the picture is one of huge strength and power; the odd angle he is leaning at is portrays him as an unstable character possibly crazy which he is. The confidence he is showing with his pose indicates that he knows what he’s doing; he’s been there and established himself past all the bad times of the early days of a band and is now a very successful artist.
Use of words
The use of words in this article is very important since it is an interview. The interview opens with a summary of what the interview is going to be about, drawing in anyone who quickly skims the article to see what it is about. The language used in the article is simple and often including swearwords since the audience this magazine is targeting is reading this magazine to find out about their metal scene and not to have their magazine made of fluffy lesser genres.
Overall impression
This double page and the interview wherein is a great display of artistic work by the colours, choice of chosen images and poses within the image. The usage of dark colours as a basis, bright colours for emphasising points and breaking the flow of the page. The dark choice of colouring goes well with the rest of this magazine since it does cover the more darker and extreme areas of metal sub-genres. Ozzy Osbourne; one of the people being interviewed and the person in the album artwork, is nicknamed ‘The Prince of Darkness’ so the use of a dark colour basis and background perfectly fits his nickname as well as the music genre.
Analysing Revolver contents page
Colours
Revolver’s contents page is unlike many other magazine contents pages in many ways. In terms of the colour most magazines have their contents pages keep along the same line as their set default colour scheme that they would use, as seen in Kerrang! Below. The colour of this contents page is obviously not the important part of the page but it does a good job of placing all the of readers attention into the image of the lady in the dress in the middle of the page. The white text on a blue background is still easy to read as well as being different from other magazines – this magazine is obviously not conformist and so you will not expect to see anything you would usually see in from other magazines.
Design
The contents page is not designed with simplicity in mind; well it’s not designed with anything conventional in mind. The contents page clearly has an exclusive plan in mind with the actual stories it is trying to advertise well out the way and in a very small font. The page was obviously designed with the image of ‘Christina’ as the one and only focal point for the page, to tie in with the advertisements on the front page. This is nothing like what usual magazines would do and it shows that either this magazine is not terribly good; which you will soon see is not the case when you see the content and exclusive stuff they have inside, or the magazine truly has its own unique image that no other magazine has got anything close to.
Images
As soon as you turn the page you are confronted with the only image on the page and the only thing that really warrants attention; before you is a close up of a woman in a bright red dress sitting on a box. This magazine is all about the ‘hottest chicks in metal’ so this image obviously as to go along with the two main points in the advertisement;
1) Hot chicks – well you have a pretty lady in a dress showing a lot of leg – attracts males
2) Metal – she is wearing black lipstick, her hair is black and she is wearing leather accessories – attracts people who like metal
So this image not only reinforces what this magazines main feature is about but it also targets a good range of buyers.
Poses
The one and only pose on this page is purely done to reinforce the fact that this magazine is all about the ‘hottest chicks in metal’ so the pose the model has obviously has the chance to entice a male audience towards buying this magazine, and it does. Obviously putting on a seductive pose, the model sideways glance is obviously a more sensational way of appealing to a male reader.
Use of words
The small usage of words in this page is simply there to do the job of advertising the rest of the magazine as well as helping readers to find what article they wish to find. The text is out of the way of the main focal point for the page, as to not interfere with the messages it gives off and make the whole page look sloppy, uncared for and rushed. The text does not have any fancy effects towards it, it is just put there because it has to be, giving off the message that the magazine is being forced to have this in place but since it is so far out the way and uncared for it is not interfering with the content of the magazine.
Overall impression
The contents page is exactly what you would expect from a main feature in the middle of the magazine, not a contents page. This shows that magazine will do things it’s way and will not conform to magazine traditions. The unique and exclusive design that this magazine has gone for shows it is far more independent then most other magazines and has no need to conform to their way of thinking.
Revolver’s contents page is unlike many other magazine contents pages in many ways. In terms of the colour most magazines have their contents pages keep along the same line as their set default colour scheme that they would use, as seen in Kerrang! Below. The colour of this contents page is obviously not the important part of the page but it does a good job of placing all the of readers attention into the image of the lady in the dress in the middle of the page. The white text on a blue background is still easy to read as well as being different from other magazines – this magazine is obviously not conformist and so you will not expect to see anything you would usually see in from other magazines.
Design
The contents page is not designed with simplicity in mind; well it’s not designed with anything conventional in mind. The contents page clearly has an exclusive plan in mind with the actual stories it is trying to advertise well out the way and in a very small font. The page was obviously designed with the image of ‘Christina’ as the one and only focal point for the page, to tie in with the advertisements on the front page. This is nothing like what usual magazines would do and it shows that either this magazine is not terribly good; which you will soon see is not the case when you see the content and exclusive stuff they have inside, or the magazine truly has its own unique image that no other magazine has got anything close to.
Images
As soon as you turn the page you are confronted with the only image on the page and the only thing that really warrants attention; before you is a close up of a woman in a bright red dress sitting on a box. This magazine is all about the ‘hottest chicks in metal’ so this image obviously as to go along with the two main points in the advertisement;
1) Hot chicks – well you have a pretty lady in a dress showing a lot of leg – attracts males
2) Metal – she is wearing black lipstick, her hair is black and she is wearing leather accessories – attracts people who like metal
So this image not only reinforces what this magazines main feature is about but it also targets a good range of buyers.
Poses
The one and only pose on this page is purely done to reinforce the fact that this magazine is all about the ‘hottest chicks in metal’ so the pose the model has obviously has the chance to entice a male audience towards buying this magazine, and it does. Obviously putting on a seductive pose, the model sideways glance is obviously a more sensational way of appealing to a male reader.
Use of words
The small usage of words in this page is simply there to do the job of advertising the rest of the magazine as well as helping readers to find what article they wish to find. The text is out of the way of the main focal point for the page, as to not interfere with the messages it gives off and make the whole page look sloppy, uncared for and rushed. The text does not have any fancy effects towards it, it is just put there because it has to be, giving off the message that the magazine is being forced to have this in place but since it is so far out the way and uncared for it is not interfering with the content of the magazine.
Overall impression
The contents page is exactly what you would expect from a main feature in the middle of the magazine, not a contents page. This shows that magazine will do things it’s way and will not conform to magazine traditions. The unique and exclusive design that this magazine has gone for shows it is far more independent then most other magazines and has no need to conform to their way of thinking.
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