Rock Magazine – KERRANG!
Has lots of dark colours and very bold text to make it bold and effective.
Has an image of a man with an electric guitar which connotes rock music
Informal language “WTF”
Has cover lines to do with other rock bands and festivals
Hip hop magazine – XXL
Contains rappers on the cover to connote hip hop
Dark colours
Bright Masthead
Bold writing for the cover image
Large text
Classical Magazine – Classical Music
Formal and sophisticated cover
Serif fonts to connote formal
Conductor on the cover to connote classical music
Not a lot of text to make it more sophisticated than cluttered
Has cover lines to do with orchestras
Indie Magazine – NME
Cluttered to make it brighter
Lots of different colours to draw attention to it
Contains an offer for a free indie CD
Cover lines from other indie bands
Image of indie band singer
