Conventions:Barcode and price
Competition bubbles
Images boxed or frames with mini-headline
Coverlines relating to stories inside
Masthead at top
Quotes within coverlines to attract people to read whole story
Main image
General colours (no specific colour scheme): red, white, yellow, black, purple, pink
Band names listed at bottom as mini context page
Giveaway (CD)
Main image in front of masthead
Text and images frame but do not overwhelm main image
Breaking of conventions:
Biffy Clyro band behind masthead
No coverlines or other images on Ozzy cover
Crowded Greenday cover
Similarities:
All have a main image that doiminates and sells cover
Bright, strong colour schemes
Differences:
Some rely solely on mmain image and not on coverlines or other images
Some have competitions or giveaways
Some are crowded whilst others appear bare.
By looking at these covers of kerrang it helps me to see how bands create an image for themselves and market that image. This in turn will help me to create a band identity for our own band and use a specific image in the video, myspace and album cover.
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