Research and Planning: Music Magazine Analyse 1

This is a Rock/ Metal magazine I know this because of the bands that it mentions in the cover lines bands such as Slipknot and Megadeath are obviously metal bands whereas Green Day and Muse aren't, I know that there music is a lot softer than metal would generally be. The audience that I believe is being focused by the magazine would generally be teenagers and older. Generally a magazine like this would not focus in on the elderly or children as the songs would be too heavy for them to listen too comfortably. Therefore I would argue that the age range that it focuses would probably be 16 - 30 (give or take a couple of years) in general; the coverline "WTF..." enforces the idea that its targeted at teenagers but doesn't exactly prove my age range basis.
The coverline "this is the best show out there..." is directly linked to the central image as the central image looks like it was taken at a concert. at which point he would be staring into the crowd while playing the music. this gives quite a good representation as it shows that he is giving his audience his seemingly undivided attention. the image also gives off a slight arrogance about him. I believe this is shown as he appears to be playing his guitar with one hand, also it seems like he doesn't care much I gather this by his facial expression and the fact that he's slouching. It all seems like hes trying to be 'cool'. The shot type used was a high angled medium shot I know this because it is angled for him to look bigger (generally a connotation with making the person seem more impressive) and because the shot shows both the guitar which is held next to his waist and upwards. The magazine uses the three colours for text boxes and text however uses a background which I would say is used to highlight the text and the central image. The fonts that have been used are all blocked capitals of which are generally associated with shouting, however at the moment I would say that the caps would be just to state that the information that its giving is important. Parts of the central image I would mention are overlapping text boxes while other parts aren't, an example of this is that the guitar overlaps the yellow box containing the image and text about Slipknot however this same text box overlaps the mans arm. this could mean that the author decided that the guitar or music is more important than who is playing.