Textual Analysis of Kerrang magazine. Part 1.

Image:

• With Regards to framing, the image is taken so that the attention can be focused on the fact that the man within the image looks like a person that is associated with Rock music as his body language would suggest so.
• The main image of the front page is a medium close up shot as you can see the top half of his body.
• The lighting within the image is Ambient lighting as the image lighting appears to be natural.
• The image contains few props, but the props that are included within the picture are bracelets and black earrings.
• The denotation of the image is a white man with tattoos that has water dripping off of his body with his arms half the way up.
• The connotation of this image is that listening to Rock music can make you as if your sins are getting washed away and your soul is being cleansed.

Conventions of page layout:

• The masthead used for the front cover of this magazine contains the word 'KERRANG!' and is made to be extremely bold and red.
• The font choices for the front cover differentiate slightly but there are a maximum of three fonts present on the front page.
• There is one cover line located on left hand side of the front cover towards the top of the magazine that consists of exclusive information.
• The front cover includes a flash puff on the right hand side of the cover illustrating the fact that there are 6 mega posters within the magazine. 

Genre:

• The genre of Rock music is portrayed within the front cover as there are many elements of the front cover that refer or relate to rock music.