Kerrang! Feature Article Analysis
As you can see from this feature article from Kerrang! magazine, the main image of the band My Chemical Romance is situated on the right hand side of the double page spread. This is so that there is more than enough room for the main aspects of information to be included on the left, e.g. the main interview, as well as an introductory paragraph. What's very peculiar about the image of them is how all four members are looking in different directions. This could be an interpretation in the way that they will all want different things in their lives, and that they're predicting that their project will slowly come to an end.
At the very top of the left hand side of the page, there is a short quote from the interview which helps bring the target audience into the magazine a lot more, and encourages them to keep on reading. The actual quote is in a capital italic font to separate itself from the rest of the article on the band. It's also been styled in this way to go with the colour scheme of the band (Gerard Way has bright red hair in the photo).
Underneath the actual article with the band, Kerrang! have made sure that the formality of having an upper case font in italics is continued, and this attracts the target audience, gets their full undivided attention, and aims to make them go out and buy the next issue. 'Don't Miss Next Week's Kerrang!' and 'Part Two' are both in bold as well, which creates emphasis for the readers.
The other feature that this article includes is a bright red circle with the date of when the next issue of Kerrang! is released. The magazine have chosen to include a graphic like this for two main reasons I think. The first reason for this is because it also goes well with the style of the actual article and how it's set out. And the second reason is also because it attracts the target audience, by persuading them (but mainly teenagers and young adults), to buy the magazine.
At the very top of the left hand side of the page, there is a short quote from the interview which helps bring the target audience into the magazine a lot more, and encourages them to keep on reading. The actual quote is in a capital italic font to separate itself from the rest of the article on the band. It's also been styled in this way to go with the colour scheme of the band (Gerard Way has bright red hair in the photo).
Underneath the actual article with the band, Kerrang! have made sure that the formality of having an upper case font in italics is continued, and this attracts the target audience, gets their full undivided attention, and aims to make them go out and buy the next issue. 'Don't Miss Next Week's Kerrang!' and 'Part Two' are both in bold as well, which creates emphasis for the readers.
The other feature that this article includes is a bright red circle with the date of when the next issue of Kerrang! is released. The magazine have chosen to include a graphic like this for two main reasons I think. The first reason for this is because it also goes well with the style of the actual article and how it's set out. And the second reason is also because it attracts the target audience, by persuading them (but mainly teenagers and young adults), to buy the magazine.
Top Gear Feature Article Analysis
As you can see from this feature article from Top Gear magazine, they have chosen to take a similar approach to Kerrang! and their front cover, by making it as visually attractive as possible for their target audience, which is mainly young to middle-aged men. The way that they've chosen the layout for the first of the two pages on the double page spread is very effective, by having the main image underneath the main text, it enables the readers to gather the information a lot more easily.
The way that they have included a tagline to bring the reader into the article is impressive, particularly because of the choice of words that have been used. The magazine are basically comparing the Mercedes AMG to a machine gun, and this is all demonstrated by the supposed noise of the engine.
And like Kerrang!, Top Gear have chosen to include a small quote which is from the article, and this gives out more information as well as encourages the audience to carry on reading the magazine. The fact that it's not in italics means that the magazine is more formal than Kerrang! magazine.
The reason for Top Gear being more formal is simply because of the colour codes and conventions that the makers have used. As you can see, they have used darker colours such as black and grey, for the white font to stand out in the background.
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