Evaluation Question 2

I have chosen this KERRANG! cover to compare my front cover
with. One of the ways I think this is similar to my magazine is the posture. On
my front cover, the entire band are all climbing on top of each other and
giving each other piggyback rides. Compared with the KERRANG! cover, on theirs
they are all pushing forwards and climbing over each other to get to the front
of the camera. On both of these covers all the individuals are looking very
happy, as well as being very hyper and energetic, they all look like they’re so
energetic they could just run amuck by their facial expressions and positions. Both
the lights in the photos seem to be artificial and are directly in front (though
also slightly above) the people in the pictures. You could represent younger
males in both of these photos as being very energetic and boisterous.


However there are some slight differences between the photos
as well. On KERRANGS! cover all but one person is looking directly into the
camera, while on mine all the people in the pictures are looking directly into
the camera. Another thing slightly different is the camera shots and angles.
While on mine there is a medium close up camera shot slightly above the people
in my picture, on KERRANG!’s it is a mid shot that keeps at a level angle to
the individuals. Lastly on KERRANG!’s they use a white/ grey background instead
of my cover, which has a black background with white streaks.


In the media, people such as Goths and metal fans are often
treated negatively. For my magazine, I believe that it is pushing a positive stereotype
for metal fans, showing them as energetic and fun-loving, rather than menaces
to society. It also pushes the image of the metal fan as the people on my cover
are wearing band merchandise, wearing black clothing and have long hair, dyes
and piercings. This is partly so it doesn’t alienate my target audience, who
will also likely dress like this and wear body piercings, but also to advertise
particular brands and band merchandise to people reading the magazine. I wish
to have a pro-consumerist attitude in my
magazine, but not so much that the magazine has too many adverts. I wish to
have enough advertisements to gently persuade people to buy particular merchandise
and not alienate my target audience, but not so much that it becomes a magazine
about selling out and pushing people to buy particular merchandise.