•They both have a ‘main’ picture + story.
•Both have other headlines to attract a wider audience
•Both have a one line sentence at the top of the magazine to attract people.
•Both are dated and have a price
•Both have the ‘signature mast head’
Differences:-
•Both support different genres of music
•Q has a ‘organised’ layout. Whereas Kerrang has a ‘Organised mess’ layout.
•Kerrang uses more pictures on their front cover
•Bar codes + pricing etc are in different places.
This is very different
Genre: Pop music.
Target Audience: Teenagers, and young people.
Format: Set out to attract teenagers (all the pink colours and shapes and lots of photos of famous people.
Layout: lots of photos to attract a big audience, bright colours for young children so they don’t get bored and like the magazine.
Design: Pink, Photos of teenage celebrities, and bubble writing.
