When researching my music magazine it was clear to see the conventions of music magazines. I found that most magazines had a main image that was the focus of the whole front page. The person/people on the front cover were either a whole band or the lead singer of a band.
In the first image, despite the fact that the whole band is on the cover, the focus is on the lead singer [Gerard Way]. The three other people in the band are dressed in all black, the lead singer's red hair attracts attention straight to him. This technique is used because the lead singer is the member of the band that people are most likely to recognise. The first Kerrang front cover shows the band in a quite manly pose, this shows their masculinity, adhering to the typical representation of males in the media.
On the top image, the name of the band is used to grab attention. But in the second image, the picture of the female [Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore] is the centre of attention. They are relying on the fact that people will know her face rather than the band she's in to get people to purchase the magazine.
In the second Kerrang front cover, the pose that the woman is in feminine. She has wide eyes which suggests that she is naive or perhaps in need of protection. This is contrasted by the word 'SECURITY' on the front of her t-shirt which means that although she may look like someone in need of help, she's capable of looking after herself. This goes against typical representation of females who are often represented as needing to be protected.
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