This is the draft layout for my final front cover.

I chose this because it is simple and effective and it gets the main articles across to the audience.

Final Front Cover

This is my finished front cover, as you can see i had to change the format from what i had drafted up on the computer, this was because I asked many people if they thought is was effected and they recommended I only have one article to attract the readers attention.

Textual Analysis (Double Page Spread 2)

This is a Kerrang! magazine double page spread. It is clearly visible, to the reader, that this is a rock magazine, through the use of colour and the clothing worn by the singers used.

The guitars used also show that it is rock genre, and the way the page is laid out, it looks messy and cluttered, yet still attractive to the reader.

I suspect these images used are photos taken during gigs/concerts, and they all compliment the rock genre because they are all shown in action. Whereas, the Hip - Hop genre have the models in a controlled environment and posing.

Kerrang! is aimed at teenagers and the design of this magazine is all 'messy' so in a way it could be implying that teenagers are messy.

Textual Analyisis (Double Page Spread)

Here is a double page spread from a Hip - Hop Connection magazine article.

The first thing that attracts the readers attention is the full page picture of a well known rapper, from the "Wu Tang Clan", GZA.

The heading states 'Pure Genius' and the sub - heading mentions that without GZA the Wu Tang Clan would not be as 'big' as they are now. It says he 'Still has creativity to burn' implying that he really can take the Wu Tang Clan a lot further in the industry.

The colour scheme and font style are the same as seen on front cover of any Hip - Hop Connection magazine, and therefore it may even be seen as iconic of this magazine.

One page has a picture, and the other, information related to this picture. In this case it is a picture of GZA, and the information is about his rise to fame along with the Wu Tang Clan.

For the reader, it would be a lot easier to understand what this article is trying get across if they already know who GZA is.

I have finished my final piece for my front cover, but I am not able to post it at the moment because there is something wrong with my computer.

Right now I am working on my double page spread, I have edited the picture and it shall be posted on here by tomorrow.

Final Picture (Unedited)

This is the picture i have chosen for my front cover.

It is effective because the models used represent both, Hip Hop and Rock genres.

The model used to represent the Rock genre is holding a gun, whereas the model representing Hip Hop has a drumstick.

The inverted expectations are what i had intended to use from the beginning to fight against stereotypes.

Another of these inverted expectations is the colour scheme used, it is stated that followers if Hip Hop wear dark and baggy clothing. Here, however the Rock model is wearing darker clothes and even has his hood up.

I will soon edit this image to fill out the blue background and it will be good enough to use on my magazine cover.

Contents Page Layout

This is my final layout for my contents page. Again it is very simple, and has lots of room for various information.