3rd Magazine cover analysis

for this magazine cover of 'Kerrang' the colour scheme used is yellow, white, black and red which is good as they are simple colours which can easily be seen on top of each other and together.  the black colour is mainly used in the background and there is very little text or cover lines using black on top of the black background.  the masthead is at the top of the page and is in a white font which is good as it can be seen easily over the black background and underneath this is the main photgraph of the cover where there are artists in a line behind one another and the man in the centre of them has his head in front of the masthead which makes it sem as if he is jumping out at you, he also has red hair which goes with the red colours used on the cover.  printed on top of his photo is a big '2010' in red and this is in the middle of the page and is very eye catching to the reader and lets them know that this magazine has 'the ultimate reveiw' of 2010.  underneath this there are cover lines of different artists names to let you know what else you can read about in the magazine and these are in both red and wite fonts to easily separate the names as well as being separated with a little star.  underneath this at the bottom of the page there are three photos with a heading of 'photos of the year, poster special' and this is giving the reader a brief preview of a few of the photos of the year and if it is an artist they like they might be intrigued to see what tbe other photos are.  there are also more cover lines at the very bottom of the page of more artists you can read about in the magazine but these might not have as much of a larger section to the magaine than the others as they have been out at the bottom of the pae in a smaller font to make them only seem present and not really impotant as the others.  to the right side of the page there is a plug stating '20 best albums of the year revealed' which has been made to look important with a red background and white font and stands out amongst its surroundings on the cover, and so is eye catching.  there is around the middle of the page, little white snow flakes, which have been used to fit inn with the christmas theme and makes the magazine look a little festive but asnt gone off of the idea of music at all which is good as it has been able to include this.  the barcode is placed at the bottom right hand side where it is usually placed.