The cover stars are all looking at the camera and pulling stupid faces which indicates that they are a band with attitude and they don't mind that they have that reputation. Also one of the cover stars is blocking a bit of the masthead. This is used for two reason's. The first one is that the art designer wants to get plenty of the cover stars and by taking up the masthead is showing to the readers that Kerrang is about the music not it's name. Secondly due to Kerrangs left third being well recognized worldwide they can afford for some of the masthead to be blocked off as long as the left third is showing as people will still recognize the magazine due to that. Also the main cover line is green which ties in with the name of the cover stars Greenday. There is also a screamer underneath the main cover line as you can see that there is an interview with Paramore. This will attract audiences as they have two big interviews in the magazine. If that isn't enough to get the readers attention then the pug offering them 5 free posters will be! There are also other cover lines telling them what is in the rest of the magazine and a bar code to sell it. The fonts cover lines and main cover lines are quite big and take up all of the cover so it really gets into the readers face. This lets the reader see the 4 main stories at a quick glance . However the main cover line is in the colour green. This is different to most the cover lines and is used to show that the GreenDay interview is the main story and it also complements well with the colours the band is wearing. I really like how crammed in everything is on this cover as it makes the cover stars the main feature of the cover, as well as getting into the audiences face and making them want to buy it, which at the moment I plan to do with my cover!
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