Editorial Profile

Hey dudes and dudettes,

Riff magazine is a brand new music magazine focusing on the Heavy Metal genre. This has to be my favourite type of music to listen to because I can have a good head bang or play the air guitar to the songs. Whenever you're feeling stressed there's nothing like taking it out on your own head with a good head bang. Listening to bands such as Tenacious D, the Foo fighters and Manowar is the perfect cure for a stressful day. Riff is a magazine targeted at a wide age range, aging from people around my age (16) to people in their forties, that just want to discover new Bangs that they may like and read up on the goings-on of bands they already know and love. So get readin' fellow rockers!

~Henry.

A useful link

This is a link to a page on the Q magazine website which displays all of their past front covers, this was useful to find a front cover to deconstruct.

Contents Deconstructions

The first deconstruction is of a Kerrang contents page. This is my favourite contents page because I believe it's the best laid out because it shows and image of each featured band along with the article name and page. I will possible use a similar layout for my contents page.

The third deconstruction is of a contents page for NME magazine. I do like this magazine but i believe it is too busy which makes it look messy, although this contents does the job the best, because of it giving a lot of page references. I may take inspiration on the layout of this contents page for my own, but would not put in a band index. 

DPS Deconstructions

The third deconstruction is of a double page spread taken from Kerrang magazine. I believe that this page needs more articles and information, not just a paragraph or two with an image that takes up the whole page. I do like the photo on this page, because it is an action shot of a band in mid performance. I will most likely use a similar photograph for my DPS or maybe my front cover, because it tells us that it's a music magazine straight away.  

Front cover Deconstructions

The first front cover I deconstructed was for Total Guitar magazine. This is my favourite front cover out of the three and it is the one i will take the most inspiration from. I personally like the colours that were used the green and black work very well together, and i will likely use the same colours. The layout works very well for a front cover with a variety of bands and images of the bands were listed down each side. The main article in a big circle with big text right in the center of the page. I'm my front cover I shall use similar colours and layout.

The third deconstruction is of a front cover for Kerrang magazine. This is my second favourite magazine front cover out of the ones I deconstructed, because the colours combination works very well for the genre of music it's representing. The red and black colours fit in with costumes that the featured band is wearing. I will possibly use similar front covers.