Fintan Cadden
AS Media
House style analysis: Rocksound
In the magazine 'rocksound' the style completely changes the main colours are blue, yellow and white, whilst the contents page has the majority of the colours being red and white. The typeface also changes to a more bold solid one, rather than a more crooked almost handwritten one.
This shows how 'rocksound' doesn't stick to the initial house style and changes it throughout, making it different, but yet is still distinct on both the pages and stands out to the audience
From the front cover, the main colours presented are Blue, Yellow, White and Black. Most text is in bold and easy to read, but where quotes are on the cover, the font is in a handwritten like font. The bolder colours (Blue and Yellow) are in the headlines and most text as they stand out more to the readers, as they pick the magazine. The dark clothing represents the music genre, rock, and allows the reader to feel related to the artists.
In the contents page the colour scheme changes compared to the front cover, The colours featured on this page are Red, White and Black, which differs from the house style on the front page. The fonts are largely the same, as they're bold and easy to read, but there is no feature of the handwritten like font on the front cover, The text is more formal due to this. The standout colour amongst those on the contents page is the red, which i used for the title and number in this page, making it the first thing read amongst readers.
On the double page spread, the colours presented are red, white and black, this is the same scheme used on the contents page. The text is also very similar as it is in a more formal and bold like font instead of rigid. The whole theme of the page has a dark and twisted sense to it, with band members covered in blood and posing aggressively, this fits in with the whole genre of music presented throughout the magazine.