Feature Article analysis

The main image is composed on the left hand side of the frame and fits in with colour scheme of magazine by having dulled out colours and a red tint giving the singer connotations of excitement and danger. Plus the emotion on his face gives connotations of joy and enthusiasm representing to the target audience that he enjoys performing and makes him look desirable to go see in concert. Using the rule of thirds we can see that the singer is composed completely on the left hand side of the frame in a powerful pose giving him connotations of strength and making him appear to be more desirable to see to the target audience.

The feature article has a dark red, white and black colour scheme as they are colours that stereotypically connote heavy metal and represent the band to be dark and dangerous. To reinforce this stereotype, the gravestone acts a logo for the band and gives them connotations of death, a taboo to normally sing about in society, which is a stereotypical generic convention of most metal bands.

The masthead font has connotations of being raw and energetic and represent the band to have similar connotations so they appear exciting to the target audience who will want to read about them. The red highlights certain words in the masthead and drop quotes to connote the extra positive points from the quote and make the band seem cheerful and and excited about their come back. The main body of text is bold, with a black border so that it also stands out against the background and has an appropriate distance between the lines and words so that's easy to read and appealing to the eye of the audience.

The feature article also has web links for a website where the target audience have the opportunity to gain extra information about the band. Seeming as the information is exclusive it would act as a unique selling point to the website and would attract the target audience to visit the site in order to get more information. 

The images at bottom of page are bright and stand out against the darker background and draw your eye to their on stage antics. This reinforces the connotations seen in the masthead font and represents the band to be full of energy and enthusiastic to perform; which could act as another selling point to the target audience.