Analysis of Q Front Cover

 

·         feature article photograph: it is a picture of Oasis member Liam Gallagher, the reason why this is the first thing I noticed is because it stands out, the reason it stands out because they have made it so the picture is in front of the text, therefore, this makes the picture really stand out and also it is a good picture to use as Oasis are a very popular band and they will attract a lot of attention from people who like rock music.

·         Demographic: The demographic of this magazine is most likely to be late teens to an older age because some of the bands are quite old and they may not appeal to a younger variety. The magazine is also aimed at both genders as both genders enjoy the rock genre.

·         Plug: The information shown on the front of the magazine stands out the reader because the colours that have been used really brings the words to attention, they seem to be going with a red, white and black colour scheme which seems to be really effective, I believe that this colour scheme is used because it gives a gritty, rock feel to the magazine and it would really appeal to rock fans as rock is generally associated with danger and violence just like the colour red. The text is bold and the acts that are being presented on the front of the magazine are in red which matches the colour of the logo.  

·         Masthead: The masthead is in the top right of the magazine which is where generally other magazines put theirs. The masthead on this magazine stands out because of the colours that have been used for it, it is very simple as it is just a “Q” inside of a red square but it seems so effective especially on this magazine because of the colour contrast, it goes really well with the white background on the magazine and also the red square is the same colour as all the plug titles.
d     Puff: They put the name of the big band in the magazine in bold to attract more attention because more people are going to then see it as it stands out because it is bigger and bolder than all of the other content on the front cover. Also the phrase " I went home with a shotgun" is a perculiar story so it is going to attract peoples attention as it is not something that you hear everyday, its going to make people want to read it. They also put that phrase in red to try and make it stand out more and because it is the main headline the font size is bigger which makes it stand out to the readers,