Music Magazine cover research.




The masthead s big and bold and takes up most of the left hand corner. The colour of the the writing in the masthead is white with a red back ground this works really well to stand out because red and white contrast against one another. This has been done to attract the reader and also to make it recognisable so when anyone sees this masthead they know what it is. The font used in the mast head is San-serif which has been done because its target audience is younger people which gives it a more informal and modern effect to the magazine, but lower down in the main cover line they have used serif on the "rocks" because the magazine tends to be more intellectual and because their main image is "CHERYL COLE" who's main followers tend to be more younger females they don't want the readers to be turned off by this so they are trying to cover up the pop effect that she gives off, to show more of a rock which is Q's usual genre. The sell line of this magazine makes a big statement saying that its the UK's biggest music magazine this has been done to appeal to the customers because if a customer is looking to buy a music magazine and they see that this is the biggest music magazine in the UK they will be more persuaded into buying it as this makes them think that it must be good as it is the biggest in the UK.

 

The masthead has changed the colour for this one so that it is easier to read and that it goes with the colour scheme of the picture but they have still kept the tradition font, the image of Lady GaGa covers the masthead they are able to do this though because it is such a well know magazine. The picture is of Lady GaGa it is from knee length she is wearing a dress which looks like it is made from bubbles and it is very revealing this has been done because it is what people will call classic GaGa as she is always wearing exotic and very different types of fashion so they have decided to capture this in the image, her make-up has been made to actually work with the back ground and the writing so that everything connects. For the cover lines they have used the same type of font but in many different ways for example the word “Lady GaGa” is the largest words there, the obvious reason this has been done is so that people who have a look at this colour automatically know that the image is lady gaga, the font used is all serif font. On the left hand side we once again have the big font used that says “the hot list” this has been done to attract people know that there is something new and exciting in side below that there is smaller font used to give us a small idea what is going to be in the hot list. We can see that this is a real magazine as they have used a barcode with a price and at the top above the masthead there is a date and website.

The masthead is once again changed from it iconic red colour to a yellow so that is blends in with the image and the colour scheme of the cover lines, it still has the traditional font with it. The images is of Lil Wayne and it is roughly mid-shot he has a bland expression on his face and he is not looking into the camera he is looking down this has been done to show his personality and the way he acts, but then we see that he is wearing a necklace that has the iconic rolling stones logo on it which also promote rolling stones more. There is not many cover lines on this magazine but once again like the Lady GaGa cover they have used the biggest font where is say his name so people know straight away if they don’t know who he is they will know when they see this, it is also like the Cheryl Cole cover where is says he “goes rock” when Lil Wayne is actually a rap pop singing so that is not rolling stones target audience so adding the “rock” it relates more to rolling stones usual audience. We can also see that this is a real magazine as it has the barcode and it also has the price and the website above the masthead.

The masthead is all bold and bright colour which makes it easy to read it is all the same colour with some of the colour line which shows the colour scheme, they have also make all three letter capital letter which makes it stand out in front of everything else on the page so straight away when people see this they know that this is the name of the magazine, just below the masthead there is a sell line which says “NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS” this will probably be on every NME magazine. The cover lines are cold and match the pink colour of the masthead the biggest and bold masthead it the name “RIHANNA” which has been done because she is so well know that people see that she is on the front cover and her name is on the magazine so that magazine will appeal more to her audience, just below her name she has a quotation which is something that she has said they have done this because it shows her personality and it tell the readers what there will probably be an interview with her in the magazine, there is only two cover lines the other one is all pink and bold but it is not as big as the other one below that it has a list of other famous singers and band which is in blank and in a smaller font this is for additional information. We can see this is a real magazine as they have used a barcode also above the masthead there is a date and price of the magazine.