Q magazine front cover analysis.

The front cover of this magazine also has a limited colour palet. I think both magazines have used this technique aswell as most others because too many colours make a page seem too busy. The background is a plain grey shade and red, blue, white and black are used for fonts and writting to make them stand out. These colours all work really well together and they all stand out from the grey background.



The mast head isn't like other mast heads for magazines. Instead of going across the top, this one is in a red box in the top left corner. Its large and The name 'Q' means that the title can be as big as the box, drawing attention to it as it the biggest block of colour on the page. The strap line is also included in the box for the mast head and is written is a smaller font. It reads "a different take on music". This implies that the magazine will be talking about music that most people would not expect. Bands like U2 and oasis but also more mainstream artists like Lily Allen. The issue date is also added underneath the strapline in small black font.



There is only one single picture on the front cover of Lily allen. This suggests that the main story inside is about her. Her arms go over other parts of the magazine front cover, such as the mast head and some of the other featured stories. Its a long shot and even thought she's high up in the frame she's still looking directly at the audience. The headline "sexy beast lily allen and her wicked wicked ways" suggests that the story inside is going to uncover something about her. Also the beast part is shown by the panthers. It also shows that she has a tough side to her because the panthers look very dangerous and menacing.



In the top right corner are some of the other stories that will be inside this issue of Q. They all start with a blue arrow to show you that its a different story. The names of the bands that the stories are about are written in black bold capital letters.



There are other healdines to tell you what stories will be in the magazine in different places on the page. There are a few at the bottom of the page, seperated by blue and red lines for each story. There is also another to the right of the page just below the middle. This is in a round circle. There is a black circle and a white circle inside, this draws more attention to it. The text inside is a plain black serif font and tells you about an article inside. it reads "the 25 greatest rock movies", this will make the reader interested in the magazine and want to read the article.