Front cover analysis 2

Magazine front cover 2

Q Magazine

This is another one of Q magazine’s front covers which is a complete contrast to the one above as the text is more black than red and also the background is grey where as the one above is black. Also the main image of Lily Allen is a long shot with two jaguars I think this image doesn’t work as well as the one above because it doesn’t stand out enough. Also the grey background in my opinion looks boring and dull. Yet the use of using a celebrity through out there music magazines creates a constituency again making the magazine more recognisable.

Also the use of making the celebrities names nearly as big as the title again creates the confidence in the magazine and its personality is gritty and intense which draws the audience in.

I think the banner at the bottom works really well as it stands out. I would like to use a banner on my front cover as it seems to look successful. Also they have kept the same colour scheme: grey, white, blue, black and red. I think this colour scheme works well as it isn’t too many colours to over crowd the page yet they all stand out against each other which looks effective.

Also I will use the use of mentioning famous musicians old and young to create a wider demographic as Q cleverly does. As it uses a young musician as we all know Lily Allen and the older bands such as Oasis.