Analysis of magazine front

cover/contents/double spread of

Q magazine Sept 2006

THE MASTHEAD –

This is name of the

magazine in this case the

magazine is called, ‘Q’ this

sets the house style as you

can see this is white

text, and the biggest text

on the page.

FLASHER- This gives an offer to

the reader this also links to the

house with the yellow but stands

out on the black background.

COVER LINE – This differs

from conventional magazines, as

there is only one cover line. This

makes this magazine unique and

stand our from other magazines.

Added to that this is biggest text

on the page.

SELLING LINE – The

selling line, is very biased

promoting themselves as ‘The’

only magazine suitable for

your music.

BACKGROUNDThe background and

main image consist of

many different musical

artists and people

associated with the genre

of music, the collage of

people can detonate to

us how close fans and

artists of that genre are

closely knit together. THE MAIN IMAGE – This

magazine is very image based

and has gone against mundane

magazine covers by using a

montage of images instead of a

medium or close up shot. As a

result of this this gives potential

customers in the target audience

which would give them more of a

chance to recognise an artist may

like which may lead to them

buying this whereas one main

image does not.

BARCODE/DATE

ISSUE/PRICE – This is

conventional and is

displayed on every

magazine.

THE FOOTER – This is

information about what is

included in magazine

separate from the main

story/article, this shows

how Q are rated.

FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

CONTENTS ANALYSISQ MASTHEAD –This is the

same colour as the Masthead on

the front cover, this comes

across as professional and also a

consistent house style.

MAIN IMAGE – The main

image is the focal point of this

page as this is the biggest

feature on the page, we see a

medium long image of a male

dressed in black with a mode of

address direct to the audience.

Using a famous artist for the

image may interest other

readers too.

USE OF A PULL QUOTE– This is a quote from Cliff

Richards which says ‘Devil

woman is my kind of

rock’n’roll!’ , this lets the reader

know about about the article

before reading.

BYLINE -This is credit

for author and

photographer.

BANNER –This is

where you would

expect to see Banners

on all magazines, this

also follows the house

style. Which contents

the date.

HOUSE STYLE – This

house style has been

consistent throughout use

of the same colours all of

the way through.

RULE OF THIRDS –Rule of thirds is used on

this magazine and most

other magazine for

guidelines to the layout.

MAIN COVER LINE - This

links with the main cover line

from the front cover giving the

reader more information about

what this consists of.INDEX – The index is

sub headings and brief

information that is

included in the magazine.

MISE EN

SCENE – This is

created by the

image of the male

and the scenery of

the sky and the sea

behind him.

MAIN IMAGE – The main image of

Matt Bellamy takes

up the whole of the

page, this could be

used as a poster by

fans of him. This

image relates to his

interview page.

COPY- this is

based in a

question and

answer

form, however

differs again from

other magazine as

there is no drop

capital.

PAGE

NUMBER/NME

TITLE/DATE – This

conventional and

expected to see on all

double page spread.

3 COLOUMNS – This

article is has a layout of

3 columns, this is a very

conventional style.

SUB HEADING – This is brief

information about what is to come

in the article, in this case, Muse

artist Matt Bellamy .

MAIN HEADLINE –The main headline is

a pull quote, this

may attract readers

that can relate to

quote or people that

are interested in the

topic of the article.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD ANALYSIS

Q BACKGROUNDhttp://www.qthemusic.com/

Readership - 80,418

Editor – Paul Rees

Q magazine does not really have a

genre of music, its main interest is new

releases and upcoming artists they also

base on interviews. Generally the

magazines are aimed at over 18’s, due

to the variety of music they cover . Q

has been published monthly since 1986

by Bauer Media Group.

Price £3.90

The review section covers; new

music, film, concerts and also radio and

television.