The document analyzes the cover design of several music magazines. Key elements included are: 1) Main artists/bands are prominently featured through large close-up images and the biggest/boldest font for their names. 2) Consistent color schemes and fonts are used to call out important information like titles, subtitles, and images while maintaining a cohesive design. 3) Images are placed strategically to draw attention to the featured artist/band and main articles while complementing the surrounding text.

1. Music Magazine
Analysis

2. The skyline is written in
white above the
masthead. It clashes
against the red and
The masthead of this cover is stands out against the
written in red, the usual colour light blue background.
associated with the Rolling
Stone magazine. The writing is
also bold which helps it stand
out.
A close up of Adele, placed
into the centre of the page lets
us know that the feature The rest of the cover lines
article will be about her. follow the same pattern.
The sub-titles are in a
different font to the few
describing lines
underneath, this is
followed for all of them.
For the main artist , they
have put her name in the
biggest font, underneath
that is two lines that are in
a different font to the rest
of the writing on the page.

3. The masthead is slightly
covered by the main image, this
lets us know that the magazine
is well established. The bright
red stands out against the white
background.
The picture shows the whole
band, however Hayley Williams
is placed in the centre and
slightly forward showing she is
the most important in the
band.
The name of the band on the
cover is the biggest and boldest
writing on the page, coloured in
a bright purple that matches The background clashes with the
Hayley’s lipstick. The writing clothes they are wearing making
above and below that is smaller, them stand out. The background
in a different font, and a colour is used for the font that is
different colour. written across them and vice
versa sticking to the colour
scheme.

4. The title is simple with the issue
The contents follows Q’s house
number beside it .
style of red and white.
The feature article has the
biggest font on the
page, with a pictured placed
at the top of the rest of the
features.
The images down the right
hand side also show what is
The features are written in the magazine
down the left hand side,
written very clearly and
split up by sub titles.
The features also
follow Q’s house style.
Page numbers for the
images are shown in bold in
the top right corner of the
image.

5. The title is the biggest writing on the page. It
clashes against the background making it
stand out even more.
Her skin and hair colour clash against
the background
The image dominates the double page, covering more
space than the text.

6. Blue black and white continues throughout the
feature. Sticks to the colour scheme.
Smaller images of the band Writing wrote down in
singing are also shown. columns. Certain words have
been highlighted in blue and
taken from the texts.
Image dominates half of the page, lead singer
placed in the middle.