2. Magazines I’m going to analyse
Magazines need to be bold, vibrant and enticing for it to stand out
from other magazines of that genre, so I'm going to analyse the
front covers, contents page and double page spread page of two
music magazines these magazines are Q and Vibe.
Both magazines are bold and exciting in their own way, both
magazines apple to the same genre, which is pop so they look at
artists such as Lady Gaga, Will.I.am Rihanna etc.
3. The front covers. The magazine Q has a very Bold front
page, they stick to their main colour
scheme, which is Gray, Balck and Red 99.9%
of the time.
The red is used to make certain features
and the mast head stand out more. For
instance the masthead is the first thing that
grabs your attention, this draws you in
making you notice the other features on
the magazine, such as the main story which
in this case would be GAGA, the main
feature on the front page is bold and
extremely sexy, this acts as a hook to really
grab your attention, sexy front covers is
something that Q do extremely well with
nearly all of their front covers having half
naked artists on the front cover.
The other feature that I really like about this
front cover is how its so simple yet its so
sexy and makes you want to pick it up and
read it.
4. Second front cover Vibe is another music magazine aimed
at pop artists such as Rihanna and lily
Allan.
Vibe unlike Q doesn't’t always stick to
the same colour scheme, however they
do stick with the same font.
On this particular front cover they’ve
kept it extremely simple that’s what I
love about this front cover its simplicity,
and elegance.
And also how the main photo Is in black
and white, I think that this just
enhances the elegance of this particular
magazine.
The main story has been enhance by
the simplistic and the boldness of the
writing. And it also helps that this was a
massive story when it came out.
5. Contents Page of magazine Q
The colour scheme
runs though the
whole
The main
magazine, and also
feature of that
the red is still used
issue has a
to highlight
bigger picture
particular points of
and bigger
the magazine.
writing to get its
noticed.
The special articles
They also have
and competitions
reviews on
have a completely
different things
different color
such as new
scheme to the rest
music and the
of the magazine in
latest fashion
this issue its gold.
again this is
separate from
the rest of the
contents page.
6. Contents page of vibe
The contents page of
vibe is much like the Unlike Q the
front cover it is contents page is
extremely simple and simple with very
yet it is so sexy and few features, the
inviting to read. I love main picture again
the way the the takes over the
‘contents’ is all whole page
jumbled up it adds a making it stand
quirkiness to the out, with a
contents page. caption by the
right hand side.
This contents
page is the sex of
sexy contents
pages.
Everything about
it is sexy the
font, the pictures
the color scheme
everything!
7. Double page spread of Q The thing I love most about Q double page spreads is how
they use the first letter of the artists name and put it in
like that it’s the one consistent thing that they carry out
The double in all their contents pages, I think that this makes them
page spread stand out from the rest of magazines.
of Q is very
unlike the
front cover
or the They’ve also
contents headed the
page it is article with
very simple the name of
and less the artist, just
busy. to make sure
They’ve stuck you know
to their who it is.
colour
scheme, Gray
s and
reds, this also They talk about many things in their
is used in the interviews form their latest album to
main picture. their love life. Because they mix it up I
think it keeps it fresh and exciting.
8. Double page spread of Vibe. The sub title of the issue is ‘Got the love’ which
Is the name of her new album, which gives us
the impression that will be what their talking
about.
The first
thing that
draws your
attention is I like the way
the main how the font
picture its has stayed
very sexy the same
and bold. right the
And also its way through
very colour the
full. magazine.
Much like Q vibe covers a wide topic of issues in
their interview form, new albums to love life’s, in
this particular issue their talking about Florence
taking America. Hence the American flag and the
Title if the interview – USA.
