Q magazine has been published monthly since 1986 focusing on new music releases and artists across genres. The masthead is always positioned in the top left corner in a red box with white lettering to stand out. Central images feature famous people to attract readers, and cover lines in bright colors advertise exclusive interviews to encourage purchases. The neutral gray background balances out the colorful elements to appeal to Q's target adult audience.

1. Front cover analysis

2. Front cover analysis; Q Q has quick
sharp cover
Q is a music magazine based in the UK. It’s been lines that get to
published monthly, since it was first published in the point . All
October 1986. Bauer Media Group publishes Q. Q the cover lines
doesn’t have one specific genre of music. They focus are also in
on new releases and upcoming artists. bright colours
The masthead is positioned on the top left , meaning the
draw attention.
hand corner. It’s always positioned in the same
place for every issue. The masthead is in a red
box and the ‘Q’ is white and this makes it stand
out.
The central image is used as a lure , as its
someone famous. The image is a mid close up
shot at eye level . The person on the image is
dressed in satin small white dress and this used
to draw in male readers. There is another lure
when it states there is an exclusive with
professor green and exclusive is written in
capital letter and in pink and this is used to
encourage the audience to buy this
The background colour of Q is grey and this balances out the magazine because it already has pink
and yellow cover lines. If they had used a brighter colour for the background it would look like it was
aimed for a younger teen audience, but they used a neutral colour to match its targeted adult
audience

3. Front cover analysis ; mixmag.
Mixmag is a UK based electronic dance
music and clubbing music magazine. Its
published by development hell ltd.
Mixmag is a monthly published magazine
The masthead is in big bold letters and
is in white to fit in with the consistent
colour scheme and on the ‘I’ the dot is
made to look like a record or speakers
and this links in with connotations of
dancer music
This issue has a a lure in a big white box at
the center of the magazine stating the
greatest dance act of all time will be
revealed inside and this draws attention
and is used to lure people into purchasing
the magazine.
The colours used on the front cover are ; gold , white and
black and this suggests that the magazine is aimed at
people in their late teens and young adults , who would
actually be interested in clubbing and dancing . The
colours provide a clubbing atmosphere with lights
flashing.

4. Front cover analysis : total guitar
total Guitar is a monthly magazine based in the United
Kingdom. The magazine is owned by Future Publishing.
The masthead is in big bold black letters positioned at the top
of the magazine, this position applies to all of their magazine
issues, the masthead is total guitar with the word guitar in
serif and more bigger and this does draw attention to the
audience.
Total guitar has a basic colour scheme that contains black green
and white and this is kept consistent through the whole
magazine. then they inform the audience of an exclusive ‘21
page slash fest’ using a bright pink puff containing white and
yellow font and this technique is used to grab the audiences
attention because its visually eye
The cover stories inform the audience what this
The central image is always in the middle of the magazine to
particular issue is about, this is usually reflected
grab the audience’s attention. It overlaps the masthead
through the central image. It’s also shown
suggesting that the it’s the main focus and the artist on the
through what language is used on the cover
image is dressed in black and this matches the magazines
and what big names are involved to target their
house style. in the image, the audience cant see the male’s
audience.
eyes but body language and facial expressions suggests and
creates the illusion he’s looking right at us and this is used to
draw the audience in .