- The magazine cover features singer Liam Gallagher posing alone in sunglasses, symbolizing he has a secret and personal view to share with readers about his former band Oasis splitting up. - The cover uses bold fonts and colors to draw attention to Liam Gallagher's name and quotes from him criticizing his brother and former bandmate Noel Gallagher. - The cover is designed to intrigue readers and capitalize on gossip and drama around the breakup of the famous band Oasis.

1. Magazine Evaluations
By Bethany Barrows

2. The masthead on the cover is ‘Q’ and is in the iconic
bright red, so that everybody can recognise it. Red is
a symbolic sigh for love, which shows that Q is very
famous, and loved by its reader's and fans. It is bold
and draws attention to the famous magazine. This
masthead doesn't follow conventional magazine
titles, however it is original and unique which makes
it stand out even more. The logo is in front of the
main image, which shows how famous ‘q’ magazine
is. ‘q’ can also connote the cue on a vinyl player
which is associated with music as well. This shows
how delicately you need to put the cue onto the
record, witch corresponds with how much effort has
gone into making this magazine.
The central image is of Liam Gallagher, who is one
half of ‘Oasis’ He is close up to the camera, but you
still can see his eyes because of his sunglasses, which
symbolises that perhaps he has a secret as he isn’t
showing his whole self to the audience. The glasses
also represent his personal view towards the article,
as there are smaller people (thumbnails) in his
glasses which shoes he is seeing it in his own eyes,
and is going to share it with the audience. The man
cover line at the bottom, ‘Liam's beady eye kick off’
reinforced this, and demonstrates that his view is
perhaps going to have repercussions or a lot of
drama, which readers will be intrigued by.
The main cover line, of this name ‘Liam’ is huge at
the bottom, the biggest font behind ‘Q’ and in the
same colour to keep to a clean, neat colour scheme
and also make the most important facts the boldest.
Despite the prominent colour scheme of red, there is
also a brown/green tinge to the photos to make him
look more plain and dull and has connotations of
things being very old. This can suggest that now that
oasis have split up, they are more like normal people
again, and the brow colouring can suggest that they
are old new.
The fonts are quite similar throughout the entire
cover, most of them are bold and blocky letters.
However, the cover line, ‘noel was a tit, I’m very
happy…’ is in serif font which makes it stand out and
highlights that is it in Liam's own words, and
consequently, less professional. He uses the expletive
‘tit’ to demonstrate his anger towards his brother
and illustrates that they had an argument and there is
a lot of gossip to share.
This cover is full bleed which implies that he is the
centre of the attention and the top of the hierarchy.
His band member are smaller than him, which is a
symbolic sign for him being the most important, as
he is the biggest. They aren’t a team anymore, and it
shows as Liam is posing separately from his band
members.
One of the cover line is in a circle as it is clearly very
important, ‘queen 16-page exclusive.’ Queen are a
notoriously famous rock band in the 70’s so putting
them on the front cover is a good move to appeal to
their fan base. This also makes the magazine more
appealing to many generations of people, as there is
a wide rang of artists on the cover from ‘Adele’ to
‘elbow’.
The main cover line, of this name ‘Liam’ is huge at
the bottom, the biggest font behind ‘Q’ and in the
same colour to keep to a clean, neat colour scheme
and also make the most important facts the boldest.

3. ‘Billboard’ is the masthead for this magazine, and is a
very famous brand. The letter ‘a’ and ‘d’ have colour
in them to show a playful, fun, and energetic vibe
which is what music should be associated with. The
black title contrasts well with he bright pink
background and makes it more eye-catching.
The main image of Katy Perry is overlapping the
masthead which perhaps demonstrates that she is
more famous than the brand and is the most
important thing on the cover. They're brand is already
very well known so they are trying to promote Katy
Perry and catch peoples eyes with the large photo of
the singer.
Katy Perry is taking up the majority of the cover, and
she is standing on one side where the cover lines
typically are, which may illustrate that she is the main
topic and is promoting the articles inside instead of
the cover lines. She has her back turned to all the
other artists mentioned on the cover lines on the left,
which highlights how she thinks she is superior to
them, and a further up the hierarchy.
The tag line ‘Katy Perry’ is very large and stands out
which is important as people know her name. It is
written in serif font to make it seem more friendly,
and less intense and professional, as it is more alike
handwriting. Furthermore, underneath it says ‘inside
the court of the new queen of pop’ There is a lexical
field f words associated with royalty – court and
queen - which creates an image of importance and
high status for Katy.
The colour scheme of this front cover is quite
consistent (except for the colouring in the letters) as
it sticks to pink and yellow, the colours of the flowers,
as well as black from her hair and dress. This keeps it
looking clean and tidy and you can tell that it is all
connected and apart of the same front cover.
Furthermore, she is covered in flowers which
symbolises how feminine and sweet she is, appealing
to women and her fans as she seems innocent ,
approachable and relatable. However, her pink
lipstick and direct address creates a sense of passion
and desire which may appeal to male audiences.
Beneath all this pink, she is still wearing a black dress
to show how edgy and cool she still is.
Katy looks very glamorous and well made up. Her
face is glowing and she appears to look very elegant.
However, this contrasts with the flower, which have
connotations of gardens, and dirt, and dying quickly.
Katy is the opposite of these as her image isn't going
to die out, like a basic flower. This juxtaposition helps
present her as the role model and iconic musician
she is.
In the cover lines, they mention other pop artists
such as ‘mike poser’ and ‘Taylor swift’ to reinforce
the genre of the magazine and also to promote other
artists to the audience. They use the rhetorical
question, ‘can Taylor swifts q4 album debut with a
million sold?’ This shows not only how popular
Taylor swift is, but also how desired she is by her fans
to see her perform for the first time. Moreover, Mike
Posner is being presented as a nobody to made it
into a somebody, ‘to the top 10’ which makes him
more relatable to the audience as he is just a normal
person trying to achieve something.

4. The masthead , ‘VIBE’ is mostly hidden by Alicia Keys’
head, but because it is such a short and well know
word/magazine, it is quite self-explanatory what it
says so they have put the main image in front of it to
draw attention to her instead. The font is a solid
white block, which look really effective and bold
contrasting with the grey background.
Alicia keys (the cover image) looks very dark, cool
and almost masculine. Her hair is sleeked back, so it
looks very neat and tidy, and also like Elvis’s, which
implies that she is very popular in the music industry.
She is shot from below to show her power and
authority over the reader, as she has a high status.
Her face looks very relaxed and calm, as if she is
confident and ready to talk seriously about
something.
All the cover lines are in san serif fonts so it looks
blocky and quite edgy. This reinforces the edginess of
the cover image, as the magazine were going for an
old-fashioned 50’s vibe. The cover line that is largest
is, ‘Alicia key’ first real interview’ in capital letters.
This is important for the magazine, as they are the
first to get an inside on Alicia’s life, an they want to
share this with the audience and use it to their
advantage. More Alicia key’ fans will want to read the
magazine so they can read the first interview she has
eve professionally done.
The administrative detail on the cover is the barcode,
and the price which is very small underneath. This
demonstrates that perhaps they don’t want to
advertise the price because it might be quite pricey.
The colour scheme is very dark, with greys, black and
cool tones. This matches Alicia keys’ black leather
jacket and black lipstick. Leather is typically
associated with coolness and rebellion, which will
draw in younger audiences as those things are what
many teenagers try to live by. Furthermore, her
lipstick is a very bold choice and works well with her
equally dark smoky eye, making her seem mysterious
and intriguing. Therefore, the reader will want to
read on to find our what she is all about.
There is also a very prominent red colour on the
cover, which is warmer toned so doesn’t blend in
with the other colours, instead it looks bold and
shows the most important text on the page. The red
star stands out particularly well with the text, ‘2nd
annual global issue’ in white. This contrasts well and
looks effective.
Other musician are mentioned in the cover lines, and
although they are a lot smaller than Alicia’s name,
they are still in red font to show they have a purpose
and promote other famous artists. ‘Whitney Houston
death of an angel’ is one of them, which talking
about her death which had been in the news, so
already had a lot of media coverage, but vibe used it
as an opportunity to attract a large fan base to their
magazine. Furthermore, ‘ill Wayne’ and his new
clothes are also mentioned which incorporated
fashion into a music magazine which is clever as all
fans look up to their role models and want to be able
to share their style.
The magazine is looking particularly at black artists, s
all those mentioned on the cover are black. The cover
lines also go on tot mention ‘that other black
politician’ and ‘awkward black girl’ so they could be
trying to read out to minority groups and attract
them as readers.