2. Front Cover This is a front cover from the October issue of Q magazine .
Q has the recognisable logo of the enlarged Q in the red box.
This obvious feature of the front cover allows readers to
recognise the magazine and allows it to stand out from other
music magazine competitors. I like the idea of having a
bold, obvious title/logo for my magazine therefore I will
incorporate the idea of this into my own magazine. The
image used is a close up a featured artist within the
magazine. The close up, along with the de saturated image
shows detail of both facial features and emotions which will
allow the reader to feel more involved and connected to the
artist. I like the idea of using a close up of a featured artist
and will keep this in mind when taking my photos for my
magazine. The font used is a simplistic font but is bold to
allow it to stand out from the background with them being
similar colours. They have used enlarged text to draw
attention to the article that includes the featured artist that
is the front cover image. Red text is entwined within the rest
of the text to add variation, detail and to highlight important
or interesting information that would appeal to the reader.
The target audience this magazine front cover would appeal
to are a sophisticated, middle aged audience because of the
simplistic layout and colour scheme of the magazine. It
would appeal to a unisex audience as the magazine includes
features that do not particularly appeal to one particular sex.
The magazine includes the general conventions that all
magazines include; a barcode, date and price and I will need
to ensure that I also incorporate these into my front cover.
3. Contents Page
This is a contents page from music magazine Q. It follows
the colour theme of the front cover with the text being black
and white with aspects of red used to highlight important
information or headings to separate sections of text. It also
includes the well know logo of the magazine to show
synergy throughout the magazine. I like that fact that their
contents page includes information of what issue the
magazine is. I will also do this when creating my contents
page as I feel it will allow my magazine to appear different
to other magazines as not all use this technique. The
majority of the contents page is occupied by an image. In
this case, this image relates to an article that will feature in
the magazine. This visually appeals to the audience as too
much text may put the reader off. They have incorporated a
textbox onto the image to provide relevant information to
the reader so they have something to link the image with. I
like the way ‘Q’ have used this therefore I will also aim to
incorporate a similar layout within my contents page as it will
add a visual aid to my contents page and a large image will
allow me to be able to break up the text so the reader is not
overloaded with information.
4. Double Page Spread
This a contents page from Q magazine. It is
an interview with a member of U2. The
double page spread continues to follow the
colour theme of the rest of the magazine.
The black and red text is on a white
background therefore continuing the synergy
throughout the magazine. They have
used, like on the contents page and front
cover, the red to highlight text to allow it to
stand out from the rest. In this case
separating the questions asked and the
answers given. I think the idea of making
the questions and answers clearly separated
would appeal to the reader as it breaks up the
vast amount of text on the two
pages, therefore I will make the answers
asked throughout the interview on my double
page spread appear differently to the
answers . The majority of the page is taken
up by an image of the celebrity being
interviewed. This allows the reader to be able
to relate to the person who is being
interviewed. There is also a sample of text
extracted from the interview. This sample of
text will either be humorous or entertaining
for the reader to read and will contribute to
drawing the reader in to read the whole
interview, therefore I see this technique as
something that is important for me to
incorporate within my double page spread.
