The document analyzes similarities in music magazine front covers. Most covers feature a mid-shot of an artist gazing directly at the camera. Covers tend to use a limited color palette, with 3-4 colors at most, and consistent fonts. The layout generally has the central image surrounded by text, with graphics and pull quotes to attract readers' attention.

1. By Ishla Owusu
Analaysis of different music
magazines

2. Most of these magazine front covers will contain one main image used as
a feature that will attract the audience. The similarities regarding the
imagery is the angle of gaze. They all look into the camera. The shots are
all mid-shots and it is clear that they are the main feature of the magazine.
Most of these magazines will only have one image on the front cover,
however some (like the middle magazine) have more than one which may
give the audience an idea of what else may be in the magazine.
Angle of gaze Medium close up shot
IMAGES

3. By looking at these magazine
covers, I can see that they have a
lot of similarities. One being the
colour scheme. They may not use
the same colours, but they all use
the same amount and use them
effectively. Most of them only use 3
or 4 colours at the most.
The main colour theme here is
orange, black and white.
COLOURS

4. All magazines have a substantial
amount of text on the front cover. It
makes the cover look filled up. A front
cover wouldn’t look good if there were
loads of gaps. There are only often
around 2 or 3 fonts as more than that
would make it look very cluttered.
Consistent colour scheme
TEXT

5. The layout is also very
similar. You’ll have the
image in the centre with
text placed around it.
There are loads of
graphics to grab the
readers attention. You will
see subheadings, pull
quotes and puffs. These
are the similarities in most
magazine front covers.
The masthead is usually
clear and bold at the top
and covers the whole of
the top. However some
mastheads can be at the
top left of the page.
FONT/LAYOUT