This document analyzes magazine covers and content pages by examining various design elements. It discusses the use of images, headlines, fonts, and colors on magazine fronts and internal pages. Specific publications analyzed include magazines featuring Rihanna, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, and fashion/style magazines. Design choices are described as aiming to attract readers, match the publication's topics, and convey its intended tone or brand.

1. Analysing front
covers, content
pages and page
double spreads By Alisha Muller

2. Analysing magazine front covers
Selling line
Masthead
Main image
Left third
Main cover line
Cover lines
Bar code and date line

3. Main image
The main image includes 4
male singers which are
members of the band Kings
of Leon. The main singer is in
the front and the rest of the
band behind him. It is a
simple black and white shot
which puts the focus on the
person in front. The high key
lighting exactly shows their
facial expressions.

4. Main cover line
They have chosen a bright
green colour in order to attract
the reader. This colour stands
out because of the dark
background. The word
“exclusive” represents the fact
that its about a well known
band. If something is exclusive,
it will make the reader
interested about the topic.

5. The masthead is simple in
white which makes the
person or in this case
persons stand out much
more. Over the white
masthead there is a small
text written in green which
suits the green in the other
texts.
masthead

6. Masthead
Main image
Cover lines
Left third
Main cover line
Bar code and
date line

7. This main image is not just a picture
of a random person, it’s lady gaga
who has a big influence on young
people. Whenever teens see that
lady gaga is on the front cover of a
magazine they will buy it, no matter
the content. On this image lady
gaga is not wearing a lot of clothes
(she’s literally naked) Her outfit suits
the topic of the magazine which is
mostly about sex. She’s chosen as
the main image because in the
magazine there is an exclusive
interview with celebrity Lady gaga.

8. The sentence of the
main cover line “the
sex article we can’t
describe here” is
supposed to make
the reader curious
about the content of
the cosmopolitan
magazine, as they
make it look like a big
secret more people
will buy it.
Main cover line

9. The masthead of the
cosmopolitan is red.
Red is the colour of
passion, sex and love
which is a huge topic
the cosmopolitan
always talks about. The
main image covers the
masthead which makes
a few letters hard to
read. They do this
because the readers
know that it’s supposed
to be cosmopolitan as it
is a very famous
magazine.

10. masthead
Cover line
Main image
Left third
Main cover line
Bar code and date line

11. Cover line
The cover line is in a simple black which
looks luxury on the light blue
background. The words fashion, treasures
and diamond queen makes this
magazine more attractive for women
rather than men. It shows that this
magazine is about high class fashion and
haute couture.

12. Main image
This main image shows the luxury content
of this magazine as they choose
supermodel Kate Moss wearing a
beautiful and branded dress which
completely suits the background. The
little gold pigments show that there is a
topic about gold in the magazine as the
main cover line says “Going for Gold”

13. Analysing contents pages
Masthead and
main heading
Subheadings
Band index
Main image
House style
Main story
flashes

14. Analysing magazine house style:
NME has a busy house style which
seems to appeal rebellious and a
little informal. They use black and red
as the main colours instead of light
and soft colours. The colours they
decide to use are strong, therefore
the whole genre looks stronger. The
page looks very full and there is not
a lot of spaces between each
paragraph. There’s a full pack of
information.

15. Analysing the main image:
The main image is big
compared to the band index
and headings. It takes lots of
space which makes the reader
more interested about the
picture. The main image
includes black and red colours
such as the colours which are
used for the rest of the contents
page.

16. The flashes are used to
point the different topics
such as features, news
and reviews. They help the
reader to find those topics.
The colour is in a simple
black which suits the black
used in the text and
subtitles.

17. Masthead
Main image
Subheadings
House style
Main story
Band index

18. The main image attracts someone who
is interested in fashion. There are 7
pictures of fashionable women which
shows that this is a fashion magazine
(vogue) Different styles are given you
give a quick look about what is inside of
the magazine.

19. The main story/cover story looks
interesting as there is a small
image of a mysterious woman
next to it. There is a little shadow
which covers her face, which
they made to make the reader
more curious about who about
this article could be.

20. date
Masthead
Main images (5)
Flashes
House style
Main story
Subheadings flash

21. The main images in the mojos
contents page are entertaining
such as Kermit the frog and the
cartoon the smasher. This shows
that this magazine is serious but
doesn’t want to loose it’s funny
bits. The images are in simple
colours as the mojos layout is
simple.

22. The subheadings are
written in a black and
bold writing. The structure
is simple and accurate
which makes it easy to
understand. The only
colour used for the
subheadings is black. In
front of the subheadings
there are numbers.

23. Analysing a double page spread
Font type
Subtitle/Kicker
Stand first
Headline
Main image/cover
model

24. The main image
The main cover model of the
double page spread is
superstar Rihanna with her
fire red hair. They took a close
up to put the main attention
on the hair because its fire red
and suits the red title on top
left. Mis en scene is used.
Next to this picture there are a
few other pictures where the
reader sees Rihanna with
black hair. I think this article is
about hairstyles and colours
as they put her hair in focus.

25. Subtitle/kicker
The subtitle/Kicker
shows immediately who
this article is about as
they write “Rihanna
interview” Rihanna fans
will buy this magazine
immediately.

26. Main image
Fonttype
Subtitle
Standfirst
headline

27. The font type
The font type is design very
informal because the white
words are covered with a
black frame in order to
make the article look
rebellious because of the
words “but I’m just
honest”, punky and a little
crazy. The main point is to
make the article look
different than other
articles.

28. Main image
The main image/cover
model is Lilly Allen. She
wears a red and black
striped shirt and her
make up is very punky
and dark such as her
hairstyle. Her attitude
seems like the sentence
which is written next to
her. She seems to not
care what others think
about her and that she
shows with her style
and face expression.

29. The stand first
The stand first is made
very simple in black
and white as they want
to put the whole
attention on Lilly Allen.

30. Fonttype
Main
image/cover
model Subtitle/header
headline
standfirst

31. The headline
The huge L in the
headline shows the
reader that the person
of this article must
have a L in their name.
In this case it is Lady
Gaga. The L is
coloured in a very
bright red, but still the
words written under
the L are visible to
read. The red doesn’t
cover the content as
it’s simply a nice
decoration.

32. Main image
The main image who is Lady
gaga is already an
extraordinary character to
look at, but they dressed
her quite simple compared
to her usual outfit. She is
just shown in a simple black
and white mid shot with a
long neckless and dark eye
make up.

33. The font type
The font type is made very simple in
black with a light background. High
key lighting is used and the name
Lady GAGA is small written on top
right. Lady is written in small letters
and GAGA in capital letters