This document summarizes and analyzes the key design elements of magazine covers and interior pages. It examines 3 magazine covers, noting placement of mastheads, cover lines, images, fonts and barcodes. It also reviews the contents pages of 3 magazines, highlighting use of color schemes, images, and lists of stories. Finally, it analyzes double page spreads, focusing on the layering of text and images, use of pull quotes and columns. Overall, the document provides a visual analysis of design conventions in magazines.

1. Analysis of magazines
By Tom Hall

2. Magazines front cover 1
Selling line
NME- masthead in
the usual place,
slightly cover by
the image
This is a 2
This is a cover line in shot, medium
the red bold font, shot
which stands out
Main cover line, the
main story in the
This is a strapline which magazine
reveals a bit more
information about the
cover line
Font is all capitals, in an Arial
font. Font colour is mainly red
and white, which gives a
consistency
Language is informal because
of the target audience, which
is mainly an indie loving
audience, mainly white Barcode in the usual
place, out the way in
the corner

3. Magazine front cover 2
Header
The title VIBE is in usual place,
slightly covered by the image. VIBE
can do this as they are a well
established magazine which people Image is a medium shot. Eyes are
recognise. in the top third of the cover which
goes with the rule of thirds
Made up of one and This is the main cover line
only one large image in
the centre of the cover
Sexual voyeurism
The font colour is either
orange or blue which is
consistent throughout the
cover Cover lines
Barcode is in the usual Neutral background so all
place, out the way in attention is on the
the corner foreground

4. Magazine front cover 3
Header
MOJO, the masthead
is cover by the image
They can do this as
Date and price below the they are a well
masthead established
magazine
Cover line
Medium close up shot
of Bruce Springsteen, Strapline, reveals a bit
The one image makes more information
up the cover about the cover line
The main cover line,
the main story inside
this edition of the
magazine
Barcode in the usual place,
in the corner out the way

5. Magazine contents 1
Magazine name shown
bold in the centre
Shows the date of
the magazine
Issue number
The colour scheme is
entirely black and white
apart from the page
numbers and some small
The background is one large
pieces of text which are
image of Pete Doherty in a
quotes
room

6. Magazine contents 2
Consistent colours used Issue number and date of
throughout- white black magazine
and red
Websites the buyer can
visit
List of page
numbers and what A large/main picture which
is on them supports the text
The picture is also a quite
‘sexy’ picture to draw in male
A main story which is
attention
supported by the main
picture
Small picture in the corner to
An interview that support a piece of text
is done in every
issue

7. Magazine contents 3
Vibrant colours-
red and white
Stands out to the
audience
Editor’s letter
Page numbers followed by
the story on the page with a
picture to match this
‘don't miss out’ The layout is set out in to
aimed straight at the three columns
reader
Available competitions on certain
pages of the magazine

8. Magazine double page spread 1
Headline in an abstract font
Image is a
Magazine is medium close up
layered out with
a full page of
text on the left
and a full image
of Pete Doherty
on the right side
A standfirst
Byline
Drop cap
Byline
Two columns of small text

9. Magazine double page spread 2
Range of shots, for
example a two shot Black and white gives an artistic look
Layered out
equally with half of
the page text and A pull quote
half of the page taken from
being text the text
It is not completely
dominated by text
Advertises a
documentary that
is on
Drop cap
Byline A standfirst
6 columns of text in a very small font which
feels all the dead space

10. Magazine double page spread 3
Tyre tracks match Group shot of the band
story theme aimed at females
Drop cap
Images are anchored
with text
One column of text
Quiz's to keep
reader
entertained
Small font doesn’t
draw attention
away from images
Very image dominated- Not much text
Competitions entice the
reader