The document analyzes the front cover of Q magazine. It notes that the main feature is a studio photo of Lily Allen kicking a microphone, which relates directly to the cover story title. It also comments that the masthead stands out due to its bold, white text within a red box. The dominant colors of red and white create a modern look that appeals to the target audience of teens and young adults. Overall, the cover draws attention through its coordinated visual elements and photo styling that clearly presents the magazine's content without appearing cluttered.

1. ANALYSIS ON Q
MAGAZINE

2. MAIN FEATURE
The main feature of the magazine is the image in the center of the
magazine. It is different because it is a picture of Lily Allen
kicking a microphone in half, which links to the cover story title
‘Lily Allen kicks off’. This image has been purposely set up in a
studio to match the cover story, and makes it look more
appealing. For my magazine I would probably want to try out
different things with my models and setting something up to
match a cover story could be one of them, because it links to
the target audience and makes it look more interesting.

3. MASTHEAD
The masthead takes up a corner of the magazine and it stands out
because it is bold and big. It is clear to read especially with the
colour of it being white with a red box around it, which makes it
completely separate to the rest of the magazine, so it draws
attention to it. For my own magazine this is quite a good idea to
have a box around the masthead, so it is clearer to read above
the image and makes the mast head stand out more.

4. COLOUR AND FONT
The main colours on this magazine are red and white. These
colours work well together, they make the magazine look new
and recent and also link to the target audience with how the
colours have been used. The fonts used are easily readable and
also link to the target audience, which I think would be aimed at
around teens and young adults. Because of the colours and the
fonts used for the cover stories, they look appealing and
something that you would look at if you picked up this
magazine in a store. Especially the cover story about Lily Allen,
the words ‘kisks off’ are very big and draw attention the reader.
It gives the magazine some interest.

5. OVERALL
I like this magazine because it is very appealing and could easily
draw attention to the target audience, which I would expect to
be mainly female. I would probably use a fair few of the ideas on
this front cover for my own magazine, because they work well
together with the colours and fonts, and I think the photo being
taken in the studio makes the magazine look more tidy and less
cluttered with text. It also makes the text easier to read because
it isn't overlapping an image behind it.