The document discusses the layout and design elements of a magazine cover and contents page. It describes the masthead, skyline, cover image, dateline, barcode, cover line, features, drop cap, and house style that make up the cover. It also explains the contents, images, subtitles/sections, and title that are included on the contents page. Finally, it analyzes a double page spread, noting the house style, main image, quote, and simple two-column layout used.

1. David Kelly
Detailed analysis – Front cover
Masthead – The title or name of the magazine is
called the masthead; a masthead is usually at the
top of the magazine. On this cover the masthead
is fairly large and the text itself is in capitals and
quite bold to make it stand out. I’d say the colour
scheme for this magazine was white and red as a
lot of the text are those colours.
Skyline – the extra bit of text above the masthead
is called the skyline, the skyline is used to add
extra information about what the inside content
will be.
Cover image – The
cover image usually fills
up the front cover and
the person is usually
promoting the main
story within
Date line – On this
cover the dateline
is placed above
the barcode
Bar code – The
barcode is usually
on the front of the
magazine near the
bottom.
Cover line – The
cover line is the
large bit of text
that goes with the
cover image; the
line on this cover is
‘GERARD WAY’ to
fit with the image
of him.
Features – The features of a magazine are hints of
what’s coming up in the magazine. In this case the
features are on the bottom of the magazine.
Drop cap – All of the
words are in capital
letters on this cover.
Because they have done
this, every word stands
out to the reader.
House style – The
layout of this front
cover is very
simple but very
nicely designed. It
has a red and
white colour
scheme which all
goes together
really well,
grabbing the
readers attention.

2. David Kelly
Detailed analysis - Contents
Contents – This shows the general contents of the
magazine letting the reader know what articles
are features.
Images – There are
few images. They
are mainly
medium shots and
group shots. The
images are
previews based on
articles within the
magazine.
House style – these
contents have a red
and white colour
scheme which goes
with the front cover.
Subtitles/sections –
The stories have been
split up into different
sections so the page is
more organized. The
reader can go straight
to the article they’re
interested in.
Title – the title suggests that this is the contents
page; it’s large and bold so the reader should see
it almost instantly.

3. David Kelly
Detailed analysis – Double page spread
House style – The main colours used in this double page spread are the same
as the front cover, it’s mainly red and white. Compared to other double page
spreads, this one does not contain much writing.
Main image – The image takes up
most of the page and is spread
across both pages.
Quote – The page has a lot of
quotes on it but one stands out in
bold capitals, this is the main
quote and grabs the reader’s
attention.
Layout – A very simple layout is used
which follows a colour scheme that is
visually appealing to the reader and it is
very easy to read and follow the text.
The right page is mainly covered in the
image and album art in the top right
corner. Whereas the left page mainly
consists of quotes by the people and
something about them.