The document provides a detailed analysis of the cover and contents pages of the rock music magazine Q. Some key points: - The cover features the band looking straight at the reader, with the frontman in the middle. Band names listed show who is featured in the issue. - The contents pages split articles into "Comebacks of the year" and "also in this issue," implying some are more important. It features mostly male artists, fitting the magazine's target demographic. - A two-page feature on the band Kings of Leon uses iconic images of the full band that would appeal to Q's readership. It takes up the whole page to represent the band as important.

1. Detailed Class Analysis of My
Own Music Magazine (Q)
By James Borland

2. The main image features the band
looking straight at the reader
creating some direct address. The
frontman of the group is featured in
the middle of the magazine cover to
show that he is the frontman and
the leader of the group. The main
image features the band in more
neutral colours a feature of modern
rock music. Q is for fans of rock
music but not too heavy rock music,
hence they do not fit the stereotype
of wearing all black with piercings
and tattoos.
The masthead is featured in large to make
it clear what magazine this is and is
featured in the usual colours of red and
white. Q is a well known rock music
magazine so they do not need to make the
masthead too large and one letter clearly
represents the brand. The target audience
of Q is men aged 16-24 that enjoy
listening to softer rock music. This is for
slightly older trendier people as there are
not bright colours used but also blacks are
not used dominantly.
Different artist and band names are
featured on the cover to show what
will be in the issue of the magazine.
Many big names are featured on the
cover from Metallica to Jamie T.
Below the edition and price are also
featured. This makes it clear to the
buyer how much the issue will cost
and what will be included. Each
artist name features a small tagline
underneath to show what their
article will be about. Beck is the only
other image on the cover and his
pose is less masculine as he fits
more general of a pop genre hence
“The wonky pop genius returns!”.
The overall colour scheme is black white and red,
similar to the NME this is because it makes the
words stand out on the cover, this also fits the
rock genre as rock tends to be less colourful and
bright hence the neutral colours that the band
are wearing.
There are quotes from the band to show
that this is their comeback and to try and
show they have fought hard to comeback,
the connotation is they have come a long
way from this quote and the background
of the image which features the sky and
the desert. All of this main cover line is in
capital letters as they are the most
important part of the issue.
There are also two puffs on the cover showing what review is in
the magazine and what the Kings Of Leon article will feature. They
are used to again show what will be in the issue of the magazine
without having to look at the contents page. This allows the
potential buyer to see what is in the magazine and help them
decide if they want to get it.
The cover features overall more masculine
colours and images, fitting with the male
stereotype of rock music. This is shown in
the mise en scene as the man are wearing
bigger and leather watches. The smaller
secondary image of Beck also features
duller colours fitting with the trendy rock
genre.
There are more band names listed along
the bottom of the cover to again show
who is in the issue.

3. Beck is featured in large to
show the other biggest artist
in the magazine. He is again
wearing more neutral colours
fitting with the genre and style
of the magazine. The colour
scheme is also the same
between the cover and the
contents.
The left page features all of
the more important bands
and articles in
chronological order. This is
done to allow a reader to
see the most important
articles of the magazine
first and make it clear
where the articles featured
on the cover will be. The
title for this side is
“Comebacks of the year!”
this lists all of these artists
as bands coming back.
The right page features
all of the other articles in
chronological order
under the title “also in
this issue”. The word also
implies and gives the
conation that these
articles are less
important. The contents
feature all men on the
cover and the contents is
all men and just one
women. The images on
these pages feature
some anchorage, to tell
the reader what article
this will be in and also
show at a glance who
the person in the image
is. Here some of the
images used are slightly
more aggressive looking
fitting the rock music
stereotype.
The images used here show bands of much different popularity, some are more
recognisable than others this is to help support smaller artists and help them make a
name for themselves. This gives them some promotion but ultimately the magazine
makes the more famous artists bigger as they want to sell issues. There is also
information showing how the magazine is split between general articles and reviews.
This fits the genre as rock fans are generally more interested in albums and whether
they are good or not. The contents page features a lot of information so that somebody
flicking through the magazine knows whether they should buy this issue or not.
The masthead is again featured on the left hand side next to the title of
contents. The edition is again featured above the title of the contents. The
colour scheme is the same here as it is on the cover of the issue.

4. This headline is used as
a sort of joke as most
bands don’t even get
to their seventh album
but this is showing that
it gets more difficult
for bands as they try to
find new ground to
step. The introduction
to the article below
speaks about the
bands successes and
how they have grown
and grown. This
paragraph is used to
create synergy with the
title as it talks about
their successes to
show how they could
now fail, this is to
create more interest
for the article to get
the reader to carry on.
This main image is quite an
iconic image in rock music,
with a four piece band split
between them. This has
been used by band from
The Beatles to Blur. This
would appeal to the
reader of Q magazine as it
is for the fan of lighter
more British style of rock
music. This image is used
stereotypically to try and
make the four band
members equal show each
their style and charisma.
This main image takes up
the whole right page
showing the band as a
whole. This allows for the
reader to see how the
whole band looks after
they have been and
represents them as
important. The
connotation of this image
is to represent the band as
iconic. Like the bands that
have had their picture like
this before. Later in this
article more images of the
band are used but to show
them in more of a live
situation.
The headline is the main feature of the whole left page, showing its importance
and allowing the reader to quickly know what the article is about. The bold
white font on a black background fits with the overall colour scheme and shows
that is stereotypically aimed at male readers. The conation of these colours is
that the article may be more serious and mature. With the main colour used
being yellow just to highlight the names.
To this audience Kings of Leon are very famous so this image is well used.

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