The document provides an in-depth visual analysis of the front cover of a magazine featuring Taylor Swift. It analyzes various design elements of the cover including the main image of Taylor Swift, the use of color schemes, fonts, and sell lines. The analysis suggests that Taylor Swift's modest and natural posing aims to portray her as innocent and appealing to all ages. It also indicates her growth from a timid young lady into a confident pop star as hinted by the sell line "grows up in public". Overall, the document provides a detailed examination of how visual design elements are used on the magazine cover to represent Taylor Swift and promote the issue.

1. The main image- a mid shot takes
up the majority of the front cover. It
is pop star Taylor Swift. It is
presented in black and white. She is
dressed in a white shirt that is not
highly revealing, unlike the attire
most celebrities/singers wear. This
could have connotations that she is
innocent and sweet, appealing to
people of all ages. It could also be
showing that this magazine is also
innocent, not sexualising people in
their articles but instead just talking
to/about them. Taylor's hair is to
the side like the wind is blowing it
yet maintains a tidy look, giving her
a natural look. Her stance of her
hand on her shoulder but her face
forward looking directly at the
camera makes her look both timid
yet assertive, perhaps relating to
her growth hinted at in the sell line
‘grows up in public’, showing her
growth from a timid young lady to a
loud pop star.
sell lines- the sell lines emphasise
that the main article is Taylor
Swift by it being in the largest
font (bar the title). The font used
on each sell line is slim and
formal looking, showing that this
magazine is informal. The sell
lines are used to stand out from
the plain black background by
using colours that stand out,
yellow and white.
Yellow is used as square
backgrounds for each title which
is on top in black font then more
information is displayed
underneath in white to stand out
from the normal black
background.
Mast head- The main image covers
the majority of the magazines title,
making the centre un readable. This
shows her dominance and
importance as she is bold and stands
out, this also attracts potential
readers who may be fans of the
artist regardless of what magazine it
is. It also implies the popularity of
the magazine ‘billboard’ as even
though the title is covered it is still
recognisable
Date- the date is shown in a
small, hardly readable white font
on the bottom left of the article.
The date is usually found by the
barcode however this issue does
not have a bar code so suggest
that this is a subscription issue.
Addresses to two websites are
shown in a less bold font that the
date underneath, showing that
the date of the issue is a little
more important.
Colour scheme- the colour scheme of this front
cover is black and white and yellow, these
colours all stand out from each other, allowing
a clear, easy to read layout.

2. sell lines- there are a lot of sell lines
used on this front cover, the title of
each is larger than the summary
underneath, the summaries tend to
only take up two lines of space. The
large amount of sell lines have
caused for them to have to over lap
the main image of Ed Sheeran, this
front page has an abnormally large
amount of text on it, this is to
highlight that this issue is the
‘awards special edition’. All the
subheadings are in a bold font to
stand out. But Ed Sheeran,
represented to be the main article,
gets a different font for his sell line
presented in a more formal, hand
written like text. The summary
underneath is bold like the main sell
lines headlines, using this even
though it is the article summary
shows its importance over the other
article. The summary is also 3 lines
long, longer than the majority of the
other articles descriptions.
Main image- the main and only image
used on this front page is a mid shot
of Ed Sheeran holding a guitar over
his lap. The guitar is to highlight his
musical abilities, it also links to the sell
line description which references him
and his guitar, an instrument he often
uses when performing at gigs. He is
dressed and presented very casually
and looking off to the side to give him
a more natural look, as if he is
unaware he is being photographed.
The background is black with a fade
towards white the closer it is to him
(fitting with the magazines colour
scheme) This effect gives the artist a
type of glow that further highlights his
presence making him seem very
important as he is in light whilst all
other articles are in darkness so not as
important. Also due to him being the
only image on the page it causes him
to gain the most attention
immediately.
Colour scheme- the colour scheme
of the front cover follows the colour
scheme used on the issues logo: red
white and black. The majority of font
on the page is black with a white
fade surrounding the artist.
Plug- there is a large plug in the top right
hand corner pf the page in red, standing
out from the black background. The text
on the plug starts off very large with ‘50’
being shown then the font getting
smaller explaining what the article is
called. The article description is in black
underneath in a much smaller front. This
plug has been used to stand out as it
may be important, this is further shown
through the label above is saying
‘essential’. Furthermore to draws more
attention to the plug the main image, Ed
Sheeran, is looking forwards it, attracting
the readers eye to it also. This could also
be said to be hinting at a link between
the two.
Barcode- a barcode is present, showing that
even though this has been stated to be a special
edition it is still available for public consumption
and is not a subscription issue.
Even though the front page already has an large
amount of text the bottom line of the page
shows even more articles that are inside, further
highlighting the large amount of content inside .
The line sticks to colour scheme with red and
white being used on the black background with
fault alternating colour every other article.
The logo is large and recognisable. The name
of the magazine is ‘Q’. The logo is white on a
red background. The simple one letter takes
up a large majority of the cover compared to
the other text, this Is to show off the
magazine as it is well known and trusted for
good quality articles. Also the logo has had a
slight alternation with the text ‘Awards
Special Edition’ being included in the logos
box in black to clearly be distinct from the
name., this is so as the readers eyes are
drawn to the large logo they then
immediately see it’s a special issue, making
it seem more important