This magazine targets teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 30. The main image features Ed Sheeran holding a guitar, appropriate as he makes folk, pop and acoustic music. The cover promotes an article with an exclusive interview of Neil Young, who also makes folk music. Text and images on the cover are arranged according to design principles to guide the reader's eyes.

1. The
Target Audience andgenre
The target audience forhis
particularmagazine wouldbe
teenagersbetween14to adults
aged30. Ed Sheeranisa pop artist
whostyleshismusicaroundthe
genresof pop,folkand acoustic
genres.He alsoincorporatesR&Bin
some songs.
Main Image
The main image isEd Sheeran
holdinganacousticguitar.Thislinks
inwiththe acoustic basedgenre
songs.
Model credit
The model creditis‘Ed SheeranAn
everydaytale of one man,hisguitar
and global superstardom.’Thisis
alsolinksinwiththe acousticgenre
as it mentionshisguitar.
Main CoverLine
The main coverline is“Neil Young
Exclusive!Onfamily,CSNY&the
future.”Thislinksinwiththe
magazine asNiel Youngwasalsoa
folkartist,as well asEd Sheeran.
Colours/Typefaces/House style
The house style is having the cover lines
surroundingthe main image but havingthe model
creditover the image itself.Doing this with the
main cover lineclearly shows who the image of the
solo artistis.Thecolours aremainly red and white
and the type is bold and clear.However the main
model credit looks likeitmay have been hand
written.
Masthead
The mast headis ‘Q’Thisis a musicmagazine
whichfocusesona wide range of genressuch
as deephouse,pop,rockand manymore.This
iswhy Ed Sheeranisa goodartist to use as he is
a pop artisthimself.
The GutenbergDesignPrinciple
The primary optical area is thetop left corner. This is
where it states the masthead and the main cover
line,therefore the reader notices this first.You then
look at the bottom rightcorner. This is the terminal
area.This has some cover lines,but not the main
cover line.The weak fallowarea is the bottom left
corner, this has the barcodein which isn’t very
important whereas the strong fallowarea which is
the top rightcorner has the main badge in it which
will catch the reader’s attention therefore, it is
placed in a good position.
Coverlines
Cover lines used are; Wilko Johnson…,Pink Floyd…, Kasabian…,
Culture Club… and Royal Blood. These all link in with Ed Sheeran as
some have the same genre or similar genres of music.They also talk
about their music or recent music festivals which Ed Sheeran also
does.
Banners/Flashes/badges
‘Plus!St.Vincentcaribouthe waron drugs& the return
on AC/DC’ and ’50 albumsof 2015’ Linksin with the idea
of musicas ittalksabout AC/DCwhoare a rock band
themselvesaswell asalbums,whicheachsoloartist/
Band releasesatsome point.