This magazine cover focuses on interviews with three musicians: Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and another artist. The masthead is simple and recognizable. There are three main articles highlighted by the musicians' names and quotes. Jay-Z is positioned most prominently at the center, with Lady Gaga also in a prominent position, signaling their greater importance over the third artist. The color scheme and positioning of elements is designed to draw attention to the musicians and articles.

1. Magazine
analysis

2. Mast head
The mast head it simple, bright
and bold. This icon/picture is Header
used whenever the magazine
is advertised. Because if its
simplicity it is well known by
the readers and others.
Splatter(s)
Main Kicker The splatter itself is a
Explanatory. kicker with a splatter
underneath it, which is
There isn't one particular main like an explanatory
kicker. Although there are three because it gives more of
main articles/interviews that an insight into the
are shown on the front cover – magazine.
so the articles could count and
one whole main kicker. The text
suggests the importance of
This gives the audience more
each musician. Each kicker is a
vision into what musicians are
musicians name and each
in the magazine.
explanatory is a quote from
that musician
Barcode
The date is included in the barcode
and so is the price of the magazine.

3. The eye flow of this cover only
goes through the main
picture. The musicians are the
main focus of the articles and
the cover. The text doesn’t go
through the eye flow at all so
the point was to bring the
main focus to the musicians
and that has been achieved.
Also in the eye flow are too of
the artists, the third one
seems to not be included in it.
This highlights the
importance of the two
musicians on the right and
how less important the one on
the left is.
Eye Flow

4. The masthead of this magazine stands out from the rest
of the cover. However, it doesn’t cover most of the top of
the cover. the icon is just two simple statement colours:
red and white, which has not been altered for any cover
of the magazine, even if the colour scheme doesn’t
match. The masthead is partly covered by a person on
the front cover, this can be a signal of how recognisable
the masthead is as the whole thing doesn’t need to be
shown.
The colour scheme of this is read, white, black and peach.
The read, white and black is the usual colour scheme for
this magazine and it gives a rock feel to the cover. The
most prominent colour is the red as the ‘Q’ icon as the top
left is plain red and it has always stayed that way. The
light peachy colour is also another colour that really
stands out as most of the text is either that colour or in
front of the colour. The peach gives the cover a softer feel.
The musicians on the cover are mainly wearing black
which matches the colour scheme and this means they
don’t clash with the rest of the cover.

5. Text and language.
There isn't much text on the cover and
this highlights the main focus of that
issue, which is mainly interviews with
musicians. Each main musician from the
main picture also has their name in large
letters with a quote underneath. The size
of the font is the same for each person so
this shows the equal importance of each
musician. Each quote is a small insight
into what they say in their interview. The
word ‘exciting’ is highlighted as its in
capitals and it gives a sense of status to
the musicians. The language doesn’t
seem to be formal or informal as it
mainly states musicians and quotes, its
mainly informative.

6. Mise en scene
All of the musicians have direct eye
contact which suggests their
collaboration with the magazine. The
stance of the artists in the front gives a
sense of casualness and the tilting of his
head shows some sort of arrogance and
distain. The positioning of each person
highlights their importance. Jay-Z is in
front of the other artists but behind the
splatter, Lady Gaga is in front of the ‘Q’
icon which shows her high importance
but she is behind Jay-Z. the artist at the far
right isn't in front of any text and is behind
both of the other artists which signifies
how more important Jay-Z and Lady Gaga
are compared to him.

7. I particularly like some of
the simplicity of this cover. I
like the simplicity of the
masthead as its bold and
memorable. I like the
scarcity of text and the how
the main picture isn't too
busy.
To make it better I would
possibly move some text
around to suit the eye flow
more. I would also use less
colours as I feel it makes the
cover too busy. I also might
have used less artists and
advertised more like the 3
main kickers.
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