This magazine cover features singer Lana Del Rey, with her name in large pink text and an image of her bleeding from the head. The cover uses bright colors and fonts to draw attention to its focus on Lana Del Rey as well as upcoming music festivals. Inside, a two-page spread further profiles Lana Del Rey with a dark close-up image and article describing her unconventional style and music career. The contents page continues the theme of focusing on Lana Del Rey while also highlighting other artists, with color coding to help readers find specific pages.

1. Q is a popular music magazine which features a variety of
different artists/bands on the cover and within. In this case,
the main focus is the singer and songwriter, ‘Lana Del Rey’. On
the image Lana has blood dripping from her head which links
the play on words below stating ‘So what’s so bloody good?’
giving the magazine a playful aspect. Also, she is wearing white
so that the rest of the magazine, such as the sub-headings and
other features stand out more above the medium shot photo.
If the picture wasn’t enough of an indication, her name is
written hugely to the left of the cover in a pink, bold font. This
helps stand out on the magazine because the background is
majorly white with subtle hints of red, and yellow. Her name is
the largest font showing that she is the main feature of the
magazine and so that it can appeal to any of the readers who
are fans of hers; who then may be persuaded to purchase the magazine. The logo of the magazine is
quite simple but is in a bright colour in the left corner which makes it impossible to miss and has a
small caption on the bottom saying ‘Discover Great music’ which links to the fact it is a successful
magazine, dedicating time into providing the readers a great source of entertainment and musical
knowledge. The subheadings of the magazine are a variety of different colour which means they all
stand out above the white background in different ways. Arguably, the yellow sticker with ’26
festivals to blow your minds’ is quite eye-catching and may not be as visible if it was written in a
centre alignment form like the rest of the subheadings. The rest of them vary from pinks, whites and
blacks, and even reds; which is similar to the logo and is coincidentally, right below it. The skyline of
the magazine is a mixture of yellow and pink and is written in a black, bold font which makes it stand
out. It is also presented in a fun way with a different colour box per word, and is in a zigzag
formation. The magazine also offers other features, such as a barcode – necessary for it to be
purchased or even look like a professional magazine and a price, which happens to be displayed
quite small as the public aren’t really happy on spending lots of money on a magazine.
The double page spread of the Q
magazine is also featuring Lana del
rey. As we can see, the first page of
the spread is a huge photo, which is
a close up shot, of the artist which is
presented or edited to be in quite a
dark manner. This could
subconsciously link to the fact her
music isn’t typically happy and can
be considered quite dreary in itself.
Following this theme, the next page
is in a basic black and white colour
scheme which offers a lot of information and context about her as a successful singer and person;

2. having this kind of article could be a big hit for people who are fans of her and will obviously want to
find out more about her which in the long run, could increase sales. The way the 2nd page is set out is
quite different in the way that there’s a huge S behind the text which links to the first line o f the
sentence. The remaining text is fit around this, and so isn’t in a standard lay out as you would find
usually. The first line of the text says ‘She looks demonic standing there in her white slip dress and
prom queen crown.’ as an opener to grab the reader in and become interested in the article itself.
This line uses clever techniques to highlight the fact she isn’t really a girly person, but can be
described as a demon whilst being crowned anyway. The rest of the article goes on to describe in
detail about her and her music career, and this is a good idea if you want to interest fans of hers, or
even potential fans.
The contents page is still focused on Lana del rey, as we can
see the largest image there is of her, and is of a similar style as
the previous one, with blood dripping from her head. Although,
she is the main focus, there are still some other pictures,
however smaller, which show other artists/bands featured in
Q! Also, on the images is a page number which make it easier
for the readers to find a specific page based on who they like.
To the left of these images is a column with some more key
pages, and their titles. The first thing on their is also an image,
then a title, and some information. The colour scheme still has
stuck to red, as it did with the cover with the page numbers
being read, along with some of the text. The masthead for this
page simply states ‘Contents’ in a regular bold font, with the
same strap line as with the logo ‘discover great music.’ We can
sense as a reader that the magazine designers have cleverly linked it together with similar themes,
and colour schemes, making it overall quite aesthetically pleasing.