The magazine cover uses design principles to draw attention to key elements. A large masthead sits above the central image of the featured artist in white against a red fading background. In large bold text below, the artist's name and the coverlines clearly indicate the issue's focus. Consistent use of sans serif fonts, high key lighting, and a colour scheme of red, white, and black create visual unity across the layout.

1. MASTHEAD – large, bold font.
Bold colour red, letters fade
towards bottom. Placed over the
top of the featured artist. The
way the masthead fades ensures
that it is still visible to the
audience but does not attract
too much attention away from the
featuring artist.
MAIN IMAGE – Main image situated
in the centre of the magazine,
Dressed in all white, makes the
model stand out and draws
attention to him. He is giving the
camera direct address by looking
directly into the camera making
the audience feel connected with
the cover,
MODEL CREDIT –”The New God
Mc”- This choice of words
interreges the readers and
makes them interesting in the
articles to come. The bright
colour of the red font also
helps to draw attention to the
model credit.
MAIN COVER LINE -Kendrick
Lamar” - Bold, black font
stands out against the white
background. Makes the audience
aware of who is featured in the
magazine.
COVERLINES – “The Big List
Issue”, a smaller size
compared to the featured
artist but is still clear
and easy to read. The
coverlines show us exactly
what is going to be featured
HOUSE STYLE –the colour scheme used is consistent, featuring
red, white and black. The main image also fit in with this
colour scheme as he is wearing a white shirt. The sans serif
font style is also used consistently on the cover.
COLOUR – Colours used include
red, white, grey and black. Red
suggests danger and rebellion
towards the audience, making it
more appealing and draws the
audiences attention. The white
background also helps to
emphasise the coverlines and
featured artists and does not
draw attention away from the
focus of the magazine,
TYPEFACES - San serif fonts
used for the masthead, cover
lines and all other text. The
use of this text gives the
magazine an overall simplistic
look, without overcomplicating
anything.
PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING –
High key lighting has been used
to take the cover photograph
for this magazine to makes the
featured artist stand out and
look more appealing towards the
reader, influencing them to
want to purchase the magazine,
DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED- the
gutenberg design principle has
been taken into consideration
when designing the layout of
this magazine as proven from
the mast head appearing across
the primary optical area and
the strong fallow area, also
from the bar code being
situated in the weak fallow
area, and most of the
coverlines along the left side

2. COLOUR - Red, blue, white,
orange. Light blue used on to
of the models bright orange
hair colour contrasts and draws
attention. The contrast of the
pale blue against the orange
hair makes aspects of the text
stand out well and catches the
audiences eye.
TYPEFACES – Sans serif font
used for most the text besides
the masthead caption and model
quote, where a serif font is
used. The use of the simple san
serif font styles give the
magazine a simplistic look.
The detail of the serif font of
the quoted coverline “I feel
so alone” draws attention
towards this quote and
interreges the reader –
influencing them to want to
purchase this magazine and read
PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING – high key
further intoused story. main
lighting is the for the
MASTHEAD – Large letter Q
situated in the primary optical
area. It is easily visible
against the bright red square
behind it and is easily
identified to the audience. In
the position it is in, it
attracts just enough attention,
yet does not overpower the
image with its boldness.
MAIN IMAGE - Close up of models
face and hands situated in the
middle of the cover. The
featured artist stands out with
her pale skin against her
brightly coloured hair, which
is contrasted by her pale blue
make-up.
MODEL CREDIT – “Woman on the
edge”, Choice of words
interreges the audiences and
appeals to them, making them
more likely to purchase it as
they want to find out all about
the woman on the edge. The use
of white font colour makes the
text stand out against the
featured artists bright hair
COVERLINES – The coverlines
colour.
such as “16-page Gig blowout!” and “Motley Crue”
makes the audience easily aware
of what is featured within the
magazine and the white font
makes the text easy to read and
MAIN COVER LINE – FLORENCE is situated
stands out.
in the strong fallow area – the bold
sans serif font makes the main cover
line easy and clear to read and grabs
the readers attention – it tells the
audience clearly who is featured
within this issue of the magazine.
HOUSE STYLE – White font, red white and blue colour
theme. A san serif font style is consistent. Q
magazine always features the masthead in the top left
hand corner to keep the consistency. The colours used
compliment each other well.
image photograph. The
photograph has been taken in a
studio with artificial lighting
to capture a model-like quality
to the artists apearence.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES USED- The
Gutenberg design principle has
been took into consideration
when designing the layout of
this magazine as the masthead
and main coverline feature in
the primary optical area and
strong fallow area. However,
lots of information has been
places around the weak fallow
area, going against the

3. COLOUR – A red, yellow, white
and grey colour scheme has been
used on this front cover. The
contrast between both the red
and yellow as well as these
colours against the grey scale
background makes the coverlines
and masthead stand out really
well and grasps the readers
attention. The bright colours
help make the appearance more
exciting and vibrant, making
the reader more likely to want
to purchase this magazine.
TYPEFACES – A constant sans
MASTHEAD – Large bold letters,
NME, featured in the primary
optical area. Contrasts
against the top cover line and
bright yellow banner, making
the masthead more noticeable
and clear.
MAIN IMAGE – Black and white
photograph used as main image,
a medium shot of the featuring
artist Jake Bugg. The
disaturated colour of the photo
allows the masthead and
coverlines stand out clearly
and easily.
MODEL CREDIT – the model credit
for this magazine “0% alcohol
100% for real” is rather small
in comparison to the main
coverline making it less
obvious and harder for the
audience to read. However, the
bright yellow colour of this
model credit allows it to stand
out against the grey scale
photography, making the text
stillCOVERLINE –The main
MAIN viable for the reader.
coverline, “JAKE BUGG” is
simple, bold, and draws
attention towards the
magazine. It is clear to the
reader who the featured artist
is in this issue of NME
COVER LINE – A coverline of this
magazine.
reads "NIRVANA UNSEEN PICTURES!”
captures the readers attention with
its bold yellow background and
contrasting red font colour. This
will appeal to the reader and
influence them to purchase this
HOUSE STYLE – The colours used on this magazine cover
compliment each other well and draws attention to the
magazine. It uses a consistent colour scheme of yellow ,
red, and white. Sans serif font is also used
consistently on this cover.
serif font featured on this
magazine cover allows the text
to be clearly read and also
appear clean and simple. This
font works well for getting the
point of the coverlines across
to the reader simply.
PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING – Natural
lighting has been used whilst
taking this photograph as it is
in a real environment. This
gives the magazine cover a
sense of realism and makes it
more relatable to the reader as
opposed to a model close-up
DESIGN
shoot. PRINCIPLES USED- The
Gutenberg design principle has
been used when designing this
magazine, as the mast head is
situated in the primary optical
area, and the coverlines
situated around the strong
fallow and terminal areas. The
weak fallow area has been
avoided by coverlines which
emphasises the use of the