This document analyzes the cover of a music magazine. It discusses various design elements used to attract different audiences. Key points made include: The cover features a famous celebrity to attract a young audience. Bright colors like pink and yellow are used to draw in male and female readers. Article titles are prominently placed at the top to direct attention. The model and costumes are meant to appeal to both women, who want to emulate the look, and men, who find the model sexually attractive. The design aims to create a visually appealing, cohesive aesthetic using a limited color palette. The goal is to attract the widest possible audience through these intentional design choices.

1. Music
Magazine
Analysis
Amy Estrop

2. Main story written in bold
Toa attract the audience.
The main story features an
extremely famous
celebrity, which attracts a
young audience.
Model is looking directly
into the camera which
intrigues the audience. The
model is sexually attractive,
which lures in a male audience.
Background colour is pink
to attract a female
audience. The colour
yellow allows certain
words/phrases to stand out.
Large, bold title to attract
the audience and the use
of black front stands out
against the light pink
background.
The costume the model is
wearing is very floral to add to
the feminine theme. Again,
this attracts female audiences
as women want to look like
the model.
Magazine appeals to
mainly young women and
girls due to its feminine
colour scheme.
Limited amount of
colours; pink, yellow and
black theme. This makes
the cover visually
appealing.
Model is the focal point
of the magazine cover.
This entices the
audience as the model
is a famous music artist.
Date of release

3. Large, bold title to attract
the audience. Title is further
down the page to allow
space for top stories to be
placed at the top of the
cover.
The main story is written in
large, bold font to attract
the audience. It is also
written in hot pink, which
stands out against the grey
background.
Number is written boldly in
large writing to emphasise the
amount of ‘Greatest Songs’.
Background is a light grey which
allows all the writing to stand out.
This also allows the model in the
image to stand out too.
The model’s costume
matches with the theme of
the magazine and ties the
whole image together
making it aesthetically
pleasing.
Article titles placed at the
top of the magazine cover
in order to direct the
audience’s attention.
Other article titles written in
smaller font on the edges of
the cover. This is a typical
convention of magazines.
The main focal point is an
image of famous celebrity
Kanye West. This attracts a
male audience as they may
aspire to be like him. It may
also attract a female
audience as they will be
attracted to him.
Website to allow
audiences to become
more involved with the
company.

4. Big, bold letter ‘Q’
displayed in white
against a red square
shape to allow it to
stand out.
Date, price and website
altogether on top of a
white rectangle shape in
order to stand out
against the background.
Writing is placed over
brighter colours
compared to the
background in order to
stand out against the
dark image.
The main focal point of the
magazine cover is an
image of Cheryl Cole. The
famous star is posing quite
sexually to appeal to men
and makes the model look
like a ‘good girl gone
bad’.
Banner to attract
readers as it is ‘THE UK’S
BIGEST MUSIC
MAGAZINE’. This makes
the audience want to
buy this magazine over
any other magazine.
Grey, red, white and
black used to create
a theme. This creates
a visually appealing
aesthetic.
Grey circle shape to
allow smaller writing to
stand out against
background.
The costume and
makeup of the
model matches with
the theme of the
magazine.
The main article title
writing in bold, large
letters. The red font
stands out against the
black background.