The document analyzes the front cover of a magazine. It summarizes that the cover uses typical magazine conventions like a masthead, barcodes, and close-up shots of artists. These elements are intended to attract readers interested in particular artists and entice them to buy the magazine. Bold text and bright colors are also used to make key elements eye-catching and stand out from the rest of the cover design.

1. Magazine Front Cover
Analysis
Henrietta Dent

2. Eye flow goes
through masthead Typical medium
towards the eye close up shot of
line of Carl Barat artist feels more
personal
Famous artist used
Bold kickers to entice viewers to
buy the magazine
who are interested
in that particular
artists
Red masthead -
eye catching Barcode used
which is a typical
convention of a
magazine

3. Yellow and
Eye catching
red colour
red masthead
scheme
stand out
against the
less vibrant
tones in the
Medium close up photograph
of ‘The Specials’
who are a well
known band and
link well to the
genre ‘The
WORD’ aims their
magazine at. The
closeness of the Barcode used
photo allows a which is a typical
relationship to convention of a
form between the magazine
reader and artist.

4. She is looking up The image has been
to the ‘heavens’ edited in in high
which is in this contrast yet has an
case is the almost film grainy
masthead effect to make the
showing that photo look dreamy
‘CLASH’ is and heavenly.
heavenly and
directly links to White and blue
her song ‘All this colour scheme adds
and Heaven’ to the heavenly
effect ‘CLASH’ is
trying to give off of
Florence & the
Machine
Barcode used
which is a typical
convention of a
magazine