The document provides details on the layout and design of magazine covers and pages. Key points include: - Magazine covers feature recognizable mastheads, cover lines that stand out, and photos of popular celebrities/artists to draw in readers. - Inside pages use mastheads, bold headings, and color blocking to identify sections and make content easy to navigate. - Articles are broken up with photos and captions while maintaining a clean, readable layout. - Interviews are formatted with questions in one color and answers in another to clearly separate elements.

1. Masthead, clearly Model doesn’t cover the Main image, posed shot,
recognisable from a masthead – could mean looking at the camera/
far, and always at magazine doesn’t feel very addressing the viewer.
the top of the recognisable. Popular well known
magazine in the model on the front – a
same place. wider audience, Adele’s
fan base will draw more
Flash box – letting the people in.
reader know that the
magazine must be popular Cover story, White
as its on the 300th issue. – writing – bold,
persuasive device. stands out. Attracts
not only up to date
Cover lines stand out in music fans but
red and black on a Adele fans to the
white background - this cover.
is on the left third – ‘Blows us away’ –
attracting readers who persuasive
are not fans of Adele, to language to entice
buy the magazine. the reader.
Layout is fairly plain, not too busy, Barcode – is normally put at the bottom - somewhere that
easy to read, except the left third doesn’t interfere with a cover story, its needed for the
is more crowded – filled with shop worker to scan the product, the barcode is generally
information as its the part that on the front and not the back because there is usually an
people see when the magazine is advert covering the back page , and the advertisers
on the rack. wouldn’t want a barcode covering it.

2. Masthead used in the Contents heading stands Shows date and issue
corner of contents page – out on a black background. number, so you know
could be a way of keeping your picking up the
its identity . right issue and can
keep up to date.
Lots of text, however its
split up and organised Layout isn’t too
under the page numbers – cramped, but the
which clearly stand out in page is very
red so they’re not hard to textual.
miss.
Section of the Main image –
magazine dedicated to popular band who
Oasis – this targets a feature in a main
specific audience and story in the
draws in their fans. magazine.
Section of the This text is in a light
magazine where blue box, stands out
they have regular slightly from the
features - shows that rest of the righting –
they’re a long A smaller photo used at the perhaps to show its
standing magazine. bottom to break up all of the written in a different
text. style.

3. A smaller version of ‘Florence & the Machine’
headline stands out on the By using the phrase ‘new
the masthead in the albums’ the magazine is
corner of page. white background.
letting you know it keeps up
to date with its readers.
Drop cap used to show
where article starts.
Whole page used as
a picture, clearly
Mini articles down shows its
the side, in a importance, and the
separate box and shot is posed –
under a different purposely taken for
heading to show the use of a
they are separate magazine article.
from the main Photo is a long shot,
story. so her clothing must
be important –
Small photos used to perhaps to show her
break up text. different style and
fashion ideas.
Box in the middle picks out a certain Warm colours
sentence or phrase used in the article,
as its a review, it is probably an The page layouts are fairly simple and standard, one
opinion about the music – side is very textual but easy to read and not too much,
advertising and promoting Florence and the other is a full page photo of the artist that they
& the Machine’s new album. are reviewing.

4. Masthead clearly stands Skyline advertises
out, looks like it has been competition – persuasive
smashed around, this could technique – showing what Main graphic –
be by the sound of rock the magazine has to offer. posed shot, looking
music because it is so loud at the camera and
and heavy. viewer. Popular
artist – main
Targeted at fans of the Rock
member of the
music genre, the cover is kept
band Paramore.
simple and with black, white
and yellow – ‘cooler’ colours
and not specific to one gender. The word ‘security’
suggests danger or
Cover lines on the criminal, which
left third – a range compliments the
of different music colours of her t-shirt
acts draws in a black and yellow
wider range than (suggests danger) and
just one would. the colours of the
Cover photos - poster magazine.
special draws you in
as ‘special’ makes you Barcode out the way,
think there’s but clearly visible.
Flash box showing off
something extra and Screamer - bold and jumps out
more of the contents
that its exclusive to at you, editors want you to see
they have in the
this magazine. it, and read what its promoting.
magazine.

5. Extra bit at the top – not Logo of the magazine Heading is clear, bold Contents
set out like the rest of the is not needed on the and stands out on the keeps the
contents page so you know contents page. white page. same base
its separate. The text is colours as the
styled different and there cover. This
is more of it. means the
magazine can
be identified
by the layout
Main image on the
and colours .
page – recognised and
popular music artist –
has one of the main Clear subheadings in
stories in the bright yellow on
magazine. black background,
separate from the
page numbers and
Smaller images are all the articles.
same size and set out
around the main image –
keeps the layout neat and Subheadings
easy to follow. separate
different sections
of the magazine.
Smaller images break up the text and give incite into what
other stories are in the magazine. They have captions to show
which pages each article is on.

6. Taylor Momsen is a Black Rock artists are
new artist – shows that background sometimes thought to go
the magazine keeps up – style of ‘off the rails’ and ‘wild’ -
to date . rock. relevant story to a rock
magazine.
Popular, brings Red writing
a younger makes the
generation to questions asked
the magazine. in the interview
separate from
answers, so
they stand out
Photo is full page, clearly.
clearly a posed
shot looking at
the audience. Introduction talking
about Taylor Momsen
and who she is, before
Drop cap signifies where going to the interview.
the article starts.
Model is wearing rock styled
clothes – black leather, a Simple layout not too packed, and the writing is
choker, and black dark eye broken up so it makes it easier to read. The whole
make up. double page spread is dedicated to the article, instead
of having little flash boxes or mini articles down the
side of the page.