This document analyzes the design elements of a magazine cover featuring a music artist. It discusses how the black background creates a mysterious theme. The color of the font matches the bandana worn by the artist to emphasize him as important. Elements like the bandana, leather jacket, and religious cross are meant to portray the artist as cool, dangerous, and dominant to appeal to the female target audience of the magazine.

1. Promoting free
products will entice
the consumers to
buy the magazine.
‘The lost issue’ gives a
sense that this
specific issue is
important and valued
Black background
emphasises the
mysterious theme this
issue has to it.
Also, it highlights that
the music artist in the
key image is the most
important aspect to
the front cover.
Same colour font.
The colour matches
the bandana that
the artist is wearing.
The use of ‘classic’
gives the sense that
this is the original
magazine and that
this is the most
trustworthy rock
magazine.
Bandana suggests
that the artist is
‘cool’ and that he is
uncaring of what
people think.
Also, it reinforces
the image that the
magazine is trying
to create: That he is
dominant,
mysterious and
tough. Tis kind of
image would
appeal to a female
target audience –
which could also be
why the magazine
is partially feminine
(the font and font
colour)
The leather jacket
could suggest ‘nofear’ and gives the
artists a
dangerous and
mysterious
demeanour. The use of a religious cross signifies that the artist is somewhat dominant, as the cross has a significant
meaning that is known across the world. Therefore this could have a greater political meaning.
Also, because the cross is in an image where it is completely dark and ‘gothic-like’ it could contradict the
actual meaning of the religious cross.