The document provides guidance for analyzing the front cover of a magazine called 'Q', instructing the reader to comment on the visual codes, layout and design, and audience and modes of address used on the cover. It also lists specific elements to include in the analysis, such as the use of color, logos, font style, selected artists, and how the cover compares to the magazine's usual genre and conveyed values.

1. Analyse the front cover of ‘Q’,
commenting on:
•visual codes
•layout and design
•audience and modes of address

2. Analyse the front cover of ‘Q’,
commenting on:
•visual codes
•layout and design
•audience and modes of address
Have you included?
•Analysis of colour
•Non-verbal codes
•Dress codes
•Use of logo
•Analysis of typography (font style)
•Anchorage
•Choice of artists
•Contrast and juxtaposition
•Hegemony / Patriarchy
•Binary Oppositions
•Pastiche / parody
•Genre codes (how this compares to a
usual cover of Q)
•Values of magazine (the importance it
places on these selected names)
•Language choice
•Demographics
•Psychographics