Q magazine focuses on rock music genres and bands like Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters. The typical Q reader is male between 15-24 years old who enjoys a variety of topics beyond just music. The contents page uses a consistent color scheme and mixes serif and sans serif fonts to give sections a formal or informal feel for the young audience. Popular articles and cover stories are called out on the page to entice readers.

1. Q magazine contents page
Q magazine is published by Bauer media group and focuses
on the sub genre of rock music with musicians like ‘Kings of
Leon’ and ‘The Foo Fighters’. The general reader of ‘Q’ is
male in the age range of 15-24. They are interested in other
subjects other than music but like ‘Q’ because of its variety
of different information.

2. House Style
The contents page has a continuation of
the house style with the use of red,
black and white from the front cover.
They have placed the brand identity
onto the page for brand identity.
The font for the masthead and
‘contents’ is serif so this gives a formal
tone to the reader. The rest of the text is
sans serif and this makes the text
relaxed and informal.
The language is informal so this is used
for the younger audience in the age
range of 15-24 as this is more relaxed.

3. Content of the magazine
Page numbers are used for selected features.
They reference the cover story allowing it take
up a large section of the page.
The articles that they have used are going to
be some of the most popular subjects for the
market.
The articles range from mainstream rock
music but then also accommodates for a niche
audience with articles about death metal and
nirvana

4. Layout
Split the ‘Q reviews’ into categories so that you
can find information easily and makes the layout
organized.
The contents page is has a 50/50 split in the ratio
of text to images on the page.
The page numbers on the contents page are only
showing for the articles that would be popular
with the audience. This would be used to
persuade the reader to buy the magazine.

5. Images
• The images used for the contents
are all ‘long shots’ and contain a
varying number of people in the
images.
• All of the images have a relaxed
feeling with the facial expressions
used as well as the posing of the
people.