3. Genre
• Q is a popular music magazine published
monthly in the United Kingdom. It provides
news on various music genres. Therefore,
there is no special style or certain colour
used on its front covers.
4. Masthead
• As the magazine’s name
is very short: Q, the
masthead does not take
up the whole space on
the top, it is placed on the
left. The masthead is also
the logo of this magazine,
as it has the same style,
colour and font on every
front cover.
5. Main Image/Model
• The model of this front cover is Mumford
and Sons, an English Folk Rock band.
This band not only sings Folk Rock but
also Indie Folk and Bluegrass. Their style
is very elegant and gentle.
• The image is also very successful as it
focuses on each person’s expression,
which is very nice and natural.
6. Colours
• The colour used here is very subtle and
goes well with the models’ clothes.
• The background colour is light grey, which
is quite dark but looks old and soft, like
Folk music itself.
7. Cover lines
• The cover lines on the rightof the
front cover are printed in two
colours: Red and White. The red
lines are the singers’ name and
the white tell the content of the
articles.
• Other cover lines are arranged
randomly on the rest space of the
front cover. They are in bigger
size, like “Mumford & Sons The
unstoppable rise of Britain’s
reluctant rock stars” as the models
are Mumford & Sons. Other cover
lines like “Chatting with Obama”
and “Cheating death” orientate
people to some very interesting
contents inside the magazine.
9. Slogan
• The slogan of this magazine is: “The
world’s greatest music magazine”. The
slogan may be exaggerated but this is a
way of attracting people and persuading
them to by the magazine.
10. Bar code
• The bar code is placed at the bottom of
the front cover, with the magazine’s price.
