Q Magazine

The Masthead on this particular magazine is a single letter, ‘Q’ this is because this is the publisher of this magazine. The ‘Q’ which is at the top left is very big in comparison to all the other lettering that is included on this front cover. The reason why I think the publisher has made the ‘Q’ like that is because they want the audience to see what publisher it is immediately

The barcode on magazines are usually situated on either the bottom right hand corner or left hand corner, but as you can see with this magazine front cover, the barcode is located beneath the large ‘Q’ logo. Barcodes must be included on a magazine front cover as it is illegal to not include one.

The main image on this front cover is a medium close up of a female singer, as previously mentioned, the colour scheme is also used replicated in the image, the female model stands out against the dark background. The model is also looking at the camera lens that has taken the image of her, this makes it look like the model is looking at us, this makes the magazine cover even more effective.

There are multiple cover lines on this particular magazine, the majority cover lines are on the right side of the front cover. The cover lines included on this magazine are also included to give the audience an extra insight on what this particular magazine includes inside, this is another technique used to attract consumers into buying a particular magazine.

when looking at the colours used on this front cover, the colours mainly used are black, red and white, the white and red stand out against the black background making them a lot more obvious and more effective.