Analysis of graphic elements in music magazine covers

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MASTHEAD: The masthead is the largest text on the cover of the magazine and represents the brand of the magazine. It is located at the top of the page as it attracts the audience’s eye due to our reading order which is top to bottom left to right. The font type in this particular magazine is the serif type Royal Acid by Sharkshock fonts company. COVER LINES: The extra cover lines gives the audience a larger insight and information about this magazine which may interest them but this is often done in smaller font to not be the first thing the audience notice. FONT TYPES: All the subheadings are written in serif font and bold writing as it is easy to read. COLOUR SCHEME: The main colour scheme in this magazine is black, red and white which suits the colour of the masthead which was probably done purposely to MAIN COVER LINE: The bold sans serif writing illustrates the importance of Justin Bieber as it emphasises how great he is through it. (SUPER BOY) MAIN IMAGE: The main image on this magazine takes up almost the whole page. This is done to let the audience know what the main theme and content of this magazine will be. In this case Justin Bieber. The image is anchored to the title DATELINE: The date line and price in the top right corner allows the buyer to know how much they are paying for it and how new the information given is.

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MASTHEAD: The masthead is the largest text on the cover of the magazine and represents the brand of the magazine. It is located at the top of the page as it attracts the audience’s eye due to our reading order which is top to bottom left to right. The font type in this particular magazine is the serif type Royal Acid by Sharkshock fonts company.

COVER LINES: The extra cover lines gives the audience a larger insight and information about this magazine which may interest them but this is often done in smaller font to not be the first thing the audience notice.

FONT TYPES: All the subheadings are written in serif font and bold writing as it is easy to read.

COLOUR SCHEME: The main colour scheme in this magazine is black, red and white which suits the colour of the masthead which was probably done purposely to attract the audience.

MAIN COVER LINE: The bold sans serif writing illustrates the importance of Justin Bieber as it emphasises how great he is through it. (SUPER BOY)

MAIN IMAGE: The main image on this magazine takes up almost the whole page. This is done to let the audience know what the main theme and content of this magazine will be. In this case Justin Bieber. The image is anchored to the title which links the image to the Rolling Stone.

DATELINE: The date line and price in the top right corner allows the buyer to know how much they are paying for it and how new the information given is.

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MASTHEAD: The masthead on this magazine is the logo and brand of this magazine which is always located in the left type corner. It big red and bold which makes the audience see it immediately.

COVER LINES: The cover lines are usually located on the sides of the magazine to not get as much attention as the main topic. They are written in smaller font as. The cover lines are other information that the buyers may be interested in.

FONT TYPES: The font type of this magazine is sans serif as it makes it easier for the audience to read. Also it is in bold writing which highlights what they are saying by using specific words to attract the audience.

COLOUR SCHEME: The over powering colour in this magazine is red as it is the brands main colour. The subheadings and main words are in red to have an effect on the audience, however there is no certain colours as there’s a mixture of red, white, purple.

MAIN COVER LINE: Big serif bold font to let the audience know that the main topic is Adele and her success.

MAIN IMAGE: The main image of Adele represent the main topic which the magazine will be talking about. The image takes up almost the whole page which immediately shows the main topic which will be discussed in this magazine. (Adele)

BARCODE/DATELINE: It is useful as it allows the buyers to know how much they are paying for it and if it’s worth the topic.

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MASTHEAD: Billboards title instead of being at the top it is written on the side as it allows the main image to be a bigger part, as the brand is already quite popular. The way this is done is unconventional as seen in the previous two examples.

COVER LINES: The cover lines are written in small sans serif font and it isn’t in bold font which shows that the information given isn’t as important as the main cover line. By using these elements they want to have the attention on Zayn and the main topic of him.

FONT TYPES: There is a mixture of font type in this magazine to create a different effect on the audience for different topics. The important information are written in serif bold writing whereas the not so important in smaller font.

COLOUR SCHEME: The colour scheme is quite dark. (Blue, grey, white, black. ) which is done to suit the masthead and make it look interesting. Also the colours used portray the genre of the music that Zayn creates.

MAIN COVER LINE: The serif bold writing of the cover line tells the buyer that the information given is about Zayn’s new plans and directions in the music industry.

MAIN IMAGE: The main image is anchored to the masthead which shows that Billboard are having people like Zayn in their magazines which implies success. The image is taking up most of the space in the magazine which is the first thing the audience is attracted to.

DATELINE: There is a dateline located which allows the audience to know how recent the information given is.