Analysis of Music Analysis of Music Magazine CoversMagazine Covers

This cover represents itself of having an attitude and being loud. Although the band that are represented as the main image to the cover don’t look so sure of themselves. The masthead has been layered over the image, making as if though they aren’t so important to be on the front cover. Also the image looks staged because they don’t look naturally posed and have been put on a white background which gives the sense of a photo shoot styled image. Even so it’s been over crowed with lots of other texts and pictures over layered.The magazine almost applies with the left had. This includes a freebie which is a good feature to have on a magazine as it is a good selling point. There is a skyline which gives more information about what's inside the magazine.Some parts of the magazine are like cut-outs with they way they have been represented with borders etc. Also some of the text has been reversed out to give it that cut out feeling which contrasts to the magazine being rebellious and having an attitude.The colours that have been used mostly are red, black and white, these are used in all the text that’s on the cover, also been exaggerated into the main image and borders. These colours represent dangerous, loud, and something with a big attitude towards what they do, which in this case is music. They have used two different typefaces, one which is an Ariel type of font, which is clear and easy to understand and the other font being like drawn with a crayon or piece of chalk. This gives the magazine some sort of playfulness to it and could also contrast to the audience being of a young generation maybe.

This cover to Q magazine looks serious because of the imagery used and layout. The whole format of this magazine is seriousness and also have a passion for what they do which is music.

The image which is presented on this magazine has been staged, by the way that they are standing there and looking serious like they been business and again photo shoot style to it. Also the way that the leader in the images has presented him self in a interesting way, he is painted in gold and has his hands crossed over under is chest, like he is the most important and the other two band members are behind his shoulders, like he is some godly figure.

The cover has over ruled the left third and everything is on the right instead. This could be because Q magazine is a popular magazine or it could be because the colour gold has been used in the some of the text of the cover, making it look very important and that the reader would pick it up. Although they have included a freebie which is on the left third and as well as the image over lapping, this has been as well.

The typeface looks all Ariel type, with a range of different scales used. The main colours that have been used are gold, black and white. All these colours have been used all through the imagery and text of the cover. Although in the skyline the use of red has been used which resembles back to danger and standing out, but it also fits well with the masthead.

There us only one photo which has been used on this cover, which has been scaled down and put into the skyline, so it doesn’t take the attention away from the main image.

This cover of NME represents seriousness because of the way its been presents in the main image and layout. The seriousness can also be presented in a fun and informal way like NME has done.

The main image has been posed like a photo shoot style with the plain background behind the band. The female is the key figure in this image, as she has been layered over the top of the mast head and the rest of the band members have been put back behind the mast head, obviously showing the importance. Also she is the only female in the shot and has been well balanced with two males either side of her. The image has been edited to black and white and by using a masking tool they have brought out the females hair and lips, which makes the rest of the bands faces look more softer.

The cover sticks to the left third, all though there isn’t many cover lines. The key colours that it has used are red’s, white’s and black, these are loud, contrasting and clear colours for a magazine. There is a circle at the top right which highlights the importance of the cover line and is written in bold, Ariel font, and also been slanted to give the rebellious look and attitude which contrasts with the main image.

The main cover line, that represents the images takes up the full width of the cover and is centred just under the females face. This shows in bit, bold typeface, the word ‘Paramore’ has been highlighted in a different colour to the rest of the text in deep bright pink which contrasts with the females lips. This word stands out from the cover. The contrasting between the text and image is strong, which makes it effective.

Along the skyline there is use of other cover lines. ‘685 UK…’ has been cornered and reversed out, also over lapped over the mast head, which exaggerates how there not too bothered about the mast head everything else is important and they want to show off who they got on the front of there magazine.

Also there is no other images that has been used on the cover which again shows the importance of the main image and has big significance to the magazine.