Imagery

There are two main images on this contents

page, the first one is of the four boys stood

on the hill. This image takes up most of the

page so I know that it is the key feature. The

boys are wearing indie clothing which tells

me that the magazine has an indie/rock

theme. The high key lighting in the

magazine also sets the genre of the

magazine and it is bright however the

background is quite dull. The smaller image

is of a man leaning on a column which

shows the magazine is more casual than

formal. Again the high key colours show the

genre of the magazine.

Design Balance The main image is a long shot of the

courteeners, there is low key lighting to

highlight the indie genre. This shows the

genre of music in the magazine. The cover

lines never use more than 4 colours; here

the colours are white and black and red.

These colours go together nicely and fit in

with the house style and also the magazine.

The colours black and red have

connotations of danger and mystery

This is because the genre is indie and

the courteeners are an indie band.

House style

The majority of the text is sans serif; this means that it is clear to read. The text is quite harsh; it represents the genre of magazine. The colours are mainly red, black and white; these are the main colours for Q magazine. The texts for the main cover lines are quite large however the cover lines are quite small.

Design principles

The Guttenberg design principle has

been used. It directs the eye from the

masthead to the text that isn’t really

as important, left to right. (it is not

necessarily good as it may cause the

reader not to see the text in the

terminal area which is still the

contents with page numbers and titles

therefore the reader may miss some of

it.

Imagery

There are two main images on this contents

page, the first one is of the four boys stood

on the hill. This image takes up most of the

page so I know that it is the key feature. The

boys are wearing indie clothing which tells

me that the magazine has an indie/rock

theme. The high key lighting in the

magazine also sets the genre of the

magazine and it is bright however the

background is quite dull. The smaller image

is of a man leaning on a column which

shows the magazine is more casual than

formal. Again the high key colours show the

genre of the magazine.

Design Balance The main image is a long shot of Kasabian,

there is low key lighting to highlight the

indie genre. This shows the genre of music

in the magazine. The cover lines never use

more than 4 colours; here the colours are

white and black and red. These colours go

together nicely and fit in with the house

style. The colours black and red have

connotations of class and mystery. This

is because the genre is indie and

kasabian are a mysterious band

House style

The majority of the text is sans serif; this means that it is easy to read. The text is quite harsh; it represents the genre of magazine. The colours are mainly red, black and white; these are the main colours for NME magazine. The texts for the main cover lines are quite large however the cover lines are quite small.

Design principles

The Guttenberg design principle has

been used. It directs the eye from the

masthead to the text that isn’t really

as important, left to right. (it is not

necessarily good as it may make the

reader not want to read the contents

as they don’t look at that are of the

magazine in the terminal area.