Masthead

The masthead is also known as the title which is given to the magazine.

On this magazine the mast head is in the top left hand corner and is

very large, bright and fits in with the colour scheme of the magazine.

Also this is the magazines trademark colours which the reader will

recognise when in a shop, this will lead the reader to buying the

magazine as they will be familiar with the brand of the magazine. The

colours that have been use on the cover have been used to contrast the

image as everything seems to blend in together. They are also very

simple colours which you would not associate with a person’s gender,

therefore making this magazine unisex.

Cover line

The cover line is a large piece of text that goes with the cover image

and is used to give the reader a brief overview of what the magazine

will include. The cover line that has been used for this magazine is “I

feel so alone” Florence woman on the edge”. By using that quote at

the beginning will draw the reader’s attention to the article will want

to know the full story as to why does Florence feel so alone. They

have also made “Florence” bigger than the rest of the text to go with

her image but to also emphasis to the reader that the article is going

to be focused around her.

Features

The features that are used on a magazine are to give extra

information to the reader about what content is going to be in the

magazine. In this magazine I can see that there will be a 16 paged

gig blow- out and the reader also has the chance to meet Simon

Cowell through an interview. By adding in features this will ensure

that the reader knows that there is more content within the

magazine than what apppears on the cover.

Cover image

The cover image usually fills up the whole page of the magazine

and the image is usually promoting the main story or a feature

that is involved. The cover image is a full head shot of the singer

Florence Welsh who the main story is going to be about. By using

this image for the cover page it will attract fans of Florence and

the Machine to buy the magazine and read the article inside. The

magazine does not use any other picture on the cover page this

shows that Florence has dominance over the rest of the articles.

Layout

The layout for the cover page has been set out in a conventional

way which should please the reader as it has all the features that

are required on a cover page. The target audience that this

magazine is aimed at could be aimed at older men and women

than the Kerrang as this magazine has a more mature appeal to

it. For the specific target audience for this issue of the magazine

it could be females as it features a female artist in the main story

but also fans of Florence and the Machine as she does feature

as the cover image for this magazine.

Puff

The puff is used on a magazine as a promotional tool. Only one puff

has been used on the cover page compared to the Kerrang page

where they used two. The puff that has been used on this magazine is

promoting Zane Lowe’s new column that has just started in the Q

magazine. By promoting the new column this will make the readers

aware of this new feature as well as maybe attracting new readers.

Dateline

The date of the magazine is very important as it tells

the reader that the news/events in this issue are

relevant and up to date. The date of the magazine is

placed above the barcode and the price.

Barcode

The barcode for this magazine is placed at the bottom of

the cover page underneath the dateline