Q Magazine Cover Analysis
Q Front Cover Analysis
Q magazine has a known logo on the front which doubles as it’s title. The publisher, Bauer Media; who also published “Kerrang” has many other interests such as TV and Radio. The magazine is released monthly, and can be subscribed yearly for £20. It is also the UK’s number 1 selling monthly magazine.
This front cover on this release can appeal to many fans and supporters of the band Metallica as the band image is on the front. This is the only image on the magazine and takes up all space. It has been taken professionally and has been edited as there is no shadow below the band members them selves. This means that a tool such as the lasso tool has been used to cute round them and placed. They are layered in front of the main magazine title, and everything else is placed on top and around them avoiding the facial area.
Although the magazine is released by the same publisher it still has a more professional look about it. The age group attracted to this would be round the ages of 17 to 29. There are spaces in parts of the front cover so it doesn’t look too complex and layed out clearly. There are small banners such as in the top left of the magazine it says, “THE LOUD ISSUE!”, so it gives a impact on the audience to say it maybe neat but it still has the information and updates on bands you still want. A bar code is on the magazine on the left for retailers to sell. So it shows it can be bought whenever not just by a monthly subscription. There is also gossip shown on the front cover with the “HARRY POTTER, confessions of a boy wizard”. So it too withholds gossip on recently released films, not just fixed on music genres. At the bottom there is another banner to show reviews on the 20 loudest albums, and everything shown on the front cover is included in the magazine itself.
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