Analysis of Q magazine front cover!

I have now done some research about different music magazines. I have looked at front covers of Q, Mojo, Kerrang, Rolling Stones, DJ and NME.

The front cover of Q has included the logo in the top left hand corner which is very common with this magazine. The logo uses the same colours in every magazine, this is so the audience can relate to the front cover.

The picture of Lily Allen topless attracts more of a male audience, although females like the singer Lily Allen so will still be interested in the magazine. The images of the animals with Lily Allen and a caption saying sexy beast; can be a play on words as it could mean either about the animals or calling Lily Allen a sexy beast.

A title saying "Lily Allen and her wicked, wicked ways..." is an interesting title and will entice both a male and female audience; making people want to read on.

Different artists mentioned on the front cover is another way to attract a wider audience, as people may want to find out information and gossip about these singers.

Using words like "exclusive" gives connotations of never seen before information and pictures; so still attracts an audience.

This magazine title also mentions movies this will appeal to people and make this audience even wider, but making sure it links in with the magazine it is "greatest rock movies".

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Welcome to my AS coursework media blog (lauren filson)

In year 12 i have had a set task of creating two magazines.
One of which was a preliminary task to create a school magazine's front cover and contents page. The one key task which was asked of this magazine was to include a medium close up shot; everything else will be justified.
The main task was to create a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. Showing good editing and photography skills.
I have chosen to post my media coursework on here as i would like people to leave comments and see how i am getting on with the task.
I am planning on creating my preliminary task first making sure everything i do to this is justified. I will then go on to do some research for a music magazine, i will annotate many music magazines for example Q and Mojo, this will help me to focus on how these types of magazines are set out.
Thankyou for reading have a look and leave comments, Lauren Filson