Magazine Cover Research

The colours used on this front cover are red black and white and they made Cheryl Cole tie in with the colour scheme by making her face really pale and red lipsticks. They use a limited colour palette which adds contrast to the cover page. They do this so that she becomes the background and this allows the text to stand out.

This magazine uses the red and white colour scheme to make it stand out from the rest of the Q magazines. This gives it a unique look.

The Q logo they always put this in front of the image so that it will stand out. It is always the same size and in the position this then allows the Q magazine to be instantly recognizable and iconic.

The image of Cheryl Cole in the rain with her finger in her mouth is going to make people look at the magazine. It especially makes it appeal to the target audience of the magazine which would mostly be men. 
The fact that Cheryl Cole is on the cover of this magazine is unusual as it is a Rock magazine and this would get the attention of its target audience. They put the word “rocks” in big spaced letters to make it stand out to draw your attention and make it related to the Q label which is recognized as being a rock based.

It uses a limited colour palette. This makes the cover unique.

 The lead member in the band (Simon Neil) is dressed in a white hoody this emphasizes his presence because the other two members of the band behind him are dressed in black this contrast in colours helps us to see him as the leading figure.

 The use of the colour red in this cover is important. They use the red to try and draw the reader’s attention to the advertisements and other content in the magazine that would encourage the reader to buy the magazine. The title is positioned behind the lead member and in front of the other two members this emphasises his presence.

·         The title in the centre of the cover is lower case and a different font to the rest of the magazine; this draws your attention to that part of the magazine.

·         “Unfold the puzzle of life...” is a reference to one of their album titles.

·         Kerrang always have their title in black and white and position it at the top of the cover this consistency over time makes the cover iconic and instantly recognisable.

·         All of the text is Sans-sarif which makes the magazine look more informal.

·         I think this cover’s main aim is to draw your attention to the lead member as his image will attract Biffy Clyro’s fans.

·         The cover uses images rather than just words to tell us that the bands photographed feature in the magazine. This is makes the cover more appealing to the buyer, as it has a bigger visual impact.

·         Giving away a free posters attracts the readers attention.

      This magazine has a very simple layout, they don’t over complicate it and this combined with the bright blue used for the background makes the cover eye catching.

Vibe always have their title in the same place this creates an iconic magazine.

They use a limited colour palette, this adds contrast between the colours.

Vibe tend to centre the text around the image of the artist, this makes the image powerful as tells that the main content of the magazine is about the artist.

They use Sans-serif fonts to make the cover less informal. Apart form the “&” sign in the bottom left corner, this is Serif, this difference is put there to draw your attention the text.

Vibe try and create a front cover that reflects the artists personality and their status as celebrities.

Because Rihanna is very popular with the magazines target audience they don’t decide to add much detail to the cover.

As this is an American magazine they will advertise artists who are popular in America and the text down the right hand side has people or things that we might not recognise but in America they will such as Nipsey hussle and Boogaloo Shrimp.

This magazine cover doesn’t have any poofs so this shows the audience that its contents are predominately about music (not too much advertisement).