Analysing Music Magazines

I have chosen to analyse Q music magazine to give me inspiration for my magazine. The masthead is in a bold font to make it stand out and catch the readers eye. Also, it is in red as this colour is effective at making a statement. I have decided to incorporate red into my magazine, which will be the main colour for the masthead. It is important for the  readers to be able to recognise the artist on the front cover, so Q have placed a well- known music artist on theirs (Florence). Q specialise in celebrating pop/rock music within their magazine and Florence fits in well with this genre. It is important that in my magazine, the artist on the front cover fits the genre and target audience that I am appealing to. A close- up of Florence has been used to capture detail and to put sole focus on the artist. Florence is looking directly at the audience to engage the reader and draw in attention. There are a variety of headlines in different sizes, for example 'GIG' has been emphasised so that people are drawn to that specific headline straight away. Blue has been used for a particular headline in order to make the magazine more visually appealing and to make it stand out in contrast to the other headlines. A pull-out quote has been placed at the top of the front cover in order to captivate the readers interest as they are given an insight as to what the magazine will contain.