1. Johanna Fryer
FRONT COVER ANALYSIS
The sell line says ‘THE UK’S BIGGEST MUSIC MAGAZINE’ this
help’s sell the magazine to the target audience. People are
The masthead, is placed at the very easily influenced and if the person wanting to buy the
top left of the front cover. magazine is very into music, which most of the reader’s will
This is because it is the first be then the fact that it is the ‘UK’s biggest’ will attract more
thing that the readers will see, customers. The word ‘biggest’ is printed in italics. The italic
because we tend to read from writing emphasises the word and makes it stand out,
left to right. Therefore will emphasising the popularity of this magazine.
catch the reader’s attention
straight away because it is a
bright red background with a The image is a full length shot.
big, white, capital letter, The image is placed in the
which is very eye-catching. centre and is of Matt Bellamy, it
Also the masthead is placed is obviously the main story of
on a smashed looking the magazine because the
background. This relates with heading ‘Muse’ is placed in big,
the main Cover line of the white writing, directly next to
magazine to do with Matt the image. The editor has
Bellamy being ‘out of control’. created Matt Bellamy to be a
It’s very cleverly created in a rebellious, powerful figure,
way that the editor has made representing the readers who
a link between the image and also have a rebellious side.
the title/logo of the magazine Something different about this
‘Q’. It’s as if Matt has smashed magazine front cover is that,
his guitar onto the masthead, Matt is not giving any eye
therefore giving the masthead contact to the audience; he is
a more 3D, rebellious look. staring towards the smashed ‘Q’
This rebellious look relates to in the corner of the page. The
the audience as also being reader’s will then be
rebels. automatically drawn to the
name of the magazine because
they will follow what Matt is
The colour scheme of the magazine front The front cover also has an article staring at. Because of the tense
cover is red, black and white. This colour in the bottom left corner about The look in his eyes, his tense body
scheme goes well with the logo and title of Beatles. The Beatles are a very and the fact that he is clenching
the magazine. Red and black are also fairly popular, well known, classic band his jaw, means that the readers
bright, yet dark colours. The bright red will and this will draw the readers in will feel also feel fairly tense
attract the audience as it stands out, and because they will want to know and be drawn into the story.
the black represents the kind of rebellious what is going to be said about them. Matt is wearing very dark
side to people because black is a very dark The fact that ‘200’ is in bold, red font colours; these dark colours also
colour. The editor also makes sure that the makes it stand out and makes it illustrate the rebellious side to
main image matches with the colour easily noticeable. This means that him, which relates to the
scheme; furthermore that is why Matt is the audience’s attention is drawn to audience.
wearing black and red to correspond with it straight away. Also the colour red
the colour scheme. matches the colour palette of the
front page.