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Main Image- the image features

comedian Kevin Hart as the main image.
He poses casually holding a mic and it
almost looks like he is smiling at you.
This is to emphasise his comical side.
From his choice of outfit, this suggests
that the genre of his comedy is fresh
and classy.

Masthead- The masthead of Rolling

Stones has a pure white coloured text
partly covered behind the artist
featured on the cover. It blends really
well with the bright grey background to
make sure that the cover doesnt look
empty.
Cover lines- unlike any other music
magazines, the cover lines are not
scattered on the cover, they are only on
the left hand side to show that the
magazine is easier to read if its in an
organised layout.
Font- the titles in the cover lines are
written big in bold to highlight the
singers names such as Kevin Hart,
Jimmy Page, James Taylor and Tame
Impala to represent their importance in
the magazine. The sub headings are
written in a straight font and put in a
neat order like an ordinary newspaper
to make the cover look news worthy
and serious.
Rolling Stones magazine is best known for providing their
target audience coverage of music, liberal politics and
pop culture. This magazine is aimed at adults in their
early 30s and for those who seek news about other bands
and singers but also other news that appeal to them such
as news about war Inside Yemen, Dispatch from a
Hidden War which is a serious topic.

Lighting- they only used a hint of lighting

on Kevin Hart as the page is already is
bright enough though the light shines on
Harts face to make him look stunning for
this cover.
Colour- there are not much exciting
colours to make it look pretty as white
mostly dominates the background and
black used as another formal colour.

Target audience- the most appealing target

audience for this magazine would be aimed at
adults 18 or over because it contains news of their
all-time favourite singers from their teen years.

House Style- the style of this

magazine looks serious older. It
contains serious colours like black
and red. It hasnt got any fun,
vibrant colours to establish a
pop/rock theme.

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Target Audience- the target audience for
this double page spread is aimed at an
older demographic mainly men and for
those who love reading headlines.

Centre of visual interest- the main image is

very much targeted to the male audience as
this is used to promote a product called
Copenhagen Long Cut which is a brand of
smokeless tobacco and theyre chewable.
The word cigarettes is obviously aimed at
those who smoke which are mostly to the
adult audience.
Columns- this is very crucial for a
double page spread as it contains
opinions of a topic which allows
the reader to challenge them to
express their own views.

Language- the text is very basic and

formal as they use powerful vocabulary
such as the word irreparable which
means impossible to repair and moot
this emphasises that Rolling Stones
magazine is trying to converge closely
to their older audience.

Captions- without captions,

readers will get frustrated if they
cannot find where they were
reading. In one of the small
columns, the magazine does not
make their captions obvious but
they make sure that it links to
what the column is talking about.

Slogan- the slogan All the News

That
Fits is
used in every issue of
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Rolling Stones. This suggests that all
the important news is inside the
magazines contents.
Layout- the magazines contents page is
grouped together into three different
sections to make it easier to read and
to follow.

Page numbers- the page numbers are

made into the same size with the sub
text and headings which shows
simplicity. Its not arranged in a specific
layout.

Centre of visual interest - the artist

in this photo is James Taylor and it
dominates most of the page. He is
shown in black and white to show
how unique this singer is. The
lighting is very detailed as the
darkness in his clothing blends in
with the light tone.

Colour- red is mostly used in the

contents page especially in the text
on the column to make it easier to
read which section has

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Sub images- there is a range of

images of different artists so
that the audiences can find out
easily about whom the story is
about and what the singers
impressions and appearance
looks like.

Text- large text is used to highlight

the singers names clearly and the
page number has been made a
little bigger so that the audience
can easily get to that page without
having to flip through the pages
one by one. The contents page
only includes little information to
only give a summary of a particular
story.

Image- it features the same

artist used in the front cover
which suggests that they must
have an important story about
him.

Centre of visual Interest- the artist

used as the centre of interest in the
contents page is the musician Mark
Ronson. He poses in a standing
position like a bad boy and he
looks slightly intimidating when he
tilts his head and stares at the
reader directly to get some
attention.

Font- most of the

information is written
in a neat font to give
the magazine a tidy
feel.
Page Number- they look
like theyve been jumbled
up but they are still in the
right order which implies
that they want the contents
page to not be filled with
many page numbers which
would be time consuming
for the reader. They
decided to include the main
story as they highlighted
the page numbers in
different colours.

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House style- the house style
for this magazine looks very
professional looking for an
ideal music magazine. This
page looks like its aimed at
teenage girls- it shows their
favourite singer.

Font- the font for on the

double page spread looks
very different as the sub text
looks like an extract
newspaper- Generation
XCX. This emphasises that Q
magazine does not really
focus on making their
content look too formal and
simple.

Centre of Attention It features Charli

XCX as the centre of attention of this
double page spread. She looks at the
camera looking like shes yawning at
the reader with her arms stretched.
It might give the impression that she
isnt trying to pose in a proper
fashion.

Images- the images featured

on the right hand side are
other singers such as Charlie
XCX, Iggy Azalea and others
featured on star shaped
pictures down on the red tab
with white text. The reason
for this is that they want the
reader to look at the singers
and their brief information
about how they became no.1
on the top hits such as Charli
XCX who wrote the million
dollar hook Fancy. They also
have two pictures with the
singer to show how popular
she is as she sang with other
singers and winning an award
which would interest the
reader into liking her more.

Q magazine is a monthly pop magazine in the

UK. The target audience for this magazine is
males in their late 30s or 40s.

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Colour- the magazine is filled

with clashing colours such as
red, black, blue and white to
make the cover more exciting
and interesting to read.

Masthead- the
masthead is positioned
on the left hand corner
which takes third of the
page. It is bold and it
really stands on the
cover as the colour is red
which is very contrasting
to their target audience.

Barcode/
Issue/Date/Price- the
barcode, date, issue
no. and price has
been put there to be
easily located and to
check when this
magazine was
published as well as
keeping their
audience updated
and informed as well
as ensuring that they
have purchased the
right issue.

Cover lines- the cover line

Whats in Noels head
now? Helps engage the
audience as if the magazine
is asking you what this
singer is thinking. It is in
arch position over his head
to make it look a thought
bubble.

Font- there is a range of font

featured on this magazine such as
The Who with their signature
band logo. Also, there are some
texts that have been made
smaller to make sure that the
magazine is not too crowded with
the other texts.

Main Image- the singer chose to be

in a midshot close-up thinking to
make the magazine seem calm. The
lighting is very natural with the
background as it has a bright glow
coming from behind the main
image.

Cover mount- Q magazine

offers their readers 29 pages
of reviews to get the
audience a curiosity of whats
inside. The number 29 is
made bigger to show how
big the content is to the
readers.