I have taken this front
cover from music magazine ‘Q’, I have also made arrows pointing towards the key
features in the magazine. This magazine cover is starring Lily Allen as its
main cover image, at the time of the magazine release date Allen had just
released a new album called ‘It’s not me, its you.’
The main cover line of the
magazine is ‘sexy beast, Lily Allen, & her wicked, wicked ways.’ Q have
used mise-en-scene to set the scene, using two black panthers to link with the
cover line ‘sexy beast’. Lily has her back to the audience and is looking over
her shoulder, she is also topless making the pose seem provocative and making
it seem as if she wants the audience to follow her. She also has her hand on
her hip to assert her dominance, making her have a bigger visual presence, the
hands on hip pose is also associated with being ready for action, e.g. boxers
can be seen doing it before a fight.
The colour scheme of the
magazine consists of 5 colours red, black, white, blue and grey. Red is the
colour of Q’s logo, it also highlights key words amongst the cover lines such
as, ‘wicked, wicked’ as red is an associated with danger, ‘exclusive’ is also
highlighted in red as it is a connotation for warnings and is used to alert the
reader. They also vary the fonts through out the magazine highlighting key
words in bold also.
Q has a target audience of
rock and roll fans, which are 68.3% male and 31.7% female. It has an older
target audience which is evident in its price of £3.99, as that may be too
expensive for people of a younger age group. It is also aimed at the working
class which is also evident from topics covered and images. I think this
magazine cover is successful and follows the codes and conventions of a music
magazine, it is also successful providing for Q’s target audience.
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