Research: front covers Q 2

This magazine features the killers front man Brandon Flowers, Lead singer of the killers and also artist with a successful solo career.    

THE MAST HEAD

In every issue of Q the masthead is always the same with it being a white Q on a red background this gives the magazine a distinct brand that is recognisable and can easily be spotted against any other magazines on a rack. The signature Q also creates synergy throughout the magazine as the Q is used throughout it.

The mast head fills up the center of the magazine the font of masthead is  serif, which makes it more eye grabbing  to human eye. I would use a similar font for the masthead on my magazine as it makes it more eye grabbing and would catch people's attention.

THE COVER STORIES

There are ten cover stories on this q issue, with it ranging from a traditional rock group like Metallica to a modern day pop singer like Katy Perry this is to try and entice any person to buy their magazine

We can tell that the killers article is the main article of this issue as it is given the most space on the front cover, another way which this is shown is through font size & type it is given for font size it is the largest and most eye grabbing while the font type helps as it is unique and bold like most sans serif fonts. Together these serve to attract people to the magazine!.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES ON COVER 

There is a banner on the front cover of the magazine which reads “ THE KILLERS BRANDON FLOWERS: STAR MAN”. This is in a sans serif font and as a white and pink colour scheme combined with the font it acts as a colourful stand out point to draw attention to the magazine and generate interest in the articles.

There is another feature known as a strap line “Porn, Suicide, Butlers….”. This serves the purpose to draw the attention of the reader to reading it; it may generate extra interest as the strap line belongs to an article about take that a band you may not associate with porn, suicide and butlers like take that.

The magazine has a slogan of “  A different take on music” this tells us that the magazine may not always share the popular opinion from the title and helps to generate interest as it generates the        question of in this case “ what is their take on the killers”.

THE MODEL 

The image does relate to the headline of the magazine as it is of the killers front man, the image is a full cover, and is a long body shot. The magazine  follows the convention of having the model look right into the front cover. The picture is sharp and clear with the background in focus.

The models costume and makeup matches the genre as it is quite glam rock in nature as the model Brandon Flowers is dressed smartly but has muddy make up, which helps to show the genre of the music.