Masthead: is the largest typography on the page, which therefore is a big, bold white ‘Q’ with a filling of red to make it stand out. This is also the logo of the magazine. As shown on this magazine the masthead is sent right to the back and has one of the images overlapping over it, but only by a little. It is also an acronym for the maker of the magazines name which is Quieten Richardson, which in this case is what the ‘Q’ stands for. The name just being a ‘Q’ makes it short and snappy and the magazine more appealing. Use of red is common in music magazines, particularly rock and indie genres. In the top left hand corner, as this is the first place we typically look. It is also what you can see on the new stand. It reflects what the magazine denotes.

Cover lines: the main focus of the cover lines is the bolder text at the beginning of each, which in this case is the names of the celebrities/ bands that the cover line concerns. The topics of the cover lines differentiate as ones talking about 3 red hot interviews and the other reads ‘Arcade Fire’. The main models name is placed as a cover line bolder and the colour is red that therefore relates to the masthead, as red is the main symbol in this magazine, usually in all music magazines. The cover lines are about what the magazine features inside that engages the audience to read/ buy it. In most magazines the cover lines are usually on the left side of the magazine as it is the first side that is seen when it is placed on the shelves in shops.

Main Cover line: the mains in this magazine will be Jessie J and MUSE, but I think its Jessie J as the colour is red very symbolic of a music magazine relates to the masthead. What many readers are engaged to is mainly the large text that is easy to read therefore they need to be short, snappy and should tell most of the information that is included inside the magazine so the audience purchase it. The font is simple but is also easy to read as it is the second largest text on the cove, drawing attention to itself. Banner: the banner is an advertisement

that contrasts with the rest of the magazine, possibly to draw attention to it. The advertisement is placed into a pug and will mainly interest audience that are planning to go on holiday. So clearly the magazine sees it as a selling point. Most pugs are often will a yellow background because yellow is often the colour that contrasts in music magazines as the main symbolic colour in music magazines is red, thus yellow contrasts with yellow.

Barcode: Essential to cover, usually includes general information about the magazine such as the date and price, these also tend to be placed in any corner of the cover. Which in this magazine is placed on the bottom left corner. The font is small and irrelevant to the rest of the cover as it doesn’t have to match with anything on the cover.

The colour scheme is typical of most music magazines, red, white, sometimes yellow and a slight hint of grey/black. In this case the background is white, the masthead and the models name is red.

Main Image: slight long shot of Jessie J being the main model in this magazine, she may be made main as she has suddenly become famous due to her album releases and has many fans. Her having red lipstick matches the main symbol in the magazine, and her being dressed in black on a white background makes her bold and stands her out.

As this music magazine is a weekly, cheap magazine it is quite busy and simply created, because the main model has straight hair it has made it easy for the creator to cut around her accurately.

Cover Lines: Used to attract the reader so that they want to buy the magazine to read the article. The cover line acts as a summary of what the magazine editors feel are the most enticing features within the magazine.

Main image: Used to take up large amount of the page, bright colours used to attract reader and make the magazine stand out on the shelf. Which in this case the model used in the vogue magazine is ‘Emma Watson’ who is very famous actress ‘Hermione’ in the phenomenon Harry Potter. This is known to be the largest image in the magazine, its large and eye-catchy, so the readers are attracted which then makes them buy the magazine. Emma’s eyes is looking directly at the audience.

Masthead: The name of the magazine is large and bold on the page; the bright red colour stands out to the person looking at the front cover. The reader would notice the name as it is also the logo for the magazine found on the website for the magazine also. This is also the logo of the magazine, which allows the reader to recognize the magazine. The typography of the masthead is serif as its very formal, the colour is pink therefore makes the target audience mainly females.Date: to show when the magazine was released, usually referred only to the month and year. The date also shows that it is a monthly magazine.

Selling/ Strap line: the strap line is usually based on the top of the magazine and usually just above the masthead but in this magazine its [laced as a puff over the ‘V’ in Vogue.

The models lip colour corresponds with the title, the models name ‘Emma Watson’, her bracelets and some small headlines down the right hand side of the magazine. Her lips will be the main attraction in that will attract mainly male target audience. This links to Laura Maulvey’s theory on ‘Male Gaze’

The model’s name is in large typography as she is very famous and has many fans after the Harry Potter phenomenon, and as she has had her appearance changed, her hair cut,. It may be hard to recognise her.

Cover lines: the cover lines often relate to the main image, as the first cover line reads ‘Life After Harry Potter’. The other cover lines relate to other famous celebrities, such as JLo, Beyonce, Rihanna, Tom and Gisele. The celeb names typography is quite large compared to the over text. This cover line reads ‘The only bag you’ll need this

season’ this may attract female target audience that follow Emma Watson’s style and the ‘Vogue’ magazine trend.

The main colour scheme in this magazine will be ‘Burgundy’, as it’s a very feminine colour it will be mainly purchased by female target audience.

As Vogue is a monthly magazine it is quite expensive. That’s why everything in the front cover is perfect, for example the cutting out of the model and the position of where it is placed. As seen its very less busy and spread out around the page with most information on the left side as it’s the first side the audience see when it is placed on the shelves. The mise-en-scene of the magazine is told

Masthead: the title of the magazine is designed so that it matches the colour scheme of the chosen. The font style of the magazine looks very classy and clear enough to read. I think the colour was chosen to relate to the theme of the magazine, which is shown as fashion! The masthead also has the logo of the magazine interacted within it. The masthead is sent to the back in this magazine as the models head in the main image is over it.

Main cover line: the main story relates to the main image quite clearly. The main cover line is placed over the main image, and is also in the middle. It reads ‘Fashion alert!’ this relates to the colour scheme being orange, a very classy/ trendy fashion related colour.

Main Image: the main image of the magazine is the most important section. It is the first thing which grabs attention and the interest of consumers. The photo is in a white background to make the image stand out more, especially the orange clothing. The costume of the model also has a link between the theme of the magazine, which is ‘fashion’. The model is looking directly at the camera (audience) this is usually referred to as direct address

Cover lines: the cover lines are purposely arranged to be on the left third, so that customers automatically see it, from the way the magazines are placed out on the shelves in the stores. The headlines are made to be catchy as in this magazine the colours used for the headlines are orange, yellow and black. They are also very persuasive, as one reads ‘lose weight without dieting’ this will mainly attract female target audience, as they are very passionate on their appearance.

Date: the date and the price of the magazine are presented faintly next to the masthead and only display the month of the issue and a simple price tag. As this magazine is a monthly magazine it is less busy.

Barcode: essential to cover, usually includes general information about the magazine such as the date and price, these also tend to be either in the top corner or bottom corner of the cover. The font is small and irrelevant to the rest of the cover.

Colour Scheme: The colour scheme is typical of most fashion related magazines, and it is very eye-catching. The main colours used are red, orange, yellow, white and black.

Pug: a pug is like the main convention that grabs readers attention when looking at the cover. As it is usually very bright colourful, the colour usually contrasts with the main colour scheme of the magazine, but in this magazine they have used the same orange colour as the title. A pug also looks like a sticker that has been stuck on as it

overlaps the title.

Main Image: The main image of the magazine consists of four people and these people all link very nicely with the main cover line as they are the main characters of ‘High School Musical’. The girls are arranged so that they are in front of the boys, this emphasises on how girly the magazine is as girls are held more superior than boys. Again the sparkly special effects are used around the models’; they are placed on a purple background which is very girly-like as pink and purple are known to be very girl colours. The main image is placed so that it does not take up the left-third, most important section of the magazine. Instead it is arranged further to the right of the page, the size of the main image does not take up the whole page as there are many other head lines and story lines displayed around, the page looks extremely busy with four people in it. The main parts of the image are not covered.

Masthead: The masthead is designed so that it looks stylish and un-classy. The font face is very teenage-like and the extra bold white outline makes it look even more childish. The texture in the text is very diamondy which again is extremely teenage-like which in fact helps to emphasise on the target market. There are two main sparkles on the end of two of the words, which gives us the idea of it being a very fashionable magazine.

Unique selling point: The unique selling point is literally the website address of the magazine. This can be found on the top left-third section of the page, which is deliberately placed there so that it can be seen straight away. The font style of the USP is very plain and white, which shows that not a lot of emphasis was put on it. The more important USP of the magazine is placed straight under the masthead, again near the left-third section of the page. The use of the word ‘gossip’ directly attracts teenagers, especially girls to buying the product. The font of this slogan is in plain pink writing, however is emphasised slightly with the use of italics.

Banner/Main Cover line: The banner can clearly be identified as soon as you look at the page. This is firstly because it is in a bright pink colour and that it goes straight across the page. The main cover line lives in the banner as it is clearly talking about the people in the main image and the biggest font size is used. The colours black and white are used for the fonts, which are very classical; they both contrast very well with a bright pink background. Again the sparkle effects are used very nicely here as well which matches the masthead.

Polaroid: There are a lot of Polaroid’s used on this front cover, one on the top left section of the page which almost mimics a pug. It looks like a sticker which has been stuck separately on the page; it is slightly slanted however the white outline gives it that important Polaroid look. The other Polaroid’s used are further down in the yellow pug on the bottom right side. They do not stay within the pug and look like pugs themselves. All of the Polaroid’s are snapshots of sneak peaks of celebrity life.

Photoshop: The only effective Photoshop techniques used are the outlining of texts and the use of texture. The sparkly textures are scattered all over the page which makes it look very teenage –like. This successfully attracts the target market audience which are aimed to be young teenage girls.

There is not a set colour scheme to this front page. The main colours used are the pinks and purples along with a few yellow sections and classic black and white writing. The clothing of the models’ do not match this scheme at all, This makes the page look extremely bright, colourful and busy, which mainly aims to attract young teenage girls. The unstable colour scheme adds to the un-classy effect of the overall impression.

Barcode/Date: The barcode and date are placed on the bottom right hand corner, which is normally known as the least important section of a magazine front cover. The reason the barcode and title are here, is because they are the least important thing on this front cover.