Q front cover analysis

Q Magazine Front Cover

This front cover of Q magazine feature the rock band Muse they are in the centre main image and a large heading of the band Muse is above them, this informs those of the audience who don't haven't heard of them. Camera angle of this picture is at a medium level this against the grey and white back ground. This makes them stand out more this  would therefore look better on the shelf compared to other magazines. The clothes they are wearing are quite dark as well so the background brightens this up. The lead singer is positioned in front of the other band members, this illustrates the same structure to how a band is on stage the lead singer at the front and the other members behind.
The Masthead is the second biggest space on the front page, the prominent Q logo in the top left corner, the colour scheme for the logo is a white Q with a red background. The colour scheme for the logo has remained the same since changing the name of the magazine.
On the left hand side of the magazine cover is the left-side third, the headings font colour is white keeping in theme with the colour pallete and is highlighted with blue. The pallete for the front cover changes from issue to issue and this issue the pallete was blue, grey and white.  In the bottom left corner is the bar code, there is not any information around the bar code to draw attention to it. This make it more discrete and the least important part of the front cover.
Finally the cove lines this listed on the right side of the cover and features the bands that were going to play Glastonbury, the most important cover line is the 50 acts you must see at Glastonbury, they are articles that will feature in the magazine.The number 50 is the largest size to draw the audience to it first. Underneath this there artists listed who are playing Glastonbury, they range from Stevie wonder to Snoop Dogg so has a big range of music genres that would interest the reader. They are in the same font and style as the heading on the left side white front highlighted with blue, this again keeping consistant with the colour pallete.