Q Magazine Front Cover analysis

Q Magazine Front Cover

The magazine like other Music indie rock magazines uses San serif mainly san serif fonts apart from the ‘Q’ logo which cannot really be changed as it is iconic to the magazine company. The san serif fonts make the text stand out and appeal to the reader. However under the masthead a serif font is used to single out a pull out quote from the text. It makes contrast with the other fonts making it stand out from them. Throughout many of the front covers related to indie/rock have used san serif fonts.

The layout of the magazine is fairly spacious this is mainly due to the fact the front image is the face of Noel Gallagher and cannot be covered with lots of text as it would hinder the effect of the image. Although the image covers the whole of the front cover the layout the page does show aspects of the route of the eye concept and doesn’t follow the rule of thirds. Overall the page consists of more image than text although it isn’t by much. It gives the reader a share of image and text.

The colours like all the other covers I have analysed uses a colour scheme of red white and black. The image is also given a black and white effect to assist the colour scheme. The colour of the cover lines in the bottom left hand corner slightly clash with the black and white image but holding the real magazine to the eye would 

make the text easier to see as the text is very bold.

The camera work used within the central image of the magazine is an ‘extreme close up’. This shows all the facial features of the band member Noel Gallagher from Oasis. Again this magazine uses direct address as the band member is looking directly at the camera, out of all the magazines using direct address this one might be the most effective as the shot is composed at a close-up which would make it stand out.

The Mise-en –Scene of the magazine signifies the indie/rock genre very well. Most indie rock bands and people associated with that genre can be stereotyped to specific clothing such as beanie hats. In the image the band member is wearing a beanie so it relates to the genre. The rough stubble on Noel’s face could be related to the rough music of rock and roll.