Front Cover Deconstuctions

Front Cover One

This music magazine is from Q, the reader will find it easy to identify this as the magazine due to the mast head at the top left hand of the magazine cover. It is rather large and white on red, these colours can easily catch people’s eyes and help make the magazine more identifiable and stand out more next to the competition of other music magazine.

There is only one image on the magazine cover that takes up the whole page, letting the audience and readers know that the main article will be about the artist in the image.

The coverlines tell the reader what will be featured in the magazine, in this edition we know that there are 20 exclusive interviews with many artists that are well known.

Along the top of the magazine there is information to let the readers know that this edition is a 20th anniversary special. This make want the reader to read or buy the magazine.

There is essential information on the image telling the reader that this edition has one of twenty special covers to collect, telling the reader that there is more then one special edition and that they can be collected. Making the reader want to buy it to collect the covers.

Other essential information is the price and the date along with the barcode. This tells the retailers how many magazines they have sold and the amount they may need to restock.

Other features of this cover:

The colours are all bright and colourful and will very easily capture the reader’s eye. The fonts are bold and pop out to the reader making it easy to see what will be featured.

Front Cover Two

                                                 

 

 

The mast head allows the reader to identify the comapny that produces the magazine.

There is a direct quote taken from the interview with the artist. This is designed to catch the readers attention and make them want to read more and therefore to buy it

The fonts used are big and bold making them eye catching and stand out more to the reader

Essential information like the barcode and price tell the reader and the retailer how much the magazine is and the barcode tells the retailer how many copies they have sold and how many to restock

There is essential information for the reader: the price and the issue number

The issue number allows frequent readers or collectors to keep on track of the latest issue.

Coverlines allow the reader to see what else will be featured in the magazine allowing them to decide if they want to buy and read it

There is one main image covering the whole page, this tells the reader what the main article will be about in the magazine.

The main image is bright making it more likely to catch the reader’s eye

This essential information tells the reader that this is a special edition cover and this makes them want to buy it

 

Front Cover Three

 

The mast head allows the reader to identify the company the magazine comes from

Coverlines inform the reader as to some of the artists featuring in the issue

Essential information to the reader is here: The price and issue number, issue numbers allow frequent readers to keep on track of the latest issues.

The barcode allows the reader to buy the magazine but it also allows easier stock count for the retailer

There is one main coverline on the cover, it links in with the main image and it allows the reader to see what will be discussed in the main article.

There is one main image allowing the reader to assume that main article in the issue will be about the artist on the front cover

The image covers the mast head which could indicate that this is a special edition issue

The colours used on this cover and bright and therefore will easily catch the eye of the target audience.

The fonts used are big, bold, different colours and interesting meaning the reader may spot something they would be interested in reading