Q Front Cover

This cover has one main image of three people however it is not a group photo or a band, they have all been taken separately and then put together. By Q doing this it highlights the difference in each of their music, as Lady gaga is pop music, Jay z is rap and Dave Grohl is rock. This is what Q magazine wants to portray as that is the point of the magazine it includes a wide range of music it is not one specific genre. I think since they have used a white background it makes the image more effective and works well with the genre of magazine. Even though they are all obviously the main focus in the magazine due to the, Big orange bold font with their names listed on the left hand side of the page, Jay Z stands out the most and seems the most dominant figure out of the three people. By this the audience will know that he will come up a lot throughout the magazine with his stance. The writing underneath the Artist’s name is in a smaller black bold font, I think the orange is used to grab the attention of the reader and for the reader to want to read into more about the artist if it was someone they liked, once they have grabbed the readers attention they don’t need to put the writing in a such striking font as they will already have gained their attention. Lady gaga is taking up some of the Q letter, she can get away with doing that as Q is already an established magazine so everyone already knows its name and what its about so even if it was partly covered this wouldn’t take away that fact. There are 4 main colours used in the cover of this magazine; orange, black, white and red. Orange is used to highlight the most important points on the page, it is used well in the ‘Exciting people’ in ‘The 10 most exciting people in music now’. By them doing this it emphasises the point they are trying to make and makes this more in your face so you want to read into it. Everything on the page is wrote in capitals I think this looks good, however I would want to use capitals and lower case on my front cover as I want only certain things to stand out. The title of the magazine ‘Q’ is positioned in the typical place every magazine places their title- on the top left of the page at the top, this is a typical code and convention of a front cover so is a definite must to put it here. Circles and an oblong shape have been used to make information stand out instead of just writing a list of what is in the magazine, I think this effect is good as it makes it less unappealing to read, because it is standing out and only in small words.