Music Magazine: Front Cover Analysis 5

This fornt cover from an issue of Q magazine features a large close up shot of Beady Eye frontman Liam Gallagher with reflections of his fellow band-members in his sunglasses. There is a weird sort of symmetry to the image and the composition in general comes across as unconventional for a music magazine.

Q's colour scheme appears to be red, white and black, like many music magazines including NME. The fonts however differ greatly. The main feature advertised, that is the story on Liam Gallagher, is in a bold red and white font in capital letters. Other stories featured on the front are also in capitals but use a more narrow font  and incorporate other colours, such as gold into the mix. This gives the feeling of a more sophisticated music magazine without the bombastic fonts and colourful graphics. Not that the cover isn't eye catching though. It seems more image based than other magazines, with the text forming around the photograph, sometimes obscured by it.

There are also quotations from the musicians featured, presented in a typewriter style font. This is a common convention of front covers for music magazines. Also like all or most music magazines the title for the magazine is positioned in the top left of the page. The title for Q stands out because it consists of white text in a red box with a subheading. The human eye reads from left to right, so this title should be the first thing the reader sees and reads.