magazine cover analysis_q

Yves Robinson

Salford City College

Eccles Centre

AS Media Studies

Foundation Portfolio

Colour

Conventional colours: red, white, gold and black

No more than four.

Masthead

large square with bright contrasting colours, at primary focal point of page. Ties in with colour scheme, diagonally aligned with direct adress of model.

Typefaces

Clear easy to read and spaced out font is used throughout design.

Main image

Direct address from model in centre of page. Draws attention to text framing face.

Photography Lighting

White artificial lighting is used like most magazines to give clean and clear image.

Model credit

Large at bottom right of page, shows she has big significance in the edition of the magazine

Coverlines

Varied sizes of same font, organized in rectangular shame with first names of artists in larger text to grab attention. Mix between two of main colours, red and black to stand out from background.

Design Principles Used?

Design principles frame model in main image, and cover lines are placed in left side of magazine which is said to be main focal point of viewer. Model appears from left and text from right to balance. Masthead, and main cover lines are aligned from top to bottom and model credit placed in bottom right corner layered over main image.

Main cover line

Main cover line written above and below model credit in smaller font, reader first looks at model credit and then on to the main cover line.

House Style

Mast head follows house style of previous q magazine designs. Colour scheme of red black and white is also used repeatedly by q as is the design principle.

Yves Robinson

Salford City College

Eccles Centre

AS Media Studies

Foundation Portfolio

Yves Robinson

Salford City College

Eccles Centre

AS Media Studies

Foundation Portfolio