magazine cover analysis_q
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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