Deconstruction of a magazine front cover

The font and text used on this magazine front cover is the same but used in different colours and different sizes. This is because the main things that will grab the readers attention need to be most viable to the readers eye. The big yellow writing "COLDPLAY" in the middle of the page really grabs your eye. Also different elements to the cover such as the name of the magazine "Q" is in white placed on a red square background which makes it stand out so you can clearly see what the magazine is called. The different colours make it easy to see whats the most important and recent news in the magazine. This appeals to the target audience because they can clearly see what group or solo artist the magazine is issuing this week and wether it will apeal to them or not. Q magazine is generally based for teenagers and young adults into pop music.

The colour of the magazine is mainly white but there is yellow and black in it. The white is very plain which is unusall. There is lots of red and yellow on the page which grabs the readers attention.
The body langauge/staging of Coldplay is that they are standing upright looking very serious. They are staring into your eye which makes you intrested and that you want to read more. It grabs your attention to make and makes you feel you should know whats going on in their world.

The framing of the cover is that there is a big band of writing at the top of the cover. This is white writing with a red background. This grabs your attention and makes you feel like you are missing out if you don't this magazine. The words in the middle of the image are big and bold so they can be seen clearly over the top of the image.

The lighting of thecover is set out in a effective way. The faces of the band are light and clearly visable to the eye. Towards the bottom of the image is blacks out making it less easy to see.

The overall composition/desgin is that the main image is placed over the name of the magazine and the text is placed over the image of the band. The issue number and price is in the top corner and the barcode isplaced in the bottom right corner.