Q Cover

The Cover

Here is NME magazine compared with Q magazine. The title of this magazine is 'Q' this is a short and simple title that allows Q to have catchy slogans such as 'Q The Music'. The cover does look similar to NME to some extent as it does how similar layouts with the logo in the top left hand corner on the modle on the right have side/centre of the page. Q's unique selling point would be its exclusive interviews as many of their magazines include these features.

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This masthead is similar the NME magazine it has a white colour and the typeface is quite a formal font, the background is red which emphasizes it and allows it to be read easily. The red background with the white letter is a house style of Q magazine, this logo is presented in the same way on every magazine. This is the magazines brand identity as readers can easily see that this magazine belongs to q when they see this logo. Additionally all pages have this logo at the bottom of the page and therefore it is distinctive and you know it belongs to this magazine.

Q magazine advertise exclusive interviews with JAY-Z, LADY GAGA and DAVE GROHL who feature on the front cover as part of the main headline. This part of the magazine is sectioned off from the main images of the magazine. They scroll down the side of the page. Q have '10' exclusive interviews and therefore have many more inside. This is a lure for the reader as they have three big names on the front and so there is much more to look forward to inside the magazine. The 10 on this section of the magazine is in the same typeface as the Q mast head. They also use the red colour which links the magazine together.
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This is the magazines strapline, this header goes across the magazines masthead and states that this magazine has 'the 10 most exciting people in music now'. 'Exciting people' has been put in a shape to distinguish it from the other words. They use 'most' which is hyperbole as they exaggerate this word. It has been laid out behind the models heads so that it does not cover their faces. The typeface of these words are the same as the Q logo with a black banner going behind it, this is because if it was the same colour as the Q background then it would not show up as clearly and would blend in.

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Q magazine use three models on the front of Octobers magazine issue. They use long shots so that we can see the whole bodies of the celebrities and analyze what their wearing. Lady Gaga is standing with her legs together and saluting the the camera, this pose fits in with her outfit as it is military. Like the other celebrities they are all looking directly at the camera and therefore drawing the reader in. When you look at the magazine there is eye contact with the celebrities and so it seems as if they are looking at you. This helps to sell the magazine as the reader will be connected when they look at the front image. Jay-Z is at the front and is wearing jeans and a black T-shirt, he legs are apart to allow us to see through them. This helps the image to fit onto the magazine as it does not like the image has been cut and put onto it. The last image is off Dave Grohl, he is holding a guitar which you can only see by his leg, he is wearing a black top with jeans also but has a different style to Jay -Z. It shows that this magazine has a range of artists included in it. All their poses are relaxed but have a great impact on the reader as they are quite foreceful.

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These are the cover lines for Q magazine they give example of other bands that are included in the magazine. They do not use the word plus but simply use the + sign as we can read what it says easily and is different to other magazines.

This shows also what is in the magazine, the fact that they have another circled shaped underneathe the main one shows that they have more to fit in.