Q magazine is one of the most popular British magazines and it has been published for 25 years. It focusses on a wide range of music but emphasizes on the genre of alternative music. the issue that is seen on the left is a subscribers only issue and features the internationally proclaimed drum and bass band: The Prodigy. As this is a subscribers only issue it is very limited with the text on the front cover, this is to make the readers who have subscribed feel privileged and that they don't need to know what will be in the magazine because they are guaranteed to like the contents. Also, from a designers point of view the magazine won't need selling because it is already sold. The image consists of The Prodigy's lead singer Keith Flint screaming down a megaphone and stood over a cracked pavement. The connotation of this image would be that The Prodigy's music is so hectic and loud that it would have that affect, which is what The Prodigy are about. Q have placed the crack in the pavement to symbolize The Prodigy as a whole.
This is the front cover for NME magazine (new musical express) featuring front man of The Killers, Brandon Flowers. It also features information on the Reading and Leeds fetival. NME specialises in the indie genre of music, but also covers many different genres. Firstly, with the front photo of three different images of Brandon Flowers the rule of thirds is apparent which engages the reader straight to his eyeline because this is obviously the main story of this paticular issue. He has also been placed in front of a white background to make Brandon contrast and stand out with his tanned skin, black hair and green shirt. His green shirt also being a good background for the white font. NME don't want their readers to just buy this issue for The Killers because not everybody is a Killers fan so they also place a masthead consisting of a preview of the Reading & Leeds festival, the use of yellow font here makes it also stand out from the rest of the front cover but now the main attraction.
Q magazine is one of the most popular British magazines and it has been published for 25 years. It focusses on a wide range of music but emphasizes on the genre of alternative music. the issue that is seen on the left is a subscribers only issue and features the internationally proclaimed drum and bass band: The Prodigy. As this is a subscribers only issue it is very limited with the text on the front cover, this is to make the readers who have subscribed feel privileged and that they don't need to know what will be in the magazine because they are guaranteed to like the contents. Also, from a designers point of view the magazine won't need selling because it is already sold. The image consists of The Prodigy's lead singer Keith Flint screaming down a megaphone and stood over a cracked pavement. The connotation of this image would be that The Prodigy's music is so hectic and loud that it would have that affect, which is what The Prodigy are about. Q have placed the crack in the pavement to symbolize The Prodigy as a whole.
This is the front cover for NME magazine (new musical express) featuring front man of The Killers, Brandon Flowers. It also features information on the Reading and Leeds fetival. NME specialises in the indie genre of music, but also covers many different genres. Firstly, with the front photo of three different images of Brandon Flowers the rule of thirds is apparent which engages the reader straight to his eyeline because this is obviously the main story of this paticular issue. He has also been placed in front of a white background to make Brandon contrast and stand out with his tanned skin, black hair and green shirt. His green shirt also being a good background for the white font. NME don't want their readers to just buy this issue for The Killers because not everybody is a Killers fan so they also place a masthead consisting of a preview of the Reading & Leeds festival, the use of yellow font here makes it also stand out from the rest of the front cover but now the main attraction.
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