Analysis of Cover, Contents and DPS

7/27/2019 Analysis of Cover, Contents and DPS

1/10

Masthead placed behind the head of the main

image so it stands out. The main image is of

A$AP ROCKY who is a rapper, so this magazine

will attract his fans. This photo links in with

the main headline High Life Behind the

swag of A$AP ROCKY. He is looking directly

into the camera so that the audience will feel

a sense of connection.

Names of the artists also

eatured in the

magazine. This is a

ubtle form of a

ubheading which still

ells the reader who is

lso included in this

ssue.

Bar code, cover price

and date all used

together in one place

so the reader can

quickly find out if its

the latest issue and

how much it costs. The

bar code is included forlegal purposes.

he overall gradient ofe cover is quite bright

nd vibrant. The light

ue background makes

e white text stand out

ell, and could have

een taken from the

olours of the sky (Blue,

nd white for clouds).

ou could also say that

e colours used are to

ake the overall look of

e magazine Soft.


2/10

This is the magazine

cover of Rolling Stone,

dating back to 1983. On

the front cover they

have featured Michael

Jackson, who was

starting the peak of his

career at this point after

just releasing the

greatest selling album of

all time: Thriller.

This is different to

the previous

magazine cover as

the main image is

behind the

masthead, instead

of in front. The title

of the magazine is

well known so they

did not have toshow it.

The fan-base of Michael

Jackson is very large so

this issue would have

undoubtedly sold many

copies, just because of the

image on the cover. The

colours used in the

headline Michael Jackson

Life as a Man contrastwith the colours on the

cover. The yellow coloured

text for Michael Jackson

first in with the dark

yellow background, and

the black text for Life as a

Man contrasts with his

black hair.

The overall look of the

magazine cover makes

it look old, as the

yellow background

seems faded and

around the edges of

the cover, you can see

theyve added some

marks to purposely

make it look this way.

The skyline is included on this magazine, which is placed above the

title, at the very top of the page.


3/10

Logo of the magazine is used, however, as the magazine is simply called Q, it may

just be the title. It is placed in the top left corner, leaving more space for the main

image to be presented.

This is Q magazine,

featuring Jimi

Hendrix on the

front cover. The

layout of this

magazine is

different to others,as it seems quite

cluttered. The

main image seems

to stand out the

most, being placed

at the front,

covering up some

of the background.

he date, cover price

nd issue number is

aced under the

agazines logo,

stead of around the

r code.

This is a puff used to

entice the reader

into buying the

magazine.

Main headline is

arge to attract the

attention of the

reader.

This issue is dated

1992 which is why

he second

subheading is

itled The stars

come out for

Freddie (Mercury)

because this was

ust a few years

after he died.


4/10

This is the contents page of

MIXMAG which is featuring 50 Cent.

The image of 50 Cent is the largest

on the page to make him purposely

stand out.

The titles of each

page are highlighted

in Bold, and the

summary of the page

is underneath is

smaller, normal text.The page number is

next to each bold text

title so the reader

knows where to find

the story.

This is a different

layout to most

contents pages which

add images with thepage numbers in the

corner of the image

to make it more

vibrant, however this

magazine have gone

for the traditional

look to keep it simple

for the readers sake.

The typeface of thetitles are bold but all

of them are Sans Serif

text.


5/10

This is contents page of popular

music magazine NME. Straight away

you can see this is a clear, organised

layout for the page.

The news, and main

featured pages are

displayed down the

opposite side of the

page so the reader

can distinguish which

part is which.

Bold printed titles are

used for each

different feature so

the reader can

separate the different

features.

The UKs No 1 Gig

Guide Starts P58

This is purposely

added to make the

reader excited to

read on.

or this issue, they

clude many bands, so

any in fact, they create

Band Index with all the

ge numbers beside

em. The body text used

this contents page are

Sans Serif typeface.

he banner is placed at

e top, with the date

eneath it to tell the

ader if its the latest

sue.

dvertising is used at the

ottom of the page about

e reader subscribing to

e magazine. This is a

ever technique because

a reader subscribes,

ey automatically get

ch copy but also pay

ch time. This is good

r clarifying who your

dience is.


6/10

Q Review

seems to be

anotherfeature added

to review

music, but also

this could be

used to

introduce new

albums to the

readers,

maybe to

advertise.

This is the contents page of Q magazine, dating

back to 2008. Featured on the contents page is

Adele, who had just started her career at the

time, so this wouldve attracted many new

readers to the magazine.

gain, the featured

ges are separated

om the normal pages,

the reader can skip

st the basic stories to

e main.

omen in Music is

ded to this contents

ge to attract female

aders to read the

agazine. It may have

een National

omans Day in order

r them to include this

ature.

his shows the reader

hat to expect every

onth, as voted by

u, meaning the

aders voted for what

ey wanted to see.


7/10

This is a DPS from Q and it features the rap artist Jay-Z. The first thing that caught my eye was the

sheer size of the red J in the middle of the article. I like this convention because it is unique to other

magazines and it actually works because you can see the writing behind the J because the text isblack. Another convention which has been typical of Q is to split the picture and the text so the

picture is on one side and the text on the other. This edition of Q has 2 drop capitals in the article.

There is a 3 way colour scheme of red, yellow and black.


8/10

This is a DPS of the music magazine Q. This particular DPS is completely different to most

double page spreads as the main picture in this uses one half of the page, and the other side isused for text. I like how Q has evenly balanced the picture with the text so that the article is

not picture dominated. There is a 2 way colour scheme in this DPS, the colours used are a

lightened green and black. Also the article has one drop capital letter at the start. Another

convention in this DPS is the quote, placed in the middle of the text, from George Michael

himself.


9/10

This is a double page spread featuring The Vaccines. A typical DPS is usually picture dominated,

and as you can see on this DPS this is the case with the picture of the band taking up of the

page, leaving a pretty narrow column for any text that needs to be written. There is only a 2 way

colour scheme which is blue and black. Another typical convention of a double page spread is tostart the article which has happened here with the J and F at the start of separate paragraphs. It

is not usualy for an article to have 2 drop capitals at the start. This adds diversity to the article as

not many other magazines will do the same so this makes the magazine stand out to others.


10/10

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