Q Magazine analysis

Q Magazine is an interesting magazine as the title doesn’t give away anything about the genre as its simply just one letter. However the letter is the one thing that stands out the most as it has a huge red background and the letter Q is in white. The title has been put in the top right hand corner which is the first thing someone will look at when reading a magazine as they read their way down. As the title doesn’t give away much about the magazine it includes text that will interest the reader to read more such as “10 exclusive interviews” then having 3 famous people’s names underneath clearly tells the reader who the interviews are by. By seeing this on the front cover will draw the reader in. The way the front cover shows the artists that are in the magazine such as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga and Dave Grohl will attract a certain target audience who like these artists. However the image gives away the genre too. The picture stands out a lot from the camera angle being a full body shot it takes up most of the page and by the way they are standing.  All 3 artists are standing in a different stance which suggests the magazine has lots of selection inside it. The layout is different but still organised with the text being all down the left and the image on the right. The text is all in different fonts such as bold, sharp edges, capital letters or rounded edges. This makes it seem as if the magazine has lots of variety too it which will make the reader want to open it and read. It keeps the same colour scheme throughout it and uses mainly blacks and reds and a white background to make the image stand out. These colours are consistent throughout the contents page and this makes the writing stand out against the white background. It also makes it look professional and tidy but still shout out to the reader to read it.

The colours used in Q contents page is the same as the front cover. It uses blacks, reds and white to keep it the same and look tidy and not too messy. It has a serious design look to it by the way the writing and pictures have their own section and are spread out neatly. The fonts used on the front cover and contents are the same fonts and are all bold and straight to the point which makes the cover easy and quick to read rather than a funky font which is hard to read. With the target audience being older mature teenagers, the way the fonts and layout looks quite serious it shows a positive representation to the target audience. There is a main picture of a band standing looking at the reader and a smaller one of one person. These images give the reader a visual sense of some of the things that will be found in the magazine. Also there is a list of what's in the magazine which is neatly laid out on the left hand side next to the main image, although there is a lot of writing the way it’s been laid out looks presentable. The way the contents gives lots of detail of the magazine it gives the reader a sense of the value for money that they’ll get from buying the magazine. The whole layout of Q contents page is presented efficiently with the writing being in boxes which is used to guide the reader's eyes around the contents page.

Q magazine attracts an audience that enjoy listening too indie/rock music and the way Q magazine is presented draws in an audience of people that like Indie music well. The colour schemes used in the double page spread are white, blue and black. The white is used for the whole background which helps to make the black and blue writing stand out well on the page. The main large image of a band shows the 4 members walking through water towards the audience with a serious look to their faces. The blue colour used on the double page spread gives the feel it’s used  to represent the water since the band are walking through this the colour and image link well. The smaller image on the right hand page of the double page spread is a close up image of a singer. This image stands out a lot by the mise en scene of the photo as its been taken at that exact moment with the snow and rain so this image as well as the other one links well with the colour scheme. The target audience not just for Q magazine but for this certain double page spread is fans of Indie music which can be both male and female that like enjoy indie/rock music. With the two images being one of the main focuses of the page it also represents the target audience they are trying to attract because of the style of clothing they were this also attracts the indie/rock lovers.