Research And Planning: Music Magazine Analysis

On this Rolling stones magazine, Lil Wayne is on the front cover and Lil Wayne is a R&B artist so this would interest people like R&B and rap music more.Lil Wayne is also a popular artist so people will be wanting to buy the magazine if they are into R&B and rap music.The colours of the magazine are kept fairly simple but using a yellow colour as the title colour to make it more noticable yet it is still in the same font writing so that people know which magazine it will be if they can't see the whole title. The main picture of Lil Wayne is a medium close up to show his face proper although he is looking down. He also has no top on so this shows off his tattoos and most modern R&B artists and rappers have tattoos. The fact that Lil Wayne is wearing that type of hat shows more sophistication. All of the other features in the magazine are on the left hand side of the magazine, even the main story although the main story is in a bigger font to make it stand out more. The features being on the left make the magazine look neater and organised. Each of the features are separated off well from the others so there is no confusion about the stories.

For Q magazine, the logo has stayed the exact same so that people will be able to realise and see that it is Q magazine. The colours are kept dark and plain with blacks, greys and whites however the colour red is used to make certain parts stand out a lot more. The main picture is of Cheryl Cole who is wearing red lipstick to show femininity as well as the fact that she is considered an attractive star. In the picture it looks like Cheryl Cole is in the rain as her hair and face are wet as well as the background looks like rain coming down. This could just be to attract the readers and make them want to see the feature of Cheryl inside the magazine. The other features are more scattered around on left and right side of the magazine, this may be because there are too many features to stay onto one side or Q magazine may do this on there other magazines so people know it is Q magazine and makes it more recognisable. The titles of the other features are kept with the main colours of the cover but the main story is located at the bottom of the magazine and used in a bigger and bolder font even though the colours are kept the same to keep with the theme.