analysis of my music magazine genre. Q Magazine Issue.294.

Having choosing my magazine genre ( Indie/Rock)
I am using Q as my magazine model and anaylsing how is it representing anybody associated from the genre i have chosen.
while analysing this magazine i thought it has been fitting my criteria of my music magazine that i am going to create. the main imagae of the magazine is 'Arcade Fire' they are a new indie band which is hopefully going to be a lot more popular in 2011, this linkes with my magazine i want to design because i think its good introducing new bands to the audience, then showing how good they are. the image of the band (boy & girl on front) show they are into style and have a modern style to them, as militry boots are in fashion at the moment, also links good with my magazine because i would like a more modern style to it, and the people on the cover to the modern style in todays indie society. whats good with this band is they are not wearing similar things, as people in band usually where the same thing to show there part of a group, however with this group it shows how 'different' the band lookit looks as if they dont go together as aband and this links with my magazine i will be creating as i want it to have a different twist, however still have the bands which have a simular style which represents them. the main image also shows a seriousness from the guy in the band and from the girls shows a more fun side, the band has two sides to them showing from the front cover, this will draw the audience in because it shows a mix of personatily.
the masthead 'Q' is very eye catching because the big font make the 'Q' to stick out even more also the red background enhances to be even more stricking because the white back ground from the magazine this mast head has become fimiluar with the audience and they know if they see this mast head anywhere they will know whats its for. this is what i would like to bring on to my audience of my magazine, to keep them with something fimiliar which they will recognise if seen, the boldness of the masthead makes its stick into the audience's head because it isn't anything confusing.
the differet range of techniques used in the cover lines, such as "20 huge acts return" uses a different size of font affectively as the "20" is bigger to make it stand out more then the other text, this cover line is also in bloack capitals which also makes it stick out more. the '!' in the coverline enthisises effectly that the bands are returning, this coverline links good with the magazine i want to great because in the indie/rock society bands are returning all the time such as Kings Of Leon. the colour for this coverline is also affective because it make the cover line stick out more also where the background is white this colour of the coverline is very eye catching from the audience. the cover line "liam gallagher's" is effective for the reader because the bigger font on "Liam" enthisis's his name and when people see this it becomes interestiung from the audience because liam gallagher is very popular in the indie audience, this is very good for a simular magazine i want to design as i need somebody popular in my magazine as it will be more interesting for the buying audience. the black writing for the coverline is also really affective because of the white back ground it makes it also stick out to the audience, with my coverlines i would also like to make all my cover lines stick out to the reader as it makes the magazine much more affective. the main coverline "50 albums of the year" is the main eye catching piece of the cover lines, the different fonts and block capitals also makes the cover line stick out even more, and the black font is also really affective becuase of the white background, the red font of the main cover line "of the" breaks down the black from the main cover line, as if it was al black it wouldnt look as affective as it does with the two colours. coverlines are very important in magazine front covers as they need to stick out to the audience and be very eyecatching, Q magazine covers line are very affective and i would like to create my magazine like this.
the layout of this magazine is very affective. the main image is the centre of the front cover, i would find that main image being in the centre isn't very affective however the layout of the magazine makes the image in the middle very interesting also the white backgorund of the magaziwe makes everything twice as affective, i think the white background is very eyecatching, and isn't doesnt look plain, however the used of different sizes of font make the magazine look not boring.