Magazines Analysis

The main image, which a long shot, is covering the masthead and this shows that the band are more important that anything in the magazine. Most of the subheadings are placed under the main-headline and this suggests that they are beneath and not as important as the main headline. The colours yellow and black dominate the magazine making the main headline stand out more as the colours contrasts against each other. Also the text of the writing is all in capital letters and this suggest how exciting the magazine is or how excited the magazine is for the band. The expression on the band’s face are happy and excited - this suggests that the band are excited to be on the front cover.

The masthead is directly behind the main image and this shows that Rolling Stone magazine completely supports the singer and that she is the most important article in the magazine. The sub-headings frame around the main image and this emphasises the fact that the magazine is focused on her. The magazine uses a couple of font styles and mainly uses colours like black and white for the font – to show that magazine is sophisticated. The magazine uses a long-shot photograph and this adds to the sophistication of the magazine. In addition it emphasises the pose that she is in. The pose that the singer is in shows that the singer is very confident as she is looking straight at the camera; also the main image implies sexuality imagery.

The main image on the magazine is a medium close up and the singer’s hair and the background of the magazine cover have blended together; this can show that the magazine have complete faith in her or it can show that the magazine is all about her. The sub-headings frame around the singer and this makes her center of the magazine. The font is all in capitals and this could suggests about how exciting the articles in the magazine actually are. The main colour scheme of the magazine cover is red and white; this shows that the magazine is more organised instead of being cluttered with lots of different colours. The singer is looking directly at the camera and this shows that she very confident in herself.