Analysis of Q magazine.

The masthead of this magazine is just the letter Q, the title of this magazine is the top left hand corner. It is a big, bold and in a large font title with a bright background to stand out to the readers. I think the title of the magazine has been put there as most readers read from the left to the right. Under the masthead in much smaller font than the actual title is 'Discover great music' I think Q have put this under their masthead to try and attract new readers and show them they advertise good music, this under logo would attract customers as it is something different to any other magazine.

The main coverline of this magazine is Adele, readers know she is the main coverline as she is the only image with text on the front cover. The main coverline is 'If you've got it, flaunt it, Adele blows us away'. Q's main coverline does not really tell the reader much about the story that Adele has shared with them, it only gives the reader a snippet of it. Q are quite clever the way they have worded their main coverline, the way they say 'Adele blows us away' makes the reader want to look into the story even more and find out what is going on. 

The main image of this magazine is Adele. The way this photo has been taken is quite clever, because in the coverline it reads 'blows us away' and in Adele's photo her hair looks like it is been blowing away. With Adele being the main image on the front cover of this magazine, she is most guaranteed to have a few more photos and a big story in the magazine.

There are not that many coverlines on the front cover of the Q magazine, including Adele's main coverline there are 7. The coverlines are all in the same font, for the music artists name they are in a much larger font that the rest of the coverline they go with. All coverlines on the front of the magazine are in red, black and white this shows Q's colour theme throughout their magazine. One of Q's coverlines is a line up for a gig, if you like the band or singer that is on the front, you might want to buy this magazine to see tickets, events etc. There are no additional images that go with the coverlines.

On the front cover of this magazine it has two flashes, but one main one. This would be 'The 300th issue' This flash looks like it has just been stamped on using a stamp as it is over the masthead and image background. Also it is in gold which stands out alot compared to the colour scheme of this magazine, if a reader saw the colour gold they would think 'This is a special edition magazine'.

The price of this magazine is £3.99, for a magazine that is quite expensive. When you look at the front of the magazine you the reader or target audience might think this price is fair as it is full of different artists. The magazine comes out on sale on every second Wednesday of the month, so the price of this magazine is quite fair some may think because their is a big gap between the new magazine being released.