Mixmag have chosen a good font colour theme with bright pink, white and black to make it stand out from all magazines at the shop plus they go well with each other. The masthead is a different font from the cover lines as it is its trademark recognition. The "SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA" is in capitals and in larger font than the rest to show the reader it is the main feature usually with a popular music group or celebrity. There is many different font sizes on the front cover to show that it is pact full or gossip and information. Barcode is a necessity to scan the magazines and the issue number to show you what issue the magazine is.
Blender Magazine are aiming for a younger market so they have black front on white with little bits of pink to make the cover lines pop. the masthead does not obstruct Katy Perry as the front cover model, as her image on the magazine is very important. also the font colour with the pink, matches Katy Perry's outfit with the same colour pink running through it. Katy Perry is quite a world know celebrity/music artist so this is probably why they have her as the front cover rather than a model so it boosts their sales.
With this front cover, there is a lot of red making it very bright and coordinating with the main image. The yellow cover lines clash with the red, they most likely did this on purpose because it catches more attention. The cover lines are slanted also is the image to make the magazine more individual. It has a pull quote from the main interview to give a taster of what will be inside.
On Q magazine its has a close-up of Madonna as its main image, I personally feel that this front cover is crowded and has too much going on with her name "MADONNA" covering the width of the cover. There is another image o the front cover showing a preview of what is inside. The colours of the font and the actual context entices the reader to buy it.
NME magazine front cover is my favourite, because it doesn't look cheap or cluttered. they have altered the lighting of the background to get darker at the edge of the magazine which gives "Magnetic man" a godly like impression. It is more of a simplistic look and thats what makes it classy looking. The layout of the cover lines is cleverly done as its on the main image but not obstructing it as "Skream" from Magnetic Man is only wearing a black jacket with no logos on.
For the contents it usually has more than one image previewing what will be in the magazine. It still has the title of the magazine and "contents" in larger font. it still has a main image but in some magazines this isn't always the case. In the corner of the pictures is the page number that the picture or topic is on. Also at the top it has the month of the magazine to show you what issue you have got.
With this contents page it is not clear which magazine this is from as it does not have the magazine name anywhere on the contents page. The layout is very different compared to Mixmag's as it is split up into sections. On the left side with the black background there is all the main features on the side with a small description underneath. There is several images on here none which is the main image. They've split up the sections to make it easier for the audience to find what they want.
This contents page is very similar to the others apart from the fact that it only shows the main features, but it still have brief descriptions about it. They also have a colour theme they are carrying on with black white and orange, which makes it more organised looking and colourful. Like the Mixmag contents on the pictures it has the page number in the corner and the pictures are equally spaced out.
I personally think that this contents page from "Q" magazine is very dull, as it only has one main picture and a tiny one, which are men posing- not very original. But they do still keep their trademark red throughout. On the main image they have a pull quote from the band, to entice readers. The layout of it is similar to the "drummer" magazine contents as it is just down one side with brief descriptions underneath. It has the issue of the magazine at the top and the magazine.
This contents page is more unusual to the rest as it does not go for the typical layout and has a darker background colour probably to make the images stand out more.The photography is more unique and less structured than the others and it mentions other things not just its main features. the only thing is that it does not mention the magazine name or the issue date. Underneath each image it has captions either with a funny joke or explaining what it is or the relevance.
In this double page spread half of the page is a main image with a pull quote from the interview. The image is very artistic and unusual to make the audience look at it. The text is split into 3 columns and not obstructing the smaller picture. The smaller picture also has a caption on the edge about the artist.
At then end of the interview its promotes the artists by saying where the artist is performing next, their album/single and sometimes random peoples opinions.
This double page spread also has a main image with no text going over the image but surrounding it in columns. It has a caption in the corner of the photo explaining what it is and has several smaller images going down the left hand side of the magazine. Below the smaller images is a pull quote from the interview with Swedish House Mafia.
The main image here is taking up half of the double page spread which a lot of magazines do. The title is a pull quote and takes a lot of room too, which grabs the audiences attention. The first letter of the text is in a larger font and there is a brief description underneath title. Yet again, the text is displayed in columns.
All the double page spreads i have analysed so far, all have white backgrounds to make the text and main images pop from the page. The title has the same colour coding as the the image making it go nicely together. The text here is in one wide column. you can clearly tell this is an interview of the paragraphing and the difference in the boldness of font. The pull quote stands out a lot as it has a different colour background to the rest of the page and is in contrast to the background colour.
Main image is taking up half of the double page spread and has a pull quote in the corner of the picture. There is a brief description of the article under the main title and the text is displayed in three columns and well laid out.
