Chosen Genre Front

Cover Research

Leah Douglas

This is a front cover of an indie rock magazine called NME. The

cover has a left side third- using two different coloured texts, a clover

line, masthead- bold red which stands out on the page, plugs to catch

the reader eye in white which stands out from all of the other

coloured aspects on the page, barcode, top strip, main image, bottom

strip- containing additional information and a date. The main colours

used are red, white and blue with a background of a light grey. the

image is in the centre of the page which shows the reader who the

magazine is about/which genre the magazine is- indie rock as Alex

Turner who is on the cover is an indie rock artist belonging to a band

who are called Arctic monkeys. This tells me that when I come to

creating my magazine I don’t have to have a whole bamd on the

cover, I can have one band member/make up that the one member

on the front is apart of the band and write about the band as a

whole through the member I have chosen. I like this front cover and

intend to use this as an inspiration for when I come to create my

own magazine cover.

This is a cover of Q magazine which is featuring Adele. Adele

however is a soul/jazz artist which is a juxtaposition of its

genre as she is featuring within a indie rock magazine. This

would not be my intentions when I come to creating my

magazine as I want the reader to know what genre the

magazine is and that the model used has been used on purpose

to align itself with my chosen genre. The main colours used on

this cover are, red and white and her hair colour used which is

a golden/brunette colour- by which gold is featuring on the

cover also. the colours used are quite simple- using a plain

white background, however the colours that are actual used

within the text/masthead/image e.c.t. are emphasised more.

What I see on this cover on the magazine is a bold red

masthead- which stands out on the page from it white

background, left side third, barcode, cover lines and a plug. The

left side third is used to add additional information to the page

using artists/bands names who are featuring inside the

magazine. The image is situated over on the right side of page-

this is another aspect I need to bare in mind when creating my

cover- that the image doesn't just have to be central.

This is a cover taken from Q magazine. Florence Welch is

featuring on the cover whom is an indie rock artist which is

appropriate to my chosen genre and the genre of the magazine.

The main colours used are red, and white with splashes of sky

blue. The main image is an extreme close up of the indie rock

artist which emphasises the bright red colour of her hair. What

I see on the cover of this magazine is the masthead, left side

third, cover lines, plugs, barcode and date. Most of the text is

white which stands out from its red background (using the

models hair). I enjoy the way this cover is set out, however I

would have to do a lot of editing in order to create this effect if

I was to use this as an inspiration for my magazines cover as the

image uses a close-up shot as its main image for the page- the

image of the model is central. There is some text on the left

hand side (left side third) and on the right side of the page-

there is also text at the top using a cover line in a different font

to the others on the page to make it stand out more as it gives

readers an insight to articles/bands or artists featuring in the

magazine. The makeup used on the model under her eyes aligns

itself with parts of the sky blue text on the cover.

This is a cover taken from MOJO magazine. I like this

magazines masthead as its quite simple yet effective as its

white but has some depth to it- using a shadow effect. I

want to try this out with my masthead as out of the Indie

rock mastheads I have seen I like this the most. The main

colours used on this cover are, grey, red, black and white. I

like this combination of colours as they compliment each

other well as the white and black/bold text stands out from

its faded grey background. On the cover there is a

masthead, cover lines, plugs, barcode, date, puff and a

main image. The image used is a mid shot from the wait

upwardswhich makes the reader see the models pose

better- explaining their character more. Johnny Marr- the

artist featuring on the cover- is explained well by doing a

rebellious pose and the reader would recognise this as him

being his own character so is an appropriate image to use.

This is an indie rock cover of a magazine taken from NME

magazine. This cover is quite plain however the use of colours

used is exploratory. The image is of a band using different poses

in different directions. The main colours used are grey, white,

black and pink. The background is a light grey colour however

this is balanced out with splashes of bright pink and white text.

The features on the cover that are used are, masthead, cover lines,

plugs, puff, barcode, date and a main image. This front cover

explores a different way of creating a magazine cover as the text is

in all different places such as in columns at the bottom, In the

middle and at the top, this creates a fuller look as the background

is just a grey monotone colour. The image is a long shot of the

band which helps the reader to see their specific style of stance-

creating the impression of their character as a whole.

This is a cover of the indie rock magazine called ‘Q’. The model

used- Ed Sheeran - which is stated In the centre of the image in a

fancy red text. The image is a mid shot from the waist upwards

which helps the reader to see who he is (who features in the

magazine), what he’s wearing and what he is holding- which is an

acoustic guitar which is typical of his music genre as he’s almost

always seen using this. The acoustic guitar is very versatile and

heard in classical, jazz, rock, pop (which is appropriate for the

cover of this indie rock magazine. The main colours used are

black red, white and grey. The use of a left side third is present

and there is other text on the right side and at the top and bottom.

The features used on this cover are the masthead, cover line, puff,

plug, bottom strip, barcode, date and a main image. I like the

layout of this cover and think that this over will inspire my own

when making it. The use of red over the faded grey background

creates a real emphasis on the page and creates a sense of colour

as most of the colour are monotone. The red used in the

masthead is present throughout the cover in parts of the text and

on the lines on the right side to structure the oage.