Declan Front Cover

The main image/ subject on Clash from cover is mostly large and in the centre whether it be a band or singular artist. This is because they are know that audiences are more attracted to pictures than blocks of text. This is more of a marketing technique rather than a convention of the clashes audience. The other reason they are positioned like this is because the front cover bands are usually well known people for example if Kings of Leon was on the front cover people who are fans of the genre would quickly recognise him as one of the usp's of this magazine and be more inclined to buy it rather than say Kerrang or another music magazine. The background is almost always a solid or simple block colour with maybe a fade effect if the text becomes unreadable. The main image anchors the mast head, in this case Kings Of Leon are a big name and therefore makes you want to buy the magazine.

Main Image

The main image/ subject on kerrangs from cover is always large and in the centre whether it be a band or singular artist. This is because they are know that audiences are more attracted to pictures than blocks of text. The other reason they are positioned like this is because the front cover bands are usually well known people for example if Brendon Urie was on the front cover people who are fans of the genre would quickly recognise him as one of the usp's of this magazine and be more inclined to buy it rather than say Q or another music magazine. The background is almost always a solid or simple block colour with maybe a fade effect if the text becomes unreadable.

Main Image

Firstly kerrangs headlines typography is that connoting the genre. Is broken and shattered. This conveys a certain attitude of which this magazine is known for, it's rocky and punk music genre. For another point these genres are associated with rebellion and breaking the rules. This again backs up the reasoning behind kerrang using a broken font as it is breaking the conventions (rules ) of most magazine front covers.

Mast Head

The headline for Q does not follow the convention a regular magazine due to its one letter. Due to this it is positioned at the top left of the magazine and changes size and orientation depending on the issue. For example when muse are featured it is slightly larger and rotated at an angle with cracks going through it imitating the attitude that muse have. This is very similar to kerrang. However when Adele is featured it fits perfectly in the corner with no cracks with a prefect contrast to the snow white background she is placed on.

Mast Head

The cover lines on Q follow the magazine signature colour scheme of red black and white. Occasionally they will mix it up depending on which artists feature in that issue. They are bold and red mostly with black or red article teasers. This is to catch the attention of the readers and because it's almost telling them you should look here, due to the cover lines being bold, they do this as Q editors know the audience they are appealing to.

Cover lines

A splash is used in most instances for an extra incentive to buy. For example free posters and is normally in a circular shape at the lower corner of the screen or upper corners.

Splash

There are normally only 3-4 text fonts used on a front cover to keep it simple and not messy. This because audiences are easily distracted.

Texts