Magazine Front Cover Analysis

The name of this magazine is ‘Maverick’ it is

positioned at the top of the magazine front cover, it

is written in capital letters to make it bolder and

stand out. The M is Maverick is written is red while

the rest of the name is written in white, this makes

the M stand out more and it will also catch the

reader’s eye due to it being the only red on the

whole front cover. The word Maverick means an

unorthodox or independent-minded person. This

can relate to the magazine because they are the

UK’s leading independent country music

magazine.

The colour scheme of this magazine is earth

colours such as browns and greys. This colour

scheme emphasises the country music magazine,

the background is of a cliff top that’s dirt and rocks

around the edge, and this is a traditional

convention in country music magazines. The use of

a natural background follows through the country

music conventions. The colour of the writing is

mainly white this makes it stand out of the duller background. The colour white is

traditionally seen as innocent and free, it can relate the country music because most country

songs are innocent and natural. White can be seen as sophisticated as well, the whole colour

scheme of the magazine cover gives off a sophisticated look telling you that the audience are

adults and not young children. We can tell this because the colours are more sophisticated

there is no fun blue or bright pink which would be seen on a magazine for young children.

The positioning of the price and issue date is different from other magazines as they are both

positioned directly under the strap line they are also written in a smaller size to make them

less noticeable to the eye of the reader. The font for the price and issue date is different from

the fonts for the sell-lines; they are in white as well as all the sell-lines. The sell-lines are all

related to an artist within music and there latest releases or are about country music

festivals.

The sell-line under the price and issue date of the magazine is ‘EXCLUSIVE MIRANDA

LAMBERT PLATINUM’ this is using a buzz word, which catches the audience’s attention

The photo of ‘Miranda Lambert’, the artist, is natural; she is in a general standing position in

the centre of the magazine making her the main focus of the magazine. She is holding a

guitar which is another code and convention of country music; we generally stereotype that

all country music artists play the guitar. Her dress is black following the sophisticated idea of

the magazine. The colour black is traditionally seen as bad and dark it sits opposed to the

colour white. This can suggest that the article on Miranda Lambert is different and she is

stepping out. The article is on her platinum album which holds the song ‘Somethin’ Bad’ a

duet with Carrie Underwood, the black dress can give an insight about the album and the

song ‘Somethin’ Bad’.

There is a white rectangular shape which is positioned bottom right side of the magazine,

just above the barcode, it holds words such as ‘New releases’ which are sell-lines that will

catch the audience’s attention as the will be interested in what the new releases are and also

they will be interested in what ‘Dusty Relics’ is, it sounds like a country song and that will

make the readers wonder what it might be about and who sings it. These sell-lines are

written in black on the white background of the shape, this also makes them stand out to the

reader because most of the other sell-lines are written in white.

Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Country Weekly is a music magazine promoting

country music. The name is positioned at the top of

the magazine front cover and is written in capital

white letters. The colour white can emphasise the

music videos as most country song videos use a large

amount of the colour white. The colour white

symbolises innocence, hope and perfection. There is

a banner saying ‘NEW LOOK!’ covering the tops of

the ‘coun’ in the word country, this is written in a

turquoise green colour. It stands out but is

positioned in a strange place because it obstructs the

magazine name.

The skyline of the magazine is green and has three

artists’ names written in yellow and two lines saying

the article title which is written in white also. By the

skyline being green it stands out and follows the

colour scheme. The whole of the magazine front

cover colour scheme is white, yellow and green; this

is used in the text on the cover. By having three of

the sell-lines in the skyline it allows more of the

image to be seen.

The image on this magazine is of ‘Miranda Lambert’ a well-known country singers, she is

wearing big hooped gold earrings and her hair is styled to look naturally curly or wavy. She

looks to be wearing a natural style of make-up; she has mascara on with eyeliner, and a small

amount of bronzer on her cheek bones. This style of make-up and accessories makes her look

wealthy in a simple way. The colours are gold and bronze which can be classed with wealth

and success. The colours in image can also be assumed to represent the country feel because

they are natural and most of the country singers grew up with nature.

Just above the main sell-line there is a small thin rectangle coloured a see-trough green

with the words ‘EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW’ the use of a buzz word ‘exclusive’ will entice the

audience because they will not be able to find this interview with Miranda Lambert in any

other magazine because she did it for country weekly readers. It also draws attention to the

knowledge that they can find about Miranda Lambert through reading this interview.

Underneath the artists name is two lines written in yellow briefly explaining the interview

article. These two lines are telling the audience that Miranda Lambert reveals her life before

she became a country singer and secrets on her favourite things that she enjoys.

In the bottom right corner of the magazine front cover there is another rectangle coloured

green, with a ‘+’ to reveal that there is more country information in the magazine, there is

also an image of ‘Blake Shelton’ another country star. This sell-line is telling you that you can

get Footloose a country music dance film. This is effective because the audience will be

interested in how they can receive their own copy and will buy the magazine to find out how.

There is a puff just under the ‘weekly’ of the magazine with the word ‘win’ written in yellow

capital letters; this also attracts attention from the audience because everyone loves to have

the chance to win something. There is a small few lines underneath written in white that

reveal what they can be able to win, this puff relates to the main image because they can win

signed luggage by Miranda Lambert.

This issue is dedicated to Miranda Lambert because the main article is an interview with

her and there are chances to win signed items by Miranda Lambert. The whole magazine

cover is effective because the colour scheme works well with the image and the readers are

able to read all the sell-lines and puffs without any difficulty, also through the colour scheme

and image we can see that this issue of country weekly is aimed at females who love country

music and Miranda Lambert.