Magazine Analysis

Q magazine

The title of this magazine is 'Q', I think that this magazine is targeted at people aged 20- 35, as the people on the cover are around this around this age group but the age does range. The acts described on the cover also range from generations, so will appeal to a wider audience.

Th image o the cover is a close up of 'Cheryl Cole' this does not fit all of the typical feminine conventions for a magazine. As she is not revealing a lot of felsh which is very common so that the celebritys have sex appeal, but she is still maintaing that appeal with her facial expression. As she is licking her sharp ring in a very seductive way, and keeping eye contact with the camera to grab your attention and draw your eye to her mouth. There is also the effect of rain falling in this image, so cheryl is wet with her hair falling by her face, this is a typical convetion for females as it adds to their femininity.
She is also wearing all black, and has a black background, this gives her more of a rock and roll look and contrast with her feminine side.

The cover maintains a red, white, black, and grey colour scheme. So it uses quite simple and plain colours but this is very effective as it allows certain headings to stand out more. It also uses a range of font sizes to add interest such as; '3 words... Cheryl Cole Rocks' the font gradually gets bigger on this heading and 'Rocks' is written in a very large font so it draws the readers attention to it. The cover also decribes artists such as; 'Paul Weller, and John Lennon' where as the image on the cover is 'cheryl Cole' so this relates to the fact that the magazine is open to a variety of age groups.