Analysis of front covers of music magazinesMary Morgan

This is called the ‘masthead’ which is the name of the magazine.

This is the main image, in this case Florence and the machine, which is the main focus of the magazine.This is called a

‘puff’ which gives additional information about the information inside the magazine, usually in the shape of a circle or a star.Anchorage text – writing which tells you what the main image is about.

These known as ‘sells lines’ which tell the reader about other important articles in the magazine.This is the barcode, which allows you to be able to pay for it at a checkout.

This is the slogan, which is associated with the magazine itself

This is similar to the first music magazine as both of the people in the main image are looking directly at the audience, giving an intimidating feel and also involving the reader.However, on the cover, the main image overlaps the masthead so it slightly covers the ‘M’ and the ‘E’, to give more focus to the main image. On the first cover, the masthead takes ownership and covers part of the main image, supposedly to give the masthead more notice.The colour is scheme deliberate: red and white, to match the masthead and the writing along the top. You could associate the colour red with either love or anger, just as you could interpret the colour white with peace or innocence, which are a direct contrast with each other.