'Q' - Music Magazine Cover Analysis at 10:45

From the front cover of this magazine it instantly gives it away that it is a music magazine. You can see that from one of the worlds best singers - Madonna, being publicized on the front. Q shows her to be pale white faced, doing that to attract the readers eye from the contrasting background. Also with Madonna being a well known singer, having the main shot of her in the fore ground will draw people in even more, especially noticing her stylish jacket and gloves.

Drifting down the right hand side, the magazine presents a small round logo stating about the 'Best British Albums' this is shown up in colours of the Union Jack to show the relevance of Best British Albums with the colour of the background behind it - blue, red and white which is British. This attracts peoples eye because it is layed upon Madonna's dark jacket.

Across the bottom is a small advertisement, this is used to attract the people that love their music. Desired to draw them in so they pick the magazine up and then they end up reading it all. In the centre of the page the magazine uses bold red writing to present Madonnas name, this could influence the importance because of the fiery character she is.

For this magazine the back ground is one of the main components that makes it stand out so well to all the rest. Its a dark, jet black to entice people so they will pick the magazine up. In the top left hand corner you can see the logo for 'Q', this is a simple but strong feature of the magazine because its a plain red and stands out and always catched the readers eye.