'Q Magazine' Deconstruction

'Mumford and Sons' cover edition of Q Magazine

Their front cover image for this particular special, is very effective as it captures a lot of personality which creates a bold statement for the band. The items in which the band are wearing help symbolize the genre of their music as they are wearing the stereotypical acoustic style; shirts, jeans, hats etc.

The colour scheme is red, white, and gold which can be seen as contrasting colours, again making a statement. The gold is used for identifying specific bands and artists which need to be highlighted and drawn to by the readers eye. The red is also used for the same purpose, but is also the colour of the logo, which is incredibly important. the white is used for the main artist in this case 'Mumford and Sons' and is also used to fill in the rest of the words and quotes. 

The masthead/logo of the magazine is very well-known therefore does not need to be in front of our main image, but as the colour of the logo is red, this still makes a bold impact on the page and is one of the first thing you notice when you see the page. The strap-line /tag line is also seen within the logo, making it clearly identifiable. 

There a few puffs, but not many which makes is appear as either an independent magazine or one which is well established and does not need to use puffs to advertise. However it does use big names and buzz words such as "special" to entice the reader in , making it a very effective magazine at gaining readers.