Front Page Research

Front Cover Research

Q magazine front covers:
I have chosen Q magazine as one of the magazines to research front covers for because my chosen genre of Indie/Indie rock is represented by this magazine more so than others.


This first front cover has a picture of the band Coldplay. There are four members in the band and they are placed a different lengths behind each other, the lead singer being at the front with the other band members behind. There are various advertisements for other bands around the main image with a large cover line across the front outlining that it is a world exclusive interview with coldplay.












This next front cover is of the lead singer for Foo Fighters and a special effect has been used effectively as he has his mouth open the other three band members are shown in a sort of explosion inside his mouth. There are various advertisements for different bands around the page with the graphic on the right and the masthead on the left.









This front cover for Q magazine is slightly different with the front cover having a certain layout used. There is a one column table on the right with the list of elements within the magazine which as you can tell is different to the other magazine covers on show. The picture is of Noel Gallagher standing beside a large amplifier. This is a different shot to all the others and therefore it shows the different page layouts that Q magazine have done.









NME front covers:
I have chosen NME as a magazine to research for front covers because similar to that of Q magazine these magazines represent the genre I have chosen of Indie/Indie rock.

 This first front cover from NME is of Alex Turner, lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane, a solo artist. At the time of this magazine the two got together to form a band called 'The last shadow puppets' and they made an album together which is why they were being interviewed. The image has them back to back but also it is a medium shot of them both. There are various advertisements around the page mainly on the left and this layout is different to that of Q magazine. They make use of a pull quote to give an insight to what is included in the interview. 

This next front cover is a more recent front cover and it has a picture of the Arctic Monkeys on the front. The lead singer Alex Turner is at the front of the picture followed by the other band members behind. This photo is similar to that of the first front cover shown of Coldplay with the lead singer at the front and the other members behind. There is very little shown on this front cover because the story within the magazine is of such high importance with Arctic Monkeys very recently releasing their new album called 'AM'.

Here is another front cover and The Gallagher brothers are being shown as they are members of the band 'Oasis'. This cover has much more on the page than the previous cover shown and this illustrates that NME vary their front page layout depending on the story involved and the band on show. There is a cover line across the front in white writing and a black background which is different from all the other writing on the page and this makes the cover line stand out more effectively.