Masthead Analysis

This masthead is very big as it covers the whole of the top line, on the front cover, this is very common in music magazines. The masthead changes colour every time; this is because the colours as meant to represent the tone of the stories covered in the magazine. On this masthead the colours used are white on a black back ground. The colour white represents purity and new beginnings, on the other hand black represents drama and strong emotion. This may suggest that the magazine has true stories that may be very thought provoking. The font used is very strong and powerful which comes mainly from the text being all in capital letters. As a result of this and the masthead being very big, leads to the idea of everything on that page is very important.       

This masthead is simple as it has a basic colour scheme. The colours used are red and white which makes the Q stand out to the potential buyer. The colour red represents fire and love, however white represents purity and new beginnings. You instantly know the magazine from this masthead as every magazine made by Q has always got this masthead and is always at the top left of the front cover. This masthead is strong and clear as it is just one letter. This the adds to other magazine techniques on the Q magazine front cover to suggest that the magazine is targeted at a mature young person because the masthead is only one letter so would be easier to remember than other music magazines like, Kerrang.