This Rolling stone front cover features Taylor Lautner the brand new “Teen Wolf”. Taylor Lautner plays Jacob in one of the most talked about film sagas of all time “Twilight”. Rolling Stone have chosen to feature him on the front of their magazine basically to sell more magazines. He appeals to males and females in a way that women lust after him and because of this reason males want to be him. Having him feature on the front of their magazine looking as though he has just run into the sea to get the American football he is holding behind his head and throwing it back onto shore makes him seem very desirable as this pose shows off his toned arms as well as his impeccable physique. The medium shot of Taylor also shows he is not taking fame too seriously, he is still the laid back boy next door and hasn’t forgot where his background, and by hanging out on a beach in Malibu playing American football people can relate to. Taylor is wearing a white t-shirt which is wet clinging to his body which also has connotations that support the idea of him being seen as a ‘sex symbol’. The white t-shirt and dark blue jeans also show how laid back he is, like he is effortlessly perfect, the colours of his clothes stand out against the different shades of blue the sea and sky are made up of in the background. By having Taylor stood in the sea with the sky showing made me think of freedom and the motto; ‘ the sky is your limit to success’.The blue and white pastel colours allow the red of the masthead to stand out against the background. The font style of the masthead is continuously repeated in every issue as it is the brand however the colour sometimes varies however on the whole the colour remains red. The Main headline “ Teen Wolf” is also in the same red as the mast head, this is done as when the audience looks on the shelf of magazines and looks for the brand names they will also be attracted to the main headline because it is the same colour. The main headline is one of the biggest sellers for magazines so this is very important.
The remaining text on the cover is in black font, bolded if it is the heading for the plug and put in italics if it is the sub-heading for the plugs. This is also done to vary the font styles and to draw the readers attention.
The bottom right plug is bordered and is filled in with a cream colour which makes it stand out on the cover as it is a completely different colour to all of the rest used. This shows that this plug is of great importance however when the reader looks at the magazines on the shelf the lower half of the magazine is sometimes covered up and only the top half can be seen.
This Q magazine features Noel Gallagher, the lead singer/songwriter of the record breaking OASIS. OASIS are said to be “the great band of all time” quoted by Noel Gallagher himself, he has a lot of feedback from fans to back this up including many tour dates which have been sold out in less than 24 hours. Having Noel on the front of Q will therefore attract a lot of audience, people respect his honesty and the mark him and his brother Liam have made in the industry. Liam is also one of the singers of OASIS. Liam and Noel don’t always get on which make OASIS different from other bands, people would think they have the best bonds being brothers and being in one of the most successful bands of all time, but that is far from the truth. Both Noel and Liam are very honest in interviews holding back nothing and by the quote in the subheading beside the image “I don’t like Liam” this one is no different. The audience will automatically want to read this magazine especially to read this article as we want to know why he doesn’t like his brother and band member.
The camera has taken the shot of Noel at a low angled, medium profile shot. We can only see half of Noels face and body although we can see he is looking directly at the reader, his fist is clenched stretched out and is the closest to the camera. This type of shot fits in with his Rock and Roll image as well as the sub-heading to the right of the image; ‘Noel: Still pulling no punches’.
Liam is wearing a brown leather jacket and a dark scarf which could mean he has a dark side which would also fit in with the Rock and Roll image.
The background of the magazine is a sky blue colour with a white aura around where the image is, this could be seen as an opposite to his stereotypical connotations of him being a ‘bad boy’ as auras normally are associated with angels.
The Q logo is exactly the same in every issue as it not only sells a magazine it is selling a brand also. The logo is a large red box with an upper case white ‘Q’ in the centre. The red and white theme is repeated on various occasions on the front cover as either background colours of text or for the colours of the text themselves. However black is also introduced on this front cover, this could be because the obvious colour for Rock and Roll would be black. There is a chunky black box at the top of the cover which advertises in white writing that this magazine is ‘The UKS biggest music magazine’. There are also 2 thinner lines towards the bottom of the page in which include names of artists which are covered in this issue as well as other things that can be found inside such as competitions, the use of red and white for the font of this is repeated in a pattern.
This cover differs from most as the barcode is towards the bottom right of the magazine front cover, it also features the issue number and date of issue release which is unusual as this information is usually put beneath the logo as that is one of the major attractions.
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