Magazine Cover/Contents and 2 Page-Spread annotations

In this contents page from an issue of 'Q' magazine, there are various features and techniques used to entice and capture the reader as they may browse for favourite artists or significant titles.
The picture of Matt Bellamy from Muse is presumably the biggest picture due to his high status and well-known success. Fans of the band Muse will undoubtedly want to flick to page 48 to read about their loved frontman of the band. Also the very succesful, arguably the most succesful, band 'The Beatles' are included at the top of the mgazine as they will attract a wide range of people due to their famous success from their career.  It is logical that the contents are in chronological order as that should be the order the audience view the content in. Musicians like The Beatles, Muse and Mike Oldfield and people like Rick Rubin are essential to this issue of the magazine as they are popular rock cultures.

The well renowned artist Florence Welsh has been largely placed on the contents page. This is due to popularity or new information about the artist that would attract Q readers attention. Florence is widely known for her successful singles like 'You've got the Love', 'Dog Days are Over' and her hits on successful films e.g 'Over the Love' for 'The Great Gatsby' film and 'Breath of Life' for the film 'Snow-White and the Huntsman'. Also upcoming artist Ed Sheeran is featured int he top left corner as he's becoming an increasing hit with young audiences. In terms of mise en scene, we can see the big '96' in red is smaller than the 'Issue 306' as we can see that the page number representing Florence will clearly get the audiences attention more than the issue number of the magazine. The white background enhances the colour scheme and also makes the artists stand out aswell. The typography is used efficiently also as the spacing, colour and size all contribute to the contents page creatively.

 

This 2 Page-Spread of Lupe Fiasco gives a relaxed, calm approach for the reader. The mise en scene makes Lupe seem somewhat mysterious and with more to say which would be explained presumably in th text. The gold watch he's wearing, the gold imprint on his hoodie and the gold colour schemeb represent wealth, success and fame which is what someone of Lupe Fiascos life would have obtained.The specfic words highlighted in the seperate quote at the top also entice the reader as they wouldwant to understand what was the topic of the converstaion to make him say that quote.