magazine Analysis - Q (Inside)

This issue of Q magazine consists of 160 pages, with 32 being advertisements. The adverts in this magazine fall into groups, such as:

• Alcoholic drinks
• Male products (gel, aftershave etc)
• Upcoming albums, festivals and tour dates.

The main articles in this magazine are:

• Interview with Cheryl Cole.
• Competition for Glastonbury tickets.
• Going Under - article on John Lennon.
• Interview with Them Crooked Vultures.
• Canadian Adventure - Interview with The White Stripes on their tour of Canada.
• My Record Collection - Holly Johnson goes through his vinyl.

The Q magazine achieves a unified house style by using the same colour theme on the cover, and in main parts of the magazine. They also use the same fonts through out, consisting of four fonts through out the whole magazine. The images below show that the same theme has been used within the magazine as well as the front cover. ( red, black, gray and white)

The house style used is appropriate for the target audience as it can show the genre of music, or the colours preferred by Cheryl Cole. The black and white image on the double page spread is effective as it shows a vintage rock style, it can also show a modern culture as many magazines are using retro graphics now to look original, this is effective as the use of colour and black and white show a retro yet modern layout to the magazine.