Main Image: They dominate the front cover because they are taking up the majority of the space. They are used to attract readers because they will be what the audience want to read about. There is a direct mode address because all three of the musicians are looking straight at the camera and therefore straight at the reader. The background of the image is the same as the background for the cover; this makes them a part of the magazine and not just a picture. The colour orange is quite a happy colour and generates a good mood with the reader and makes them want to find out more about muse and their ‘most ridiculous tour ever’. The other wiring is mainly in white and orange to, again quite happy colours. This is because Muse aren’t the sort of band that are really dark, they are the opposite to a band such as Black Veil Brides who would have a very dark background because it’s audience wouldn’t want a bright background, but the light background suits this cover very well as the listeners of Muse wouldn’t want a dark and depressing background. The main image is of all 3 band members crouching down on the floor, but all slightly differently. Two of then are resting their arm on their knee and the other one is crouching down less, so his back is more arched. This could be trying to portray that they are a chilled out and relaxed band and not like a Death Metal type of band. They are all wearing dark jackets and trousers and two of them have a white t-shirt visible. Two of them are also wearing smart, dark shoes and the third one is wearing converse, much more casual shoes than the smart shoes. Two of them have short hair with not a lot of style and the third has quite scruffy ginger hair, again showing more of a relaxed mood. The page is organised with:
- A strapline at the top talking the return of the Rolling Stones with a small collage next to it on the top right corner containing 2 photos.
- The masthead is in the top left corner and underneath it the cover lines. These give the audience a good idea what will be included in the magazine. It is often talking about some of the current affairs in the world of music and so this may be what the audience want to read about.
- Cover lines down the left hand side. They aren’t spread out over much of the page because the picture takes up a lot of the space on the cover and there was a column of space down the left hand side.
- The image together with the masthead is what draws the audience to the magazine because it’s what the readers want to read about. The picture is what the audience will see first and then the masthead and main cover line confirm what the picture is about and therefore make people want to buy the magazine.
The sort of language used on the cover of the magazine is quite short and informal. All the cover lines just a few words long so to give the reader a teaser of what’s inside but not to ruin what is inside. It gives enough information to make the reader more intrigued and want to read the whole article instead of them feeling like they know enough just from reader the cover line. Then the longer sentences about Muse’s new tour also makes the readers even more interested. It hypes up the tour a lot and makes people not only want to read the article to find out more details but also attend some of the world tour.
The mode of address is very informal because it is about a rock band, and normally people within a rock band aren’t seen as being posh or well spoken, so nor would the readers of the magazine be.
Overall the impression the magazine gives Is that it is going to have a lot of articles the audience would find interesting and then want to buy. The magazine is probably designed to appeal to quite a wide audience. I think it could stretch from teenagers to older men, so the ages from about 15 – 45. This is because older men not much older than 40 do also enjoy this sort of music and also a lot of the articles that would be included in the magazine.
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