Magazine Front Cover Analysis 3

This is a music magazine front cover with the band Coldplay as the main image. They overlap the masthead, showing that the magazine is well known enough that it is not necessary to see the entire masthead. It is similar colour to both banners which equals out the layout of the cover. All of the font is serif, giving the page a more modern look. The yellow of the headline stands out from the rest of the page, highlighting what the name of the band is that the main story is about.
All members of the band are looking directly at the camera, connecting more to the audience, making the cover stand out more. The main singer, Chris Martin, is at the front, showing his importance to the band.
The hairstyles are all varied, however the outfits are all darker coloured, and are all jackets. These outfits, along with the two black lines the main singer has on his hand, show the genre of the band is indie rock.

They take up most the page, with 3 cover stories, and a banner at the top and the bottom of the cover. There are no obvious freebies, and the colour scheme is limited to the colours of red, black, white and yellow, with the yellow being used to highlight words and the puff in the top left corner. These colours are quite modern, showing that the target audience will be younger adults and teenagers.
The use of the word 'exclusive' in the headline shows the reader that the  magazine has information they cannot get elsewhere, making the magazine more appealing to buy for the the audience. The headline goes to use the rule of three, 'fear, tantrums and nudity', which shows the magazine had a large, varied  and interesting amount of content. How This Has Influenced My Ideas and Creativity

• I like the way it overlaps the masthead and breaks convention. I think I will use this on my magazine.
• I also like the bright yellow used to highlight the headline.
• I don't like how the band is stood, it makes the person on the far right seem like an add-on, and not part of the band.