The colour red signifies that it is dangerously important therefore catching your eye and making you more intrigued and also excitement of perhaps what's inside.

The image is related directly to a story in the magazine as Florence has a big segment inside that is dedicated solely to her, It also helps people to instantly know the genre of the magazine. It is also who Q think the reader would aspire to be like as she a very wealthy and successful singer which is important in our capitalist society. It also represents the target market of the magazine which is indie alternative with a variety of surrounding music.

Black bold text signifies power and strength of the magazine and its reputation. As these are what the connotations of black are.

Various fonts such as serif and sans serif for a modern twist. The text is mainly capitalised to stand out and other text is suited to its purpose for example “Florence” is typed in a swirly artistic font that symbolises her character is also like this. This also shows that the magazine is very free to experiment to make its image more creative and attractive for the eye.

In this image Florence is looking directly into the camera this is called direct gaze along with the cover line “Florence wants to reach out and touch you” this makes the reader feel like they are important due to the imperative language being used this also encourages them to read on as she appears to be talking personally to each individual. The image also helps create this image as she appears to be pointing or metaphorically reaching out to the reader.

You could identify it’s a music magazine from a distance as it says in bold text at the top “INDIE ROCK” Also if you were familiar with the magazine you would see the large red Q in the corner and immediately recognise the company.

They have included puffs that implies that it’s an extra to the magazine so you believe you are getting more for you money as it says “plus!”

There is various punctuation such as ellipses this is to create tension for the reader to trick them in to reading on and buying the magazine as they believe there is more to come. There is also exclamation marks to create drama and emphasis for the reader.

All text on the front stands out as it is mainly white or red and all text is at a readable size even form a distance.

This cover contains lots of direct address “Florence wants to reach out and touch you” “records you must own” all off this is to make sure the reader feels in some way connected and useful to the magazine.

The cover lines suggest that there are range of artists in this magazine and if this is the genre of music you enjoy you will also love the contents of the magazine as they are reaching out to a certain audience who they expect to know who the artists are as most of the cover lines are just names of other artists and a quote. Therefore if you didn’t know who these people where you wouldn’t be intrigued to read on.

Q is published by Bauer London. They publish other popular magazine such as Grazia and heat. This magazine would be distributed worldwide we get this impression from “the world’s greatest music magazine”