Magazine research 1

As you can see this is my first magazine cover which i have researched. I have chosen this magazine because it is 'Rolling stone', one of the biggest music magazines ever. I have noticed that the music artist head is over the masthead which is showing the reader that even though our magazine is huge, the music artist is even bigger. By doing this it grabs the reader attention straight away because the picture is very bold and strikes the reader. There cover colours are very professional because they stick with the traditional red white and blue which also links with the American country colours. The colour of the artist name is also the same colour as the masthead title which could also link with how important the music artist is in the music business. 'Rolling stone' magazine also uses headlines down the left hand side which works as a side border which the reader can see very clearly as they are in bold lettering.