Analysis of a front cover of a music magazine 'Rolling Stone'

The masthead ‘rolling stones’ is hidden by pink who is the main image on the front cover, this shows that they are confident that the fact that Pink is on the cover the magazine will sell more than it would just because it’s ‘Rolling Stones’. It is a traditional font in a red block effect with the grey 3D effect outlining giving the magazine depth and a 2 dimensional feel. The main image and only image is off pink who is a female pop/rock star who is famous for her music and her grungy attitude she is a typical artist that readers of this magazine are interested in. Her stance is in some ways provocative as she is pulling down her jacket she also has a rebellious look on her face which represents her personality. She is dressed in black and the background is black meaning her face mainly stands out with her short choppy hair. The colour scheme is mainly red, black, grey and white which are effectively dull colours except the red which stands out and the white that contrasts against the black background. The clothing Pink is wearing also ties in with the colour scheme as she is also wearing black leather and a white and black neck scarf with tiny bits of red in it. The only exception on the cover is the yellow box on the right side which contains a ‘special report’ with the yellow trying to highlight the fact the story isn’t just like the rest it’s ‘special’. Overall the colour scheme all ties in together and works well together. The header is simple and its only text across the top of the image advertising the type of artists you would find in the magazine it's in a simple white medium size font. The text is a sans serif as the magazine cover is an informal cover, therefore the text links in with the theme of the front cover aswell as the target audience that this magazine is aimed at. The cover lines are in a grey medium size font and only take up a small amount on the page in the bottom  left hand side and the only other cover lines being the main one which is the story of Pink ‘the dark side of pink’. This text uses two different fonts and sizes. The 'the and of' with this text is slanted and is a serif font as well as being smaller than the rest of the cover line. The rest of this cover line is larger and wrote in sans serif up straight. This mixture of font in the one cover line has an effect on the audience and they way they read it. As this is the main cover line it has to stand out the most and Rolling Stones magazine does this ny using the both sans serif and serif as well as different sizes with this cover line. A quote from the interview is placed underneath this cover line, in smaller font than the main article font size. The text for the quotation is in a sans serif font, which again links with the informal theme on the front cover.