Existing magazine cover analysis: Big Cheese

Big Cheese cover November 2009

The picture of the band is placed towards the top of the cover with their heads covering the actual name of the magazine, showing that the band are more important, and are going to help with sales more than the name of their magazine will. Red, black and white are the main colours on the cover, they are the only colours used on the text. It offers some simplicity so too many colours don’t overwhelm the readers. The colours are all also used in the masthead. This again, shows a theme of continuity through the cover. 

The lead singer of the band, who is in the middle of the picture, is wearing bright colours such as blue and yellow and she has orange hair (which is a trademark of her's, and this is how many people recognize her), whereas the rest of the people in the band are wearing duller colours such as grey and navy blue. This makes her stand out more, so the different colours will catch people's eye as they walk past and make them more likely to pick up the magazine and buy it. 

Her hand is held out as though she has just blown someone a kiss, this interlinks with the line 'get the kiss of life' underneath the name of the band. Also, the words leave a space so the hand that she is holding out goes in between the words. She, and the rest of the band, are looking into the camera, which makes it seem as though they are all looking directly at whoever is reading the magazine. 

Instead of using pictures, it just uses the names of the band to entice potential readers. This makes people come closer to the magazine to actually read what it says. By doing this, and making them come closer to read the magazine, they are more likely to stop and look at it properly.