Front cover analysis
On the front page we can clearly see the Masthead on top in a bright and bold red colour which stands out from the changing blue coloured background. The colour is specifically used to grab our attention as it is bright and placed at the top. The house style of this particular magazine is the colour consistency. This is via the colour red which is always present in the front cover of the magazine. On this issue (November 2015), the cover star is Rod Stewart is wearing clothes (plaid scarf and a second more colourful scarf) that you wouldn't expect to see him in today, his shot type is upper body shot type. This is to foreshadow the fact that the article will be about his past rather than now, furthermore within the magazine you will find a ten page interview with him. The cover star is facing into the camera with no emotion, this makes him look serious. By looking at the camera and acting as he's talking to someone is as if he is talking to the reader. By having him almost block out the entire name of the magazine it shows him to be important it also shows us that he is the featured main artist. The cover line on the right side of the magazine shows us the other articles in the magazine (e.g. Joanna Newsom "I have this weird amnesia"). There is a bar code in the bottom right corner; next to bar code is the website for uncut, promoting website. Also shows price of magazine in sterling and dollar, furthermore the issues is shown there as well. The bottom left of the page gives us a free CD that is provided and created by the magazine. By having a free CD with the magazine, this may draw the customer to buy the magazine as well, if they are interested in the genre of music or interested in the artist.
Contents page
The contents page has a three colour scheme consisting of white, red and black. The contents page mainly consists of a letter from the editor, accompanied by an image of Joanne Newsom. The letter has a drop cap and the first three words are completely capitalised and the language is informal as it includes curse words. There is no page number on the contents page as it does not need one. There are seventeen pages referred to as that is the amount of stories (articles) covered in the magazine. The names of the articles are displayed in a red colour to make it stand out more, and look more appealing to the reader. The sections in the contents page are in columns and are aligned, making the contents page organised allowing the letter in the magazine to be seen, making it easy to find the chosen article.
Included CD
A CD comes as standard in every monthly edition of the magazine, this contains some songs that they deem worthy to be features by them as their top tracks of the month in the Rock genre. By having a free CD attached to the magazine appeals to customers as some may be interested in Rock music This will make more people want to buy the magazine and will increase the sales. Additionally, by having the CD on the magazine, it will help to promote the featured artists more, creating an increase in fans. Moreover, on page ten there is a guide to the CD ranking the tracks and giving some information on each track.
Double Page Spread
The colour of the DPS is a plain black and white with a picture on the right page of the artist being interviewed, John Grant. His name is displayed in a bold and large black colour to make it stand out more. There are four columns of interview preceded by an anecdotal sort of thing about John Grant and how he came to live in Iceland. There is a drop cap in the begging of the DPS, the font size remains the same throughout other than a change in boldness for the questions. This tells us that the format is a Q and A. The drop cap is the letter "J" in a larger size and bold, in a box with the length of eight lines, this corresponds to the genre as it is big and bold much like rock music (which is loud). There is only one image on the double page spread. The image makes the article interesting, as some readers prefer images instead of a whole two page dedicated to text. On the image there is a pull quote to give a snippet of what is to come in the article.
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