The image is a close-mid shot which gives a wide view of Cheryl Cole's face. Her face purposely looks pale to enhance the black eyeliner under her eyes and her dramatic red lipstick. The red and black follows the colour scheme but shows a different meaning. The red indicates love and seduction and the black eyes show independence and being dominant. It also seems like its raining to show she is serious and its quite dramatic.The whole magazine is focussing on the cover line 'Cheryl Cole Rocks'. So her fist is clenched with a silver stud to represent power and aggression. The picture is like this to tell the audience that Cheryl has transformed into more of a rock star compared to he stereotypical pop star she is known for. The image is quite provocative and would be aimed at a much older audience then children and would attract more men. This also links to Dyer's theory 'a star is an image, not a real person, that is constructed.' As Cheryl is portraying this certain rock look even though she is still a pop star. You can tell by the image is a studio shot so Cheryl is purposely portrayed to look like this for the magazine. The way she looks could also link to Laura Mulvey's theory as the picture looks quite seductive and men would be interested in reading about the artist.
This masthead is a hugely well known brand identify for Q magazine every magazine they use has the same red background and white Q. The red represents the passion the have for there music and the colour symbolises 'stop' to suggest to there audience they should stop and buy this magazine. This magazine has decided to not follow the code of the magazine by putting the image behind the masthead. The masthead is very bold and takes up around a quarter of the page. The red is bright and is actually the colour scheme the follow for this magazine. Throughout they only use black,white and red. All these colours are dominant and quite classy and even though Q doesn't focus on rock magazines normally,they have followed the rock colours but kept the Q style.
They have located the issue date and price on the left hand side of the front cover, instead of the bottom corner. The font is very small as they don't want to advertise the price so much. Also, all this text on the left is above a coloured box. Four of the cover stories are used with a white box to indicate there is an article about them in the magazine. However 'Them Crooked Vultures' are used with a red box,the same colour of the masthead. This is used to show this cover story is more important or more interesting. At this time this band must of been popular so the magazine has highlighted it as the audience would be interested and familiar with it. I think the coloured boxes are effective,they look bold and attract the audience into it.
This the banner of the magazine. Using the word 'biggest' motivates the audience into buying the magazine and encouraging them to find out why its the biggest magazine in the UK. They use the black background so it blends in with the image's background and the white text to stand out.
A puff is used to make certain information stand out compared to the other text from the image. Using the circle shape with the grey colour is bold as minimal grey is used on the whole front cover. However they still use the red,white and black coloured font. As the artist is mentioned it says there is an article inside about him and using the word 'unseen' encourages the audience there is unique photos and information about the artist inside. 
The title says '3 words...Cheryl Cole Rocks' referring to the rock style the magazine is portraying.The title is quite abstract as you wouldn't expect this,so it would be intriguing for the audience. The text is bold and in San Serif font and uses the typical rock colours. The title is purposely broke up using kerning to represent its been smashed or really enhance the word 'rocks'. The whole magazine also uses different semiotics to make the message clear. The image and colours are iconic signs of rock but also the red colour is symbolic of passion and power. This linking to Barthes theory which is used so this individual magazine and artist are representing the image created to sell this magazine.How research has informed my creativity and planning:
- I like the background and the bright red,its very bold and effective.
- I think the boxes around the cover-story text make them look bold
- I don't like the crowded text on the right hand side
- I would choose to put the image above the masthead.
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