Analysis of music magazine front cover.

This magazine has a busy front cover, such as:
The Mast-Head is eye-catching the letter is white on a red background, red is a masculine colour.
There are two plugs, to pull the audiences attention by telling them what they are to expect when they buy the magazine, they say that there are specials which will interest the reader because they will be finding out more information then they bargained for.
The Main Image is of a famous artist, Madonna, she is dressed in black which allows her name to be printed in a bold red and also the names of the artists are in a list and the font is in white, this is in a contrast to the black. The list is a Main Cover Line and gives information about the main article.
There are Main Cover Lines such as; 'Rolling Stones At The Movies', which tells the reader about other articles in the magazine, so if they like the Rolling Stones they will want to read about them. 'Rolling Stones' is in red which is keeping in with the colour scheme of the magazine.
The magazine has a bar code but it is small, this is a production technique so that no attention is drawn to it before the reader has had a look at the cover and decided whether they want it or not. The price is also small so that the readers aren't put off by how much the magazine costs.
'Free Inside 70 Page Special' tells the reader what they will be reading about inside the magazine. It is a Unique Selling Point to the magazine and is a guide to the inside.