Lostprophets Magazine Cover

Fitness for Purpose: The purpose of this text would probably be to promote/advertise the magazine as well as make people want to read it. The image of the man sticking his middle finger up would most likely appeal to young readers who like the idea of rebelling. Fans of the LostProphets would be drawn in by the image of the lead singer. The fact that the image covers up the name of the magazine suggests that the designers feel that people will know the magazine well enough to not need to see the name. This implies that the magazine has many consistent readers. It could also be that the name is not considered the most important thing and that the images and the text telling people what else is in the magazine will be appealing enough. I think that the colour scheme, images and text would appeal to people and make them want to read the magazine so it fits its purpose well.

Target Audience: The targety audeince for the text would be fans of music specifically pop, punk, pop-punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, heavy metal and extreme metal genres of rock music, as this is the target audience of the magazine in general. However this specific issue of the magazine would probably be fans of the Lostprophets as they are the featured artist in the issue.

Content: The main photo on the cover is the lead singer of the Lostprophets with smaller images of other bands or members of bands. The main colours on the cover are black, red and white. These all contrast against each other so they are all easily legible for readers. These colours, especially with the white background, are very eye-catching which will attract many people to the magazine if it is on a shelf in a shop. The profanity implied by the gesture being made by the Lostprophets singer may put off some people but it is unlikely to put off too many people who are regular readers of the magazine. The title of the magazine is covered by the photo of Ian Watkins. This means that the headline about the Lostprophets becomes the main thing that people see. It also suggests that people will recognise the magazine even when they can't fully see the title.

Format: As it is a magazine cover, it would be in an A4 format.

Design/Layout: The photo of Ian Watkins would have been chosen specifically to portray a particular image of the Lostprophets. The colour of some of the text that is over the photo would have been chosen on purpose to make the text visible even when over the photo. All of the text is in capital letters which makes it stand out more than if it was in lower case. The text is also in a hard-edged font which makes it stand out against the background.