Analysis of Front Cover (Rolling Stone)

This is the front cover of Rolling Stone magazine, the magazine is based in New York City and has been published every two weeks since 1967. The magazine specifised around pop music however, it also has actor/actress interviews within the magzine.

On this front cover the layout is the photo is mainly on the right hand side of the cover with the text on the left. The photo is of Brad Pitt who has nothing to do with the music industry and his photo overlaps the title of the magazine but this won't affect the readers as it is a popular magazine and they will recognise it instantly without even seeing the title. The photo is a professional shot of Brad which is represented through the magazine showing he has given an interview to them. On the photo he is looking serious and he looks quite aged this could be used to represent the age of the magazine as it has been publisher for over 30 years now. Also Brad Pitt was born before the first issue of the magazine so he could be used because he was around when the first issue was publisher making him in the era of the music genre.

The title of the magazine is in bright blue text which stands out instantly for the regular buyers of the magazine so they always know the logo without even having to see the full thing, this is why the photo is allowed to overlap it. The text of 'Brad Pitt' is the only part of the text in white this is probably because the magazine is specifically trying to make the interview with Brad stand out as he is a very popular actor. The rest of the text is black and differs in font sizes, this text stands out very well on the magazine making it attractive for the reader. The use of different font sizes and font colours is that it makes it less boring and increases it's attractivness.

The language used on this front page of the magazine is how the layout is structured with several sections of text and how it's all been parted from one another, the picture of Brad Putt and how he represents the use of actor interviews within the magazine. Also the headlines and sub-headlines.

The institution of the magazine is Jann Wenner who publishes the magazine within her company Wenner Media LLC.

The ideology for the magazine is that it's all about music so the idea's behind the text what is in the magazine will have come from the latest happenings in the music industry.

The audience for this magazine is for the young age groups, possibly late teens and over. Also people who are specifically interested in the pop genre and like the often actor interview.

The representation shown in the picture of Brad Pitt is how the photo of him is taken with him looking serious as an actor showing he is focused on his interview what he gave to the magazine.