The front cover I have selected is the cover of the February 2008 issue of Uncut magazine. Uncut magazine is a music magazine aimed at males and females and is bought by people from a large age range, from teenagers to the middle-aged. It covers music both new and old and a variety of genres.
On the cover is a photo of folk singer Bob Dylan. It is a famous photo of him featured on the cover of one of his albums. It is a medium shot taken at a low angle. The main cover line reads ‘Bob Dylan 1968: The year He came back from the Dead.’ By specifying what year in Bob Dylan’s career the article is set there is extra interest for Bob Dylan fans and for readers of the magazine who will most likely be familiar with who Bob Dylan is. The font of the masthead and main cover line is reminiscent of westerns and cowboy imagery which compliments the image of Dylan wearing a cowboy hat and the music he plays. As a selling point there is a bubble below the masthead which reads ‘206 Reviews inside’ which is a good way of getting the attention of music fans.
The cover is carefully aimed at people form both genders. It uses colours that are applicable to men’s and women’s magazines, using red, white, blue and yellow.
The cover does user cover lines, something largely related to woman’s magazines, but the majority of them are a simply artist/band name, which is a great way of attracting more readers, and they are fitted into the bottom left hand corner.
