Research into Similar Products: Analysis of Front Cover Focusing on Colour

This magazine front cover is fantastic. Apart from having not only Blur and Oasis in it but also Weller, it has a brilliant colour scheme amongst other things. This magazine is a classic, so the masthead and left third is different to the one that I will be designing , but other aspects of the magazine could be really useful when creating my own magazine. The use of the pug is great, as anyone would love to win a guitar. The main image, with the band Blur directly addressing the audience, is a medium shot of the band in their early days wearing very britpop like clothes, which suits the magazine and theme. There are two smaller images, one of Liam and the other of Weller, who are the two other artists on the front of the magazine. Although these aspects are great, the best in the colour scheme. On the big title saying 'britpop' the 'o' is the colours of the union jack which fits perfectly with the magazine as it is in fact about britpop as you may have guessed. The background is blue and the word 'blur' is in red with Damon's white jacket, which goes really nicely. I also like how all of the names of the artist and britpop have lower case letters, I think it makes the magazine seem really quirky