Research 3 - Rolling Stone Magazine

My final front cover analysis is on the Rolling Stone magazine.

This magazine seems more elaborate and well thought out compared to the other to, as it has more prestige and has been along for longer. The classic colour scheme is red and white, similar to NME magazine. The title font contains an element of each colour mentioned in the scheme, and is in a classic, italic font that has been used since the magazine started. Other titles are in an uppercase serif font to catch the readers' eye, as well as being in a bold font type. The title descriptions are in a lowercase serif font, this shows sophistication in comparison to sans serif fonts. The layout consists of a main title, numerous other titles and a single image as the background. The image is a medium close-up shot of a band, which overlays the title to emphasise that the picture is in front of the title.