Deconstructing Q Cover

This is a cover for the company Q. It has typical features of a magazine in general, for example the company has set their logo in the top left hand corner in the left third. This means that straight away the reader will be able to recognise the magazine. Their Logo has a red background which is bold and big, attracting the readers attention. Red has connotations of danger, death, mysterious and being scary. This links with Qs genre, being rock which is all about rebellion and being different. This defiantly gets represented by their logo.

In this Qs magazine edition it seems to take on this post modernism effect. This is done by having the rest of the band mates being in the reflection of the lead singer, Liam's sunglasses. I think that this is a really clever effect that they have done as it is exploring the boundaries of photography. It's playing on the miss en scene and using the effect of tromp l'oeil. I hope to plan something like this, being creative and escaping the reader away from reality, questioning what they are looking at.

The company Q is covering the band Oasis in this issue. However I find it interesting that in the cover they do not actually mention their band name, but only the lead singer "LIAM'S" name which is in a red bold font. They are emphasising the stereotypical feature of having the lead singer as the front and main person, the only one who is important. In my research I have notice this has happened a few times when Oasis has been mention, that Liam's name being the only thing written. I don't think that I would do this on my magazine as I think that you should involve the whole band and not just the favourited members. 
By Liam's name being in the same colour red as the logos background it suggests that he is everything the Q wants to represent, like he is the face of Q and therefore the rock genre as well. He has this smirk on him, like he is better than others and has this slight hint of being mysterious in him. Like he is is hiding something away from the reader. This intrigues the audience as they want to gratify their needs and wanting to read further to uncover his secret.