Analysing Magazine Cover

Masthead – The masthead is effective in this case because the red bold writing of the masthead stands out from the dark background. With the masthead, it stands out but the word is not clear as we can see that T.I’s head & Hat is sent forward on the cover leaving people who may not have read the magazine, a much a clear indication to what

the name of the magazine is

Main Cover Line – The main cover line is different to the other coversine's. The Main coversine is both Red and white and is in a

much larger font to increase the rate of noticeability and is related to the cover

image/background to make the font/text more visible. The colours have been used based on the importance of the words e.g. ‘Bad Girl’ Is in red font because it is highlighting to the

readers that Keri Hilson has done something naughty or something with the essence that it

is bad. There are red brackets between the word ‘Very’ which highlights to the audience that she is just a natural bad girl or she is a

Very bad girl. It displays to the audience that she is one of the two persuading the Readers

to buy the magazine and read on ahead

Coverlines – The names of the rap artists are in a

much bigger font then the other words in the covers and are in white colour. This is to emphasis the

names of the huge artists behind the dark blue

background making the cover lines tremendously

noticeable. They also have a ‘+’ in big white font to emphasis it due to the

background and for it to stand out to the public so they can see there is more to the magazine then what

they thought

Central Image – Vibe is a popular magazine filled with

the biggest artists on the planet. The main image is the rap artist T.I. The main

image is covering the masthead and knowing that ‘;Vibe’ is such a popular and

recognised magazine, the editors have no concerns about covering the title

therefore makes it unique to other magazines

Target Audience – This is attractive to the target audience because it has a

worldwide famous rapper on the cover, has an ‘exclusive’ issue yet it is not the only main cover line within

this issue. It is also meets the criteria of the target audience because it also has information within this magazine

about other rap artists within the same league as T.I so that also may

interest them on top of the exclusive story on T.I

Selling Line – Used a variety of words to get the attention and make the readers understand what kind of magazine is in front of them, persuading them to read it

Selling Line – persuasive wording to help persuade the reader to read on the

magazine. The selling line on top of Katy Perry is also highlighted with bold text with

changes in the colour of font to get away from Katy Perry as an sexual icon and

advertise free downloads which is more of a reason and encouragement to buy the

magazine

Cover lines - Different use of font, colour and size to get away

from the main title and encourage the readers to buy the magazine based on other

interesting things and artist e.g. T-Pain article

Mast Head – The masthead is partly covered by the artist Katy

Perry’s head in the central image. This magazine is a Long

established Brand and it is extremely popular so the

editors of the magazine didn’t see a need to show the whole name showing how unique the magazine is and how popular it

is

Central Image – Katy Perry is directly looking into the Camera,

making a connection with the audience whether it’s seductively or an idolisation. Looking at the Main Cover line and then looking closely at the main image shows that she is

displaying a sexy side to both genders, men and women which

gives her a wider range of audience who are more likely to buy this magazine showing her sexuality

which in her fame and conditions is a massive deal

Colour Scheme - The main colours of this issue is black, white and pink. Out of all of the colours, pink is the

most feminine colour which presents this issue to more the female

department as she is already seen as asexual icon towards the male

category, and the colour scheme (alongside the main cover line) will

help display whether she will become a sexual icon towards the female category as well as amen

Main Cover Line- The main cover line has Katy Perry’s Name in big

Massive text to show that she plays a Major part within the issue of this

magazine. Also within the main cover line, the editors make an

indirect saying which reminds the audience of Katy Perry’s first debut number 1 hit “Ii kissed a Girl” which

then brings us back to the main cover line and makes the audience think what that song is really about which encourages the reader to buy

the issue. The main cover line influence people to buy the

magazine in a variety of ways.

Selling Line - knowing this is a music magazine. The selling line will attract peoples attention and will persuade them to buy it looking at the main image of the issue and the possibilities of

there favourite artists being in the issue of the magazineThe Masthead – The masthead for this magazine is unique

because it is not monolithic. It is a simple alphabetic letter which makes the magazine stand out and makes it different to other

music magazines in the business.

Central Image – The central image within this issue is suppose to show an

iconic transformation of the famous singer Cheryl Cole. It is showing a

sexual turn on side to Cheryl Cole and she is discarding her innocence to show

her fierce sexy and feisty side of her and it is being introduced to the public

in this magazine. The background of the Central Image is in contrast to the

first image as it is raining in the background and she has wet hair and

wet skin showing the effect the background is giving

Cover lines - the cover lines are not as emphasised as the masthead

and the main cover line. The music magazine hasn’t emphasised the

cover lines mainly for the reasons of not wanted to distract the attraction

to the main cover line of the main artists of the issue for the moth

(Cheryl Cole).

Barcode - The bar code is right underneath the masthead which is an appropriate place to put it because.

The Barcode is laid out in a position to make the magazine look good quality

as the colours between the cover lines and the barcode is in a colour pattern

(white then black)

Main Cover Line – the main cover lines font is increased after every pause within the sentence and as the font increases ,

the colour of the text changes. Also in the main cover line has the quote “3words”

which is the name of Cheryl Coles huge hit and her Number 1 album across the British nation which then the audience may relate

to in terms of the meaning which encourages them to buy it

Genre of Magazine – The Genre of this magazine is Rock music. The main

cover line having the word ‘rocks’ and then Cheryl Cole in the middle with a stereotypical rock image shows that Cheryl Cole may be going through a new faze in her Career, encouraging

fans to buy the magazine

Title Page – tells you what you are going to read about and gives you an

idea of what you could expect to find of the pages in the magazine. The word Contents is presented

differently within the vibe magazines which makes it more unique and

Original. This feature stands out a lot more then other and makes the

magazine look more interesting for the public

Main Cover Lines – used to separate different articles into different categoriesCan see a ‘V’ outlined in the

background which reminds you of the title of the

magazine (Vibe)Central Image – makes the reader wonder why she is there doing what she’s doing, therefore make the reader want to read about her. The Artists (Ciara) is making

direct eye contact with the reader. The eye contact is very incomprehensive which is very eye catching and people will wonder

why she is giving us such a mysterious look in her eyes which will make the reader want to read on plus also adding to the attraction, her legs are up to the main

objective of the page which is the Contents. The Artist looks very stunning in the photo and keeps her clothing and the colour simple to give off more of an effect for the page/magazine. As she is looking

very stunning, this is also more of an attraction to the male regime as she is

looking very stunning and revealing

Cover lines – used to show the there are lots of stories inside and that the text is varied in

boldness occasionally to make the most important information

stand out

The page is easy enough for anyone to read and is very informative in

terms of describing the stuff it contains. The page has subheadings

and different font styles and boldness to emphasis the main parts of the information that will intrigue the

reader the most.

The background colour is a very boring colour and doesn’t have much

attraction to the naked eye and because of this it is more attractive as

magazines are supposed to be eye catching. This magazine contents

cover is eye catching because it has get it dull and simplistic to show

originality and sophisticated class

Central Image- James Blunt fits in with the genre of this Music Magazine. The

genre of music for ‘Q’ magazine is rock music. James Blunt is a soft rock artists thus relating to the Genre of the magazine and him as the central image takes up the majority of the

page but a little bit of his hair on the left hand side is cut off by a textbox.,

which is an awkward encounter because the fans of the

magazine/artist will look at him and will be asking themselves why the

edge of his hair is cut off. If the editors were to make the textbox transparent, there would still be issues because the James blunts black hair would still be covering the black font on the cover

lines. It would of been better off redesigning this contents page and pushing the textbox in more so it is

not covered by James Blunts hair and the audience can visualise him as fully

as they can

Masthead/ Date & Title – The masthead being in the top left hand corner gives

this magazine more of an industrial look so the readers knows exactly what

magazine there reader alongside the date the issue was out and the title of the page. The date being on the top

right hand corner gives the audience the impression that ‘Q’ magazine is a

popular, Long established brand and the number ‘232’ in between the masthead and the title ‘Contents’ indicates that it is the232th issue the brand has created

showing its essence in success the magazine has had.

Accessory (Red Arrow) - The arrow being at the bottom right

of the page indicates to the readers to go on but the readers will go on if they are interested by the cover lines so the arrow being there is a pointless move made by the editors. The arrow

is on James Blunts neck so in contrast to the colours the red

arrow will stick out and may distract the readers from James

Blunts Face

Sub Headings/Colour Scheme – The sub headings of the page is separates the cover lines into categories specific to their type of article. The sub heading ‘Features is a category which tells you

what specific articles are in the months issue and the sub heading ‘Every Month’ tells you about what is in the magazine

every monthly issue which is a very good introduction for people the are just beginning to read the magazine so they

wouldn’t know what is usually in the magazine and does not know the routes of the magazine. The way the editor has

done this is really good because the editor has kept the subheadings

backgrounds and outcomes in colours in terms of the colour scheme of the issue.

They have kept the simplistic colours white,red,black and grey throughout the

whole issue in terms of text and background

Colour Scheme – The colour to this contents page in terms of text

is done with only 3 colours, red, white and black. The famous rap

artists Piles’s image and the background and font is all well co-ordinated to attract the naked eye

of the public

Background - The audience can see a ‘V’ outlined in the background in a darker red

colour to stand out from the lighter red background which reminds you of the title of the magazine (Vibe) alongside the title

of the magazine being on the top right hand side of the magazine

Central Image – The central image was take using a high angle shot

and is a medium close up shot. In the Image, Piles has a style which the audience of the magazine can

relate and can look up to. His Tattoo’s are stereotyping young people in terms of respect and

their lifestyles and is more stylised for the younger generation which is their target audience and this is also done by the cap he is wearing

in an unusual way which represents that Piles is Unique.

Also Piles has a lot of Gold/platinum jewellery on him including his teeth which is used

to represent his fame, wealth and his transformation which

motivates the audience to read on about Piles in the issue

Title Page – The title of this magazine is laid out unusually

and this being done represents the Magazines individuality

from all the other magazines in this business.

Cover Lines – The Cover lines are all on the left hand side. The editors have made

it aware that there is nothing important on piles’s arm to help attract the audience.

Knowing this the editors didn’t see a need to change the location of the cover lines seen as there is nothing of value to the

audience and Piles’s arm and on top of this the cover lines are well co-ordinated with all of the other features that have come

with this particular magazine page

Text - The text on this contents page are bold for certain parts and it displays to the

audience that whatever is highlighted in bolt text shows that what is said is the most important part for that particular

article. The parts highlighted in bold font is a motive for the audience to read on as

the editors have made the most important parts of the articles noticeable within the

contents cover lines

Colour Scheme – Looking at the double page spread the overall colour scheme is red, white, black & Grey. The magazine have kept the colour scheme for this page nice and simple. The look of this page has a classy feel to it and is stylistic in terms of its sophisticated look. The background of this page is white which is in contrast to the other colours on this page, especially the colour black which Florence is wearing to make her stand out more within this page and to add to

the stylistic qualities of the article

Central Image – the central image of this double page spread is on the left hand side of the pages covering a bit of the

bottom right with the cloth Florence is sitting on. The photo is cropped and laid out very sophisticatedly and is very stylistic for the outlook of the page spread. The Central image being positioned the way it is and the text being directly next to it on the right hand side shows that the lay out of this double

page spread has been well co-ordinated

Headlines – The headline of this double page spread is very eye catching, one of the reasons being the title is “USA got the love.” Any

reader that knows Florence & her band will read this article will automatically

think of their most popular song “You’ve Got The Love”

motivating the readers to read on and see why USA have ‘Got The Love.’ What is also eye-catching is the font & Colour Difference .

USA is in a huge font in the colour Grey which the

editors have sent backwards behind Florence

so it doesn’t block the image they are trying to

maintain. Another way the editors have maintained there image is made the

USA text grey so the attention isn't taken away

from Florence and the white background. It

catches peoples eyes but it doesn’t take the attention

away from the Central image.

Props/Costume (Mise-en-scene) - The Mise-en-scene

within this double page spread is simplistic. No

props have made the page spread underrated nor

overrated. The props used are simple, the props used in this page is a box with a red and white sheet cover over it. These two simple

props make the page spread look Unique and very

stylistic as it is eye catching with even the simplest

props. The Props go with the Costume Florence is

wearing because her black costume which is also

associated with her big black heels is co-ordinated

with the red and white cloth to make both the

costume and the prop stand out more.

Font/Text – The difference with the font on this double page spread is very eye-catching and suits the stylistic design of the page. The headline of this page is done in different sizes ,different fonts alongside different colours. The word “USA” is done in big huge thick bold text using the colour grey whereas the rest of the sentence “got the love” is done using a smaller font

size with a very posh classy joint up text which is also eye catching due to the difference on how it is presented and the beginning part of the sentence ‘Got to love’ is done over the letter ‘A’ in the text ‘USA’ showing that the readers will know

what USA is so the editors didn’t see the need to show all of the words perfectly., showing the magazines originality.

Background – The background for this magazine page is a lightish

grey colour which makes the text and the headline to the readers stand out more with the black

text/headline

Central Image – the central image takes up the whole of the right hand side of the double page spread. The artist in the

central image is the singer/songwriter Lilly Allen. The headline of this article is in contrast with Lilly Allen and the pose she is

pulling on the double page spread. What is good about the article is that she is maintaining a gothic image without

overdoing it with her make up and sense of clothing. Stereotypically, Gothic people in our society today have at least one tattoo and to maintain this image also, Lilly Allen displays her tattoo around her wrist. What is also eye catching about

the central image is that the Image Lilly Allen is portraying is a natural image which appeals to the audience as the audiences is able to relate to her as her image displays her as an average

person which attracts more readers

Layout – The Layout of this double page spread is very effective towards its target

audience. What makes this article unique is that the audience is not overwhelmed by bright colours and odd fashion sense of

clothing. Instead of doing that, they kept the colour scheme really simple and use 3

main colours, Red, Black & White. The layout of the headlines and the article at the bottom of the page is well organised and co-ordinated which appeal to all the

readers

Headline – The main focus of this double page spread is the headline.

This is attractive to the readers because of Lilly Allen's popularity, and knowing herself how popular she is,

she needs to watch what she says and what she does and for this article to come out and say this headline will

catch the readers eyes because she is stating a point. She is backing her own case where her popularity has gotten her and the quote in this article will encourage the audience to read on

and see what she has done and what people are saying to make her come

out with an article like this

Central Image - The central image is of one of the biggest diva’s in the music industry which is Lady Gaga. The shot in

this double page spread was taken a medium close up angle. As you can see the photo has been edited as it is Black and White but the photo looks more of a greyscale edit then a

black and white edit. Lady Gaga’s fashion sense for this photo is old and classy. This particular photo of Lady Gaga is seen to

be quite sexual and it is seen this way as she has to use her hands to cover major parts of her breast & this is seen to

attract the attention of the male gender.

The humongous ‘L’ takes up the whole of the page on the right hand side of the double page spread. The big letter ‘L’ links in with the Central Image and the Title as this

magazine article is about the world wide pop sensation Lady GaGa and the huge ‘L taking up the whole page will indicate that to the readers. This magazine is unique

because you don’t see magazines that does what this magazine does. You have magazines that start off an article using the first letter in fancy writing taking up a 10 th of the page whereas this magazine you see the Letter indicating the Artist on the cover of the page and the first letter takes up a whole page on a double page spread therefore

makes this unique and original in its own right

Colour Scheme –the main colours used in this double page spread is red, black and white. The editors have kept the colour

scheme to 3 simple colours which helps the double page spread stand out and is well

organised and co-ordinated with the layout of the double page. The large red bold ‘L’

stands out the most which attracts the readers eyes the most and the ‘L’ is sent

backwards so the readers can see the text for the article behind the huge red ‘L’ and it

makes the double page spread all co-ordinate together