Front Cover Analysis

1. Target Audience and genre
The genre of this audience is dance
music this can be show by the
colours and the front image.
Main Image
The main image is of a person with
as mask over his head. This fits in
with all colours of the magazine as it
is black, white and yellow with a
blue shirt.
Model credit
The model credit is Making more
cheese than >Insert rapper here<.
This model credit is arrogant as it is
saying that that artist is saying that
he is better than anyone else.
Lead Article
Deadmau5 is the lead article as it is
the name of the rapper. He is also
quite anonymous by the mask he is
wearing.
Masthead
The masthead says VIBE which is the title of the
magazine. This is in a gradient yellow font and
is enlarged so it stands out against the other
text.
The Gutenberg Design Principle
The primary optical are includes the mast head.
The terminal area includes a small cover line
and a website URL. The strong fallow area
includes the masthead and a banner. The weak
fallow area included the barcode. The reading
gravity area includes a picture of the artist.
Colours/Typefaces/House style
The colours are grey, black, white and yellow.
Cover lines
The cover lines are in white, grey and yellow. Some of the
cover lines are not clear as they are in grey on a grey and
black background.
Banners/Flashes/badges
Barcode