3. Masthead
The masthead is included into the contents page by
the big V in the background. It is a common
convention on most contents pages from this certain
music magazine and is always positioned on the top
left to help it looking consistent and therefore
professional. In addition it makes it recognisable.
Colour wise, they have made it a grey to match the
whole black and white theme but to still stick out.
Main Image
For there main image, they have used a picture of
the rapper Kanye West as he is the main feature of
this months issue. It is a mid shot and has a arm
holding a hear coming over his shoulder. His angle of
gaze is straight at the camera to draw in the
audience and his face has a lot of attitude relating
him to the genre of R&B and rebellion. The fact that
his hands are in his pocket, he’s standing straight and
the image dominating the page shows how
confident and proud he is as a person and a artist.
He is wearing smart clothing to show he is worthy.
Contents Title
Contents has been written in a large black font on the right
hand side of the page. The use of the black makes it stick
out on the page and is in contrast to the rest. They have
spilt the word into three as you can see. Even though it has
been separated, it can still be read clearly. This is a
common feature of most of the Vibe magazine so is a
trademark, making it clear that it belongs to them
Sub Headings
There are two main sub heading on this magazine. One
is features and the other is fashion as this is what their
audience are most interested in. They are written in as
curvy handwriting font which adds variation with the
different types of font this page has but is still in black to
relate to the overall them.
Under the sub heading are the features. They are
written in a mixture of fonts a
General Appearance
This contents page has one main image that features
the artist that it is covering for the month. Around
the image they then have the features which are
normally narrow and long. They usually split into
features and fashion.
Photographers Notes
These are mentioned at the bottom right hand
corner of the magazine. This is common for Vibe
magazine and most magazine in general.
Front
Cover
This is the front
cover of the
magazine that
goes with the
contents page.
There isn’t much
of a like colour
wise but the artist
has the same
facial look and the
word content
matches the
covers fonts.
4.
5. Masthead
The masthead is included into the contents page. It
is placed to the side under the content title. This is
included so we can recognize that it is XXL magazine.
Also it links the cover to the front cover. It small so it
doesn’t take away too much from the features on
the contents page but still big enough to read.
Main Image
There is a main image at the bottom of the contents
page. It is a mid-long wide shot that features 2
artists. They are wearing very casual clothing which
connects with the hip hop/rap/R&B genre. One of
them has the angle of gaze straight at the camera
whist the other has sunglasses on showing of that he
has a lot of mystery. The purpose of having this
image is to tell the audience know what the
magazine had to offer,
General Appearance
XXL usually had one or two main images on their
contents page. They have a large contents title and
paragraphs for the there features. Along the bottom
of the contents page they have the website and page
number
Contents Title
XXL has chosen to subvert the common convention of
using the word contents on there contents page. Instead
they used “the A-side” as the title. It written across the top
of the page in lower cast letter except from the “A”. It is in
black and red to match the masthead.
Subheading
Theses are mentioned in a bold, all capital font. The
meaning of them is to draw in attention and make the
story more interesting.
The features are written in paragraphs as suppose to just a
sentence. They release a lot of information about the story
which can be good as it informs the audience but can also
take about from excitement they feel.
Date and Issue
This is mention on the contents page just under the title. It
isn’t very important to have this but it lets readers know
what issue it is if they are looking for a certain one.
Link to Front Cover
The main link is the colours, the red and black make
it look like they belong together. Also they have
similar/same fonts,
Front
Cover
This is the front
cover for the
contents page. The
features.
