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Front Cover Analysis

The colour scheme is mostly black, Font sizes vary a lot and so does the capitals within the text
white and red which are very along with the colour which gives the text a good variation and
contrasting colours to make the looks appealing. Mise en scene on the other hand shows the
white text stand out against the central image of two Pac and shows him under low key lighting
background whereas the masthead and him clasping his hands to make him look mysterious but in a
is in red to make it stand out even way business like which gives him a specific aspect to the
from the text. readers.

The layout on the other hand is like most magazines with the Two Pac in the central image is wearing
central image and then having cover lines and callouts around very dark clothing which suggests along
the outside to draw the reader in and this magazine has done with his posture that he means business
that well with a mix of callouts, cover lines and buzz words. and then the sort of clothes he is
The cover lines are well laid out with them being centred to wearing connotes a version of being
the left or the right and then the third colour red is used rebellious and gangster like with the
effectively to single out important parts such as ‘bad girl’. large chains and side on caps.

The page layout seems to be typical ‘VIBE’ layout due to it having the
central image actually cover up most of the masthead but still leaving
enough so readers know what it is but this is only possible by having
a large reputation already. Not many cover lines are used but they
use a main cover line and use the colour red to make it stand out as
well as a large font size. Varying fonts are used for each cover line.

The colour scheme seems to
be grey white and red but
does have parts that are
black but are mainly used in
small places to make the text
contrasting to its background.
The red is rarely used but for
that exact reason it is made
very effective by being used
on the main cover line along
with a buzz word of
‘exclusive’.

The central image has a sinister facial expression but also looking a bit
mysterious along with it again to draw in the reader’s attention. His
clothing is contrasting colours to help him stand out at the same time
blend with the background and the chain around his neck gives him a
gangster look on him. He is also wearing a grey hat which helps to blend
him into the background and keep him to the colour scheme for
unification of the front cover.

The colour scheme is yet again dark colours except this time the background has a glow behind
the central image which makes him stand out even more in the centre of the cover. This front
cover seems to actually use four colours of white black red and yellow but in specific places: red is
used as the titles of the cover lines and backgrounds to the flash and adverts on the front cover
and yellow is used to make specific parts of text stand out against the rest such as ‘Special’.

The central image is again
under low key lighting to
give him a more sinister
serious look to him and his
gesture is as if he is reading
someone’s mind which I
am unsure of the
implications but I imagine
it is to make him look
mysterious but also have
some relationship with the
main cover line. His
clothing on the other hand
is just a plain red shirt
which works with the
colour scheme and helps to
create that merging effect
and make the whole front
cover work well together.

The layout of this page again is like most magazines The text is well presents again with varying use of
with the central image surrounded by cover lines and colours but fonts seems to be more important in
more but this time there is a central cover lines this by them using it to single out more important
referring to the central image which uses powerful parts of text such as ‘wants you’ and they have also
rhetorical questions to draw in the reader and shows used it all in capitals to give it a powerful effect but
that it is the main story of the magazine. This front mainly the main cover line is in a different font,
cover though also contains a by line above the mast colour and position entirely to make it stand out as
head and has used many more buzz words than the much as possible.
first I have analysed.

This magazine front cover has an interesting colour scheme because it is black
and white which is odd firstly because it makes ‘XXL’ stand out much more than
most magazines would approve of but also because the background is as if he is
stood under lamp light on a street which along with his gesture makes him look
very sinister and almost dangerous. Like all the magazines they use white and
black for contrasting colours.

The central images gesture is very sinister This magazine front cover also has very few cover lines along
looking and his clothing is clearly something it and has its main one as a callout which shows that they
black but is blurred to make it blend into the focus on the image mostly grabbing the attention of its
background but also to give the background readers and by making it a large part of the front cover but
a variety. They blurred this again to get all also having a callout for the main image is in a way like
the attention onto his facial expression and anchorage for the image. The fonts involved are not in
on the close up camera shot they used. capitals but are sharp fonts to grab attention.

The central image is the The colour scheme is very dark with like
length of the front cover most of their magazine, black white and
which instantly takes control red. These colours are used well to give
but is almost seen as an variety to the front cover but also the
anchorage to the main cover excessive use of black connotes
line below it due to it seriousness to the magazine issue and
blending with the darkness to it.
background so well. His
gesture is quite relaxed and
laid back with his hands
suggesting he is a musician
but also he is a rapper. His
clothing is black and white
which works with the colour
scheme and is also wearing a
lot of rings and a watch
which suggests a gangster
sort of look but also a rich
look.

Text plays a big part in this
magazine front cover because
like a few of them they have a
main cover line which in this one
is the thing that grabs the
attention of the reader the most
in my opinion with the font of it
being as if it is worn away which
connotes again a gangster sort of
look to it. The cover lines around
the image moves with him like
the ones that are aligned around
his shoulder which gives him
central stage more to the cover
lines and in a sense gives it more
importance. The fonts vary like
most magazine front covers and
are used in this one solely for the
purpose of giving them
importance.

Contents Page Analysis
The layout of the page is The colour scheme of the whole
again very well done with no contents page is well made with the
use of a bleed which gives it a use of only black and white to make
flowing effect and they have them as contrasting as possible and
made the header a good size then inject a bit of colour using the
which black lines to separate one image which takes up half the
it from the body of text. The page.
proximity of the image and
body of text is done well by
giving them both almost an
equal amount of the page but
the image being slightly
bigger meaning it gains
importance which is very well
made.

Mise en scene is important on
this page because it gives the
page a lot of colour through
what he is wearing and his
clothes are also very gangster
looking and has a cool looking
effect with the use of the
sunglasses. His gesture is also
important because him being
crouched down facing towards
the body of text is as if he is
related to it so they make them Fonts don’t vary very much only with
link using the image instead of the header and it being abbreviated
numbers or page layout. This gives it a more relaxed feel to the
effect is important to get right page but apart from that it is
but is difficult to make the relatively the same throughout due
image really link with the body to the body of text only being the
of text. real text on the page.


The colour scheme of this magazine
contents page is as if the central image
was in a spotlight with the black fading
into a light grey and the text is black and
white which are contrasting colours
which suggests is potentially more male
but is not exactly clear with black and
white.

The layout is unusual but definitely
signifies it is a male target audience due
to the female central image almost being
wrapped around the texts and using her
as a border as well as the main attention
of the contents page so this strongly
suggests it’s of a male target audience

The central image of a female instantly
connotes it’s a male audience with the
way she is dressed in clothing that shows
off a lot of skin as well as the position she
has put herself in and even her facial
expression all suggest she is aimed at the
audience in a sexual sense to make them
find her attractive so this is clearly a male
audience without a doubt.

The fonts generally are difficult to make
to apply to a specific audience but with
this contents page they use fancy writing
for the sub headers but for the made
header of the contents page they use
very bold but smooth writing to grab the
attention without implying anything
further


The page layout seems to be a
typical ‘doin’ lines’ layout with the
image and the text sharing the
canter of the page which will
hardly suggests to the target
audience because it is a simple
way of integration of the text and
the central image.

The colour scheme I believe is
aimed very much at a male target
audience due to the black and
white which can be seen as both
genders but then with the mixes
of red against the black gives it
that male look and aspect about it
which you simply wouldn’t get if it
was just white and black.

The text on this contents page
clearly shows its of a male target
audience through its use of
abbreviations in the title of doing
and this is typically male due to
the connotations of those sorts of
language are of gangsters who do
tend to be typically male but apart
front that, the font size or the font
do not connote either side of the
target audience. The slang use of
the word doing also suggests its The central image of this contents page also strongly suggests
target audience is of a younger a male target audience of the younger generation due to the
origin and is aimed at young way he is dressed suggests a gang culture or rap culture which
adults or teenagers. nowadays is appealing to those age groups and his gesture is of
a ‘hard’ nature which suggests again that he is of a dangerous
sort of background


The colour scheme does not
really imply anything to do with
the target audience that I can
find apart from that they are
quite happy people as the
colour scheme is mostly white
so it isn’t a dark looking
contents page. The fact the
central image is wearing a
white shirt which blends into
the background almost
completely shows a good
integration of the central
image and the background and
the fact he is black makes him
stand out so it still keeps the
image there on the page and
grabs attention but leaves out
his actually body.

The layout of the page does
not really imply an audience
either due to it being very open
with very little text actually on
the page and a lot of the page
being white so I am unsure
how the layout would actually
connote to a specific Audience
due to the very simple layout
and very open layout.

The text and fonts do not really imply much about the
target audience either but it’s the main image along
with the colour scheme that mostly implies the target
audience is of a younger generation of males due to
the large chains being worn and the sunglasses to
make him look ‘cool’ and therefore appealing to a
younger male audience.


The layout of this contents page
seems to be typical of the VIBE
magazine due to the header
‘contents’ being split into 3 lines.
The layout does not tell us much
about their target audience and
is therefore difficult to analyse.
On the other hand the central
image shows us that it is of a
male target audience due to the
jewellery he is wearing and his
gesture towards the audience
shows it is of a younger
generation.

The colour scheme is an unusual
one to find on contents pages
and is red and white which seem
to be quite masculine colours in
the sense that it is used with the
text being white and the
background being a dark maroon
sort of red.

The text is an interesting way of
appealing to a specific target
audience because it suggests
strongly that this is focused at a
male target audience because of
the text tattooed on the central
images body although all the text
around the outside

Double Page Spread Analysis

The central image of the female looks rather sexual and is in a sexual position on the flag
which means that they are targeting an audience of males due to the sexual attraction of
the female and suggests its adults or younger not old men.

Although the central image is suggesting The colour scheme of this page is bright colours which
the magazines target audience is of suggest it has an uplifting mood to it. The colour scheme of
males, the text is very elegant and black and white work well due to them being contrasting
therefore suggests that they are actually colours but then the central image is of the American flag
aiming at a more feminine audience so it with the red which really helps to make this image stand
remains as conflicting. out from the double page spread.


The layout of this page The colour scheme is unusual on this page because it is white and
instantly suggests it’s meant black but then the image strip on the top of the page is in grey and
for a feminine target then the main image is in normal colour which is to make the
audience due to the image central image stand out as the most important one and to gather
strip around the top of the the most attention from the audience. This odd colour scheme
page as if it was many again suggests that it is aimed at a female target audience because
photos from a catwalk. it uses bright colours but also uses a feminine looking blue.

Text and font does not really tell us much about The central image suggests it is a female target
the target audience apart from that the way it is audience because unlike the other ones with a
written and the language used such as ‘forget male target audience it does not have her in a
her sister’ and is written in a very different way sexual position but hasher more in a more
to which text is written towards males so in a fashionable position as if she’s showing off her
sense it is aimed again at females but is difficult clothing instead of her sexuality so it seems
to gain evidence. more aimed at females.

The colour scheme in this double page spread is The central image shows us that the target
very good because it uses the colour of the hat as audience is males because he has a malicious look
the main header which is a good way of linking about him and is dressed up as if he were a
them but this also shows again like most of them gangster and he is wearing masculine clothes and
that their target audience is of the younger so it gives off an impression that its targeted to
generation of males due to the use of the colours males other than females who would have him in a
of black and white and a dark orange colour. sexual pose if it was aimed to females.

The page layout does not tell us much
Text on the other hand actually does tell us quite a
about the target audience because it is
bit about the target audience because of the actual
not integrated through the means of
font used. They use a font which is usually used in
the page layout but instead through
basketball matches which suggest that their target
colour so they simply have one side of
audience is males because it’s stereotypically males
the double page spread as the image
who play basketball but also shows us that it’s aimed
and then the other side as the body of
at an active audience.
text.

The page layout like a lot of the time The text tells us a lot about the target audience because of
does not tell us much about the target the slang they use and the fact they use stars to block out
audience apart from that it is quite words which would be rude and unauthorised in magazines
informative to them because only one which suggests that it is a young target audience and for
half of the double page spread is the people who are not light hearted but also that again its
central image. aimed at partially more males than females because
stereotypically its mainly males who swear.

The central image is very clear that it’s a young The colour scheme does not tell us much
male audience because of the way they are stood about the target audience which is unusual
suggests they are stereotypical rappers but also because it is more or less just black and
because they are not in a sexual pose shows that white apart from the image which is black
it is aimed more towards males. Their clothing and grey which are rather dull colours and
also tells us it’s male because they are wearing a so it does not give away much about the
lot of jewellery and a hat which is stereotypical of audience due to black and white being
young male singers. potentially both genders.

Page layout of the double page spread The central image tells us that unlike the other
does not seem to tell us much about the ones it is a bit less aimed towards rebellious
target audience but again like the last one teenagers/adults due to it being in black and
I analysed that it’s quite informative and white and his clothing and gesture being rather
that they like to keep the image and text calm and generic with no real intent to imply
spate on the page to make the text easier something from the way the image is. They do
to read. make the image stretch across the header a bit to
suggest its connection to the story.

The colour scheme again does not tell us The text in this double page spread is the thing
much about the target audience apart that mainly shows us the target audience
from that its aimed at males a bit more which is male due to the header being ‘trilla’
than females because of the red being suggests it is male because it is slang and is the
used in the header to make it stand out singers stage name which suggests a male
from the page whereas the rest of the connection but apart from that the text and
page is in black and white. font is relatively normal and hard to distinguish
what the target audience is from it.

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