2. R&B
Colour- The colours used
contrast to the white
background, making it
stand out. The red and
black complement each
other well. Word which
‘Vibe’ want to stand out
are written in red, this is
done to attract the readers
eye, because the red is
more vibrant.
Masthead- Creates a brand for
‘Vibe’ it is situated at the top of
the magazine, the coloring used
fades from black to red, which
is consistent through the front
cover and makes the masthead
stand out. Vibe is a slang word
meaning atmosphere and
ambience, which gives the idea
of the magazine being the rage,
and what everyone wants part
of, with headlining names, so
an ‘vibe’ you want to be
involved in.
Central Image- The image of
Eminem is the feature of this
front cover, he is well known so
is used to attract the audience,
his image covers up some of the
masthead, this is able to
happen because ‘Vibe’ is so
well known, that regulars will
know the magazine by the ‘V’,
but the majority of the
audience will be attracted to
the featuring article about
Eminem, so he is able to cover
the masthead.
Font- The font used is bold across the front cover. This is
to make the cover lines and masthead stand out, as well
as linking into the ‘bold’ genre of R&B.
Cover lines-None of the
cover lines overlap onto
the main image, meaning
he is most featuring, the
colour of the font in the
cover lines vary depending
of the importance of the
words, things like “the best
rapper ever?” are red
because they are important
and need to stand out. The
cover lines contain
shocking quotes “I literally
almost died” which leaves
the reader with questions,
so makes them buy the
magazine to find out why,
so brings in the audience.
3. Rock
Colour- The colours used
are quite dark, which you
associate with the rock
genre, using a lot of black
and white, which is also
continued in what the
members of ‘Green Day’ in
the featuring image are
wearing. However, yellow
and orange are used on
certain parts of the
magazines which ‘Kerrang’
want to stand out and
catch the readers eye.
Masthead- The masthead of
‘Kerrang’ has a shattering
effect, and the font used has
gaps in and pieces missing, as if
it is breaking, which suggests
the the genre of this magazine
is rock. As well as this there is a
contrast between the black box
surrounding the text and the
white font of the text, which
makes the masthead stand out,
because of the juxtaposition in
colour. ‘Kerrang’ is also a made
up word that sounds energetic,
the exclamation point of the
end makes it stand out, as if the
page is shouting the masthead,
which makes it easy to
remember.
Central Image- The center
image is of ‘Green Day’ a well
known rock/punk band, which
catches the readers eye, they
take up the majority of the page
because they are there to
advertise the magazine and
entice people to read/purchase
the magazine.
Layout- This cover had bold font which stands out and
the image of ‘Green Day’ featuring, but also have other
images in the left third, which would be seen on shelves
and attract the audience.
Cover lines- The use of
yellow on some of the
cover lines directs the
audiences eye here. “Plus!”
is put in yellow so the the
reader reads the
information along the
bar, which would persuade
people to buy the
magazine, to find out
about these musicians. The
cover lines also include
collective words like ‘you’
which involves the
audience, making the
reader feel a part of the
4. Classical
Masthead- The masthead is
‘Classical Music’ it gives away
the genre of the magazine,
attracting those interested in
that genre. It is situated at the
top of the front page, in white
which contrasts to the
background making the
masthead stand out, which
catches the readers eye.
Colour- The colours used
on this front cover
contrast to the
background. The
background is quite dark,
which contrasts to the
white and yellow text
which compliments each
other well.
Cover lines- The cover
lines contain well known
names within them, which
links to the genre and the
Central image- The image is
audience. The cover lines
placed within the optical center,
are set out in a way which
where the eye hits first, because
they have the article
she is a known face in classical,
name ‘Flute of distinction’
so it would attract people
then have a basic of what
interested her, as well as classical
the article is about
music. The image goes well with
‘Katherine Bryan on going
the background of the magazine
solo’ which gives the
cover. The white poker-dots on
reader an insight on what
‘Katherine Bryan’s’ dress stand
is present inside the
out, also catching the readers
magazine, persuading
eye because of the difference to
people to buy the
the background.
magazine to find out
more.
Layout- The image is down the left third, so when placed on a shelf this is what the audience will see, and as she is a known
face she will catch the readers eye. The text is clearly laid out, using different colours and faint lines to section off different
sections, for example the masthead is sectioned off and the smaller cover lines are also sectioned off, this gives direction to
the magazine.
