Media

2. These are a few selections of magazines that we were thinking about using for our magazine cover such as XXL, Billboard and VIBE.
• The magazine that we have decided to pick is VIBE because after research we found that this magazine represents both females and males
– not showing females in a very provocative manner which is something that we would like to keep. VIBE shows close ups of females rather
than having a lot of skin showing. In addition to this, VIBE shows a lot of mainstream rap and R&B artists which would be good for our artist.
• VIBE appeals to early adults and late teenagers which is the audience we would appeal to for our artist.
• There is a representation of females on VIBE and the pictures show close ups of their face allowing audience to focus on the facial
expressions & the mood being set.
• The title of the magazine tends to be in bold and big which could represent the R&B, Hip Hop and Rap which represents the harshness and
boldness in these genre’s especially Hip Hop.
• The focus tends to stay on the artist who is presented at the front so the audience is able to stay informed about them.
• The reason why we didn’t pick any other magazine such as XXL is because they tend to focus on male artists but when females are shown
on this magazine they tend to be focused on the sexuality of females and showing their body off where as with VIBE the focus tends to be
on the face.
• XXL also mainly pay attention to Rap artists and Hip Hop artists rather than R&B artists or Pop.
• We considered using Billboard but the reason we didn’t pick this magazine was because they focus of Pop artists and have a lighter and
friendlier outlook on the artists, we wanted our artist to come across as a dark person but not to an extreme this is why we felt that VIBE
was the best one for us.