This document provides a summary of the cover and contents pages of Vibe Magazine. The cover features Chris Brown asking "R U STILL DOWN?" in bold white letters against a black background to engage readers. Inside, Kanye West is featured in a serious pose taking up most of the page. The contents page uses a 'V' shape and calm colors to focus on images over text. It lists columns on music, fashion and more. A spread profiles J. Cole reflecting while wearing a black hoodie and glasses to challenge stereotypes. His quotation is highlighted in white and gold to stand out from the black and gold theme.

1. VIBE MAGAZINE

2. Cover page The word exclusive in bold capital letters in a
Main image: is a medium long shot of The masthead is across the top of the white banner, portrays that it’s a special
Chris brown, this allows you to see the magazine, in a bright and bold colour, against promotion. Use of banners introducing the
action and hand gesture, as well as his a black background, this stands out and the cover lines, helps establish what it is about,
facial expression, and the background. audience immediately knows what magazine catching the readers attention.
His top and the background is black, it is catching their attention.
black connotes a dark atmosphere and This is a warning sign, this
negativity, His hand gesture connotes connotes danger, and
that he’s asking a question and waiting excitement, making the reader
for an answer interacting with the curious to read about it, it
audience, the use of black in the front portrays that its about twitter,
cover implies that he’s asking the using trends that will attract the
audience, to join the dark side. this audience as a lot of people have
relates to the main cover line which is an interest in twitter.
portrayed on his top as ‘ R U STILL
DOWN?’ the main cover line is big, bold
This is an unusual
and white, white is to contrast with the
cover line about a
black top and black background, this
new release from an
stands out in the magazine, implying
artist, shaped in the
that the main focus is on Chris brown
style of a badge to
and the gesture of his quote represents
portray that it’s a
the way he talks, also engaging with the
special feature in the
audience.
magazine.
The theme of the cover line is black, yellow and white, this is used for
the cover lines, the less important cover lines are in smaller yellow
Bar code is in prinks where as the white cover lines are in bigger bolder fonts.
the bottom
left hand
corner

3. Contents page
The header is squashed in the right third,
separating the word into three parts, this
uses up more space and focuses on more of
the image than the text, portraying that this Main image: is a medium shot of Kanye
magazine is more image based then textual. West, he takes up most of the page,
portraying power and control, his body
Background: is quite plain, uses of light posture and facial expression shows
blue and calm colours are used, this attitude and a sense of seriousness,
emphasises the main focus on the relating to the stereotypes of R&B and
image, there is also a ‘V’ shape in the hip hop artists being more serious
background, portraying the link with about their music and image. The fact
‘vibe’ magazine from the masthead. that there's an arm coming out behind
the artist and grabbing onto him with a
The by-line is on the red heart in the hand conveys he’s
edge of the left hand irresistible. The heart is on the left side
side in a smaller print, of his body and the only thing in colour,
however the names of this relates to him being ‘heartless’
the editors and connecting to his song title.
photographers are in
bold for readers who
The column is aligned on the
are interested to know
right hand side, following the
who they are.
rule of thirds, the font style is
The Mise-en scene: portrays quite a sophisticated, rich son celiac and the
artist, as he is wearing a grey shirt and grey blazer, use subheadings above the
of calm colours are also used again connecting with columns are in bold and in a
the background however, the fact that he’s in black and larger font size, this is so it
white sets him away from the background and not catches the readers attention
completely blending in. , this blends, however there is to inform you what the
a contrast because he’s got his hands in his pocket, columns consist of.
portraying arrogance.

4. Double page spread
Main image: the main image takes up the whole page
on the left hand side of the double page spread, he’s
wearing a black hooded jumper, with a few gold
writing/patterns on the arms, this matches with his gold
watch. Its a medium close up, allowing you to see his
facial expression, he’s looking up, scratching his ears and
seems to be reflecting with god, this relates to his
quotation. He is also wearing glasses, making him look
like an intelligent hip-artist, this challenges the
stereotypes of hip-hop artists.
The quotation: is on the right hand page, aligned to
the left, the key words are highlighted in white, whereas
the rest of the quotation is in gold, following the theme
of the page, black and gold. The white highlights stand
out and catches the readers attention.
There is also another image on the right hand side of the page, in the The heading: is mostly in gold and its short and to the
top right corner, the image is in dark colours, blending in with the black point, it informs the readers of the artists name and
background, the image is almost forgotten but the mysterious blue what time he will be on, the black banner around it
catchers the readers attention, the image is a long shot, this was helps the heading to stand out emphasising that its
conveyed to confuse the readers and make them curious as you can not important and urgent.
see the image properly, this will make the customers/readers want to
The paragraphs: on the right hand page, is separated
carry on reading the magazine.
into 8 paragraphs, the font colour is in white, and the
The by-line is in a small print next to the heading, on the left, this important parts are highlighted in gold, contrasting with
shows the readers who the author and photographer is the quote, the subheading under the quotation is in the
same font style and size as the paragraph, this portrays
On the corners of the page, it says streets, this shows the stereotypes that the subheading isn't that important but its been
of a hip-hop artist, always on the streets, and the street life. highlighted in yellow to inform the readers of the
subheading.

5. ABOUT VIBE MAGAZINE
• Vibe Magazine was called Volume at first
before the co-funding director.
• Scott Poulson Bryant gave it the name VIBE
• It’s a R&B/Hip-hop music and entertainment
magazine
• Features R&B/Hip-hop artists and music
• The magazine is founded by producer Quincy
Jones, launched in 1993

6. House style
• VIBE magazine seem to have a black, yellow and
white theme quite consistently in their magazines
• The masthead on the VIBE cover magazines are
always on the top centre across the page and
quite often bright yellow and bold.
• They always have a main cover line linking with
the main image in white
• Black is used to contrast with the bright colours
so it stands out in the magazine.