1. Code
The colour scheme of the
magazine is black, white and a bit
of yellow. The yellow sup heading
go well with the yellow filling in
the masthead. The mixture of the
black and white colour scheme
make grey which is known to be
an emotionless and moody colour,
this is linked back to drakes facial
expression which is emotionless.
Furthermore, Drake is wearing a
black shirt which is usually used to
represent danger and power. This
point could be back by the
subtitle Drake-the new face of
hip-hop. Which indicates that is
the most powerful hip hop artist
there.
Convention
The way that drake is looking at
the camera suggest that his is a
mature adult as his face is
serious. Drake is looking straight
into the camera, this could mean
that he is confident since it looks
like his having a steady gaze into
the audience.
Another, convention would be
Drake’s facial expression
suggest that he has been
through a lot as he is upset
because he seems as if his not
happy to be there and isn’t
entertained.
2. Codes
The colours on this magazine
also matches with main images
celebrity who is wearing a blue
collard jacket making the image
fit in well with the sub headings
and the masthead. The colour
blue is related to wisdom. This
could be linked to the character
of Kanye West who often call
himself the best rapper. In one of
the subheadings the magazine
and highlights in blue ‘I Am Rap’.
The blue also represents truth
and again the magazine
subheadings says the truth hurts
before mention Kanye again.
Conventions
The rappers facial
expression shows us that
he is care free, his attitude
and body language
suggest it is almost exactly
like the 2000s stereotype
rappers.
Kanye is in front of the
masthead, this could be
suggesting how Kanye is
very important to the
magazine since they
prioritised him, by making
sure he took most of the
audiences attention.
3. Conventions
Justin Bieber is wearing formal
clothes. This could mean that
magazine is trying to let the
audience know that Justin Bieber
has matured.
Furthermore, the audience of the
magazine can tell this because his
face and posture look like those of
a mature upper class man.
In addition, he is looking straight
into the camera which could means
he is confident with the
subheading ‘let us know forgive
Justin Bieber’ this is very effective
since it will grab the attention of
both target and non target
audience.
Code
The celebrity has blonde hair and
is wearing gold jewellery which
makes him bring more attention
to him and the writing on the
magazine due to the fact that
gold grabs attention because of it
represent wealth. This means
that the gold makes Justin Bieber
look powerful because people
money and respect (power) wear
gold.