Music magazine cover 1

Music magazine cover 1 - Research

This magazines front cover maintains a solid colour scheme using red, white and black. These three colours really make the magazine stand out as red/black symbolise warning and importance they also give the magazine an urban sense which really helps the rap industry. Against the white background the red and black writing stand out and catches the attention of the audience. This creates a presentable and effective cover which entice the audience. The main image is one of the artist Eminem it is quite large, covering most of the page, due to the image having a centre positioning it stands out and as the subject is looking straight forward giving the audience direct address. The stern look on the subjects face brings across a serious aspect to the magazine.

One of the main focal points for this magazine would be the 'EMINEM COMES CLEAN' this attracts the audience as most people want to know about other peoples business. The fact of that it also names some of the drugs eminem was taking shows the seriousness of his drug addiction as "Vicodin,Valium and methadone" are serious drugs. Methadone is a class A drug which also brings the criminal side of eminem out, although the magazine cover doesn't give away too much information about this it creates a sense of mystery and danger.

The skyline of this magazine is a question wondering if this is the last year of classical rap, it is in a simple bold font with black and grey colouring. It matches the genre of the magazine as it mentions famous rappers and classical rap. It almost goes across the full width of the page but there is a logo saying 'the real rap' this suggests the the rap industry is changing and becoming more fake and not as emotional with the lyrics. This skyline may appeal to an older audience as it mentions a few older rappers.

The Masthead for this cover is 'VIBE'. The colour of the font is a shadow effect staring from black at the top fading into a vigorous red, this make the magazine title to stand out and catch the eye of the audience. Although the masthead is partially covered it is still very powerful on the cover. It goes across the full width of the magazine in a bold font to show its power and simpleness.

The overall layout for this magazine cover is quite formal with the sell lines equally space out between the page. Although the sell lines are in different size fonts and different colours they are just as easy to read. i would say the layout is almost minimal as there is only one image and six sell lines. This layout definitely suits the genre of the magazine as its bold and urban.