Analysis of Front covers for Music Mag

Music magazine front page analysis

Main cover line and dominate  image

Vibe magazine you can see close-up medium shot of Lil Wayne immediately shows to the reader what type of magazine it is just from it’s front cover, making it very clear from the front that the magazine is based on music, specifically in the Hip-Hop, Rap & RnB area., you can see lil Wayne looking up high and proud which correlates with the sell line which says “Weezy STILL HIP POP’S LEADING MAN?” and also Weezy or lil Wayne is wearing a band leader uniform to show he is the leader.

     Masthead

 By looking at the masthead you can tell Vibe magazine’s target audience is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop and R&B culture, Mostly male and some female ,the colour is unisex with a vibrant taste in music. Even though the masthead is placed behind the model, as appose to in the front, you can still see the whole name because the out line in white goes over the model  to ensure the name is in full view of the audience. ensuring that it stands out from all other conventions.

Sell lines/cover lines

By featuring similar rappers to lil Wayne and their stories, the magazine captures the audience by not revealing exactly what the information is like in the lil Wayne line. The contrast of black and white shows its for both sexes.

Strap line

This outlines the focus of the issue in simple terms. It is alliterated which shows flow like the music genres and also that the  readers are educated.

Bar code
The bar code is placed in the bottom left hand corner of the splash, ensuring that it is away from the main cover line/cover lines, keeping the attention towards the main features. Placed over the bar code is the website of the magazine, http://www.vibe.com/, which lets the readers know where they can find out more about the magazine.

Music magazine front page analysis

Main cover line and dominate  image

Rap-up magazine cover you can see a wide shot of Nelly, the magazine took a wide shot so they could show the steel box he is on. The main cover line correlates  with the image  because the cover line says “RAP’S MAN OF STEEL NELLY LEAPS INTO ACTION "and in the image you can see Nelly in a crouched down position on a steel box like he's about to leap. Nelly is wearing a tank top to show his arms and muscles, to emphasise he really is the man of steel. Even the colours in the image and cover line correlate, they called Nelly the man of steel and the man of steel is superman from the dc comics  who’s iconic colour is red, by putting Nelly's name in red and his hat and trainers in red they  show Nelly as raps man of steel, so rap music’s superman .

Masthead

The large masthead is behind the image in sans serif font giving connotations of a modern, trendy magazine. The title ‘RAP UP’ opens a clue to the type of music featured in the magazine. The black font stands out on the grey to white faded background, catching the reader’s attention. The masthead is slightly covered by the image of Nelly, showing that it has already created a brand identity and therefore doesn’t need to show the whole title.

Strap line

This outlines the focus of the issue in simple terms, It says “G-UNIT VS>THE GAME:HIP-POP’S HEAVYWEIGHTS FIGHT TO THE FINISH". The names of the two artists are in red to really draw attention and the readers will want to open the magazine to find out what happened in the fight.

Sell lines/cover lines

By featuring similar artists to Nelly, who do Rap,Rnb and hip pop and their stories, the magazine captures the audience by not revealing exactly what the information is like in the Nelly line.

Puff

Again the puff is in red to draw your attention and want to open the magazine or flip to see what's on the other side.