Vibe Magazine
Vibe is a magazine which covers hip hop/urban culture with a focus on music and includes articles, interviews and the chance to win different competitions.
The target audience for this magazine is male teenagers/young adults and you can tell this as stereotypically males are more likely to buy a 'rap' magazine rather then girls who are stereotypically seen to buy a 'pop' magazine. Because of this, Vibe have used a popular male on the front of the magazine who is a role model for many young males. They image they have used is a media shot and placed in the centre of the magazine so that it grabs the attention of the target audience if they were looking at magazines to buy. The imagine relates to the music genre of the magazine as Eminem is specifically well known for his hip hop music, they have done this so that when the target audience see him on the front and they like his music they would know that this magazine will have other artists they will like and they will be more likely to buy it. As the image in framed in the centre this gives room for the magazine to put all the strap lines around the image so once that image as caught their attention they will then look around and see what else is in the magazine. The artist on the front of the magazine is wearing a plain black vent showing his tattoos and also his chain he is wearing around his neck. This is a stereotypical look for somebody who is young and into hip hop so it applies to them and makes them see Eminem as a role model and would make them more interested in buying the magazine.
The magazine is called VIBE which suggests to the audience that when you read the magazine you will get a good feeling, 'good vibes.' This is a short catchy title that will easily be remembered and based on the target audience of the magazine, they would talk about it and this would lead in more people buying it. The content of the magazine is advertised by the strap lines as for example next to Eminem, in big red letters it says his name which would grab the attention of the audience and then underneath that strap line there is another strap line which says '50 hottest rap blogs ranked' and if the target audience who was looking at this magazine they would obviously be interested in the 50 hottest rap blogs so they are more likely to buy it so they could find out. On the other side of Eminem is a list of popular artists names such as : Swaggerjack, Lil Wayne, Kayne West, Jay-z & T.I this also attracts the audience as it is names of artists that somebody who would buy the magazine would be interested in. Alliteration is used on this magazine front cover such as "Vibe. Vicodin. Valium" "Real rap" "Comes clean" these are used as when you first look at the magazine these are short and rememberable also gives it a lyrical edge.
Q Magazine.
The next magazine I am anaylising is Q magazine. Q magazine covers mainly pop/rock but they do special editions where they look at many different artists also. The target audience for this magazine is young adults but also for the older generation as it includes band features in the magazine which include older bands. On the front cover there is an image in the center of Coldplay and on front of this picture in big yellow letters is the word 'Coldplay' this is so that the magazine is eye catching and you know exactly who is on the front cover. There is two other smaller picture with the names of their bands in big letters and a bold font, this is so that even if you don't see the picture you can see the writing and know exactly what band it is. They have used 4 different colours on this front cover which include red, white black and yellow. All of these colours are very bold and very eye catching so it makes the magazine stand out from the other magazines that may be in the shop.
The magazine is called 'Q' which is an easy simple logo which can be remembered and when you see the logo you know exactly what magazine it goes with. The content of the magazine is advertised in the strap lines down each side and this allows the reader to know exactly what is in the magazine and will make them more likely to buy it. The names of big bands are in larger bold letters such as 'U2' and 'Blocparty' so if this catches the readers attention and they know that they are interested in these bands they know that this magazine would be a good magazine for them to buy. There is no alliteration used on this front cover but there is lists of 3 'Albums, gigs, films' 'Fear tantrums and nudity' 'Young, hot and glum' this shows what is included in an easily read way without putting a lot of text on the magazine front cover and making it look cluttered.
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