Post on 05-Dec-2014
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ANALYSIS OF THREE MUSIC COVER MAGAZINE:
1) VIBE COVER MAGAZINE: Puff
Masthead
Cover Lines
Main Cover
Line
The masthead of the cover magazine is ‘Vibe’. It’s written in red colour and it’s really big because it’s the title of the magazine. On the right and on the left of the cover magazine there are cover lines, which give some information about the magazine contents. The colours used are red, white and black. I really like these colours, especially the red because they attract the reader. On the top there’s the ‘puff’, which is a piece of writing that attract
Barcode
Cover price and publish date
you to read it. In this cover magazine the puff is an exclusive about Eminem, one of the most interesting pages you can find in the magazine.
Obviously there’s also the barcode on which there’s the cover price and publish date. In the middle there’s a big photograph of Kesha, the main character of the magazine. She’s looking at us; we can note the eye contact to the audience. The language used is informal and looking at the picture, Kesha’s pose and at the titles which give information about the magazine’s contents, we can understand that it’s a magazine addressed to young guys, probably between 15 – 20 years old and it features ReB and hip hop’s music.
2) BILLBOARD COVER MAGAZINE:
Cover lines
Masthead
Puff
Cover price and publish date
Main cover line
The masthead of the magazine is ‘Billboard’. The colours used on the magazine are black, pink, yellow and white. The colours of the title are connected to Katy Perry’s dress. On the right top there’s the puff, which attracts more the reader. There’s also some cover lines, which give some information about the contents magazine. The first thing you see when you look at the cover magazine is the title ‘Katy Perry’, the main cover line. It’s written in black on the pink background, it’s big and it’s in the middle. You can also see the cover price and the publish date but not the barcode; maybe it’s on the back. In the middle there’s a big photograph of Katy Perry: we can note the eye contact and the connections between the colours of Katy’s dress and the other colours on the magazine. The magazine is probably addressed to guys between 14 – 17 years old.
3) ROLLING STONE COVER MAGAZINE:
Masthead
Puff
Cover price and publish date
Main cover line
Barcode Main cover lines
The title of the cover magazine is ‘Rolling Stone’, which is also the masthead. It’s written in orange and it really attracts the reader because it’s a dark colour on the white background. The most used colours are white, black, orange and yellow. There’s also a big photograph of the Beatles but in this case they are not looking at us, but they are reading a newspaper, so the thing that attracts more is the main cover line. On the top of the cover magazine there’s the puff with some words that resume some articles you will find in. Near the puff there’s the cover price and the publish date and below on the left there’s the barcode.