This is 'Vibe' the music magazine, as you can see this magazine is aimed at both women and men that are into music. This magazine offers information and gossip about a variety of music such as; R&B, John Legend, Ne-yo and Lloyd. This is so the magazine is aimed at a lot of people so it has a bigger customer base buying the magazine, which means more income for the magazine.
The picture on the front of the magazine is a model called Ciara. Ciara is a well known music writer and this picture on the magazine will appeal to both sex's because it will appeal to the boys because she is what a boy 'needs' and likes from a women. this includes things like a slender figure, someone who they think is sexy and also this is appealing to them as she has no clothes on and is crouched down to cover herself up so the boys might want to buy this magazine because they will want to read on and see other pictures of Ciara. But she will still appeal to women because she is a great artist and people will want to know what she is doing and read more about her. This image isn't like a typical image on a music magazine cover, the models are usually stood up and it is a full length body shot rather then a crouched shot of the body. The reader could interpret the model being shy and a quiet singer if they don't know who she is. also they might think that she is scared to 'stand up' as that is the caption beside Ciara and she crouched down. the shot of ciara is in front of the masthead this means that the image is a lot more important than the title. This is a technique called layering it is very effective as it makes the image look bigger to the reader because they haven't got something over their head, it also shows the reader who is more important.
The colours of the magazine are very dull and not very colourful. I think that the designer has done this so the text that is in red stands out a lot more and that is the text that is most important and because it is so bright this is what the reader will read first. The colour scheme follows a pattern of just a few colours which are red, black and white.
I think the layout of the magazine makes a frame for the model which makes her seem bigger to the reader as they focus their eye on her. the only word that doesn't stick to the frame and structure of the page is the word 'Ciara' i think this is because the designer wanted this word to go across her body so the readers that don't know who she is will know that the model is Ciara. The designer has also made this word in upper case letters that are red this is so it catches the attention of a customer walking past the magazine.
As you can tell the language on the magazine is informal this is because the words that are used and also the text that is used. The language that is used is words like 'sex', 'gonna' and 'pretty ricky', these words tell the reader that it is an informal magazine because some of the words aren't pronounced properly, this could mean that the magazine has a lot of gossip,so automatically this attracts customers that like gossip and are nosey.
Finally, the masthead is nearly the same colour of the background so i think that customers might be able to read what the name of the magazine is called, this might also be because of Ciara head in the middle of the masthead. This shows that the masthead isn't that important as the designer wants people to see ciara more than the masthead because if people see an artist they like they will buy the magazine regardless of the name of it.
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