Analysis Vibe front cover

The first thing you see it he route of the eye is the title ‘VIBE’ in big bold writing. I feel the reason it is bold as it is the most important thing on the page and the company would want the audience to know the title of the magazine before they buy it. I feel the reason they have blue because I feel this magazine is more in the male gender so this will attract males more. The title is also conventional as it is shot and memorable. Also if it is catchy the audience will know the magazine and this will get it more readers. They will want it large so the audience will notice it on a shelf and so it will stand out from other competition on the market. The next thing you see in the route of the eye in the primary optical area is the celebrity on the front. The celebrity they have chosen is Kanye West. This picture is follow the conventions as it is a large dominate icon that takes up the whole page. Also the picture is taken so that the audience are making eye contact with him I feel this is because the readers will then fell more connected with the celebrity on the front cover also it makes the page look more effective. This is so the audience can notice the celebrity and will want to buy it to read about them. Most magazines have celebrities on the front page as this will attract more readers as people look up to celebrities and would want to live there lives like them. I feel they have chosen Kanye West because he is one of the biggest R&B rappers in the music industry. Also males like him because they want to be like him and females also like the music and so females will maybe attracted to him. There isn’t nothing in the terminal area, this is not conventional as most magazines have their main teaser at the bottom as then it can be as big as it wants so people will notice it. Instead Vibes main teaser is at the top of the page. This teaser is about a film about a rapper. I feel they have put this teaser on here because it is relevant to the audience as it has the same target market. I feel they have put it at the top as it is near the first thing you see in the route of the eye this is so people will see and notice this first. If the audience notice there is exclusive on the new film they will want to read about. They also have another main teaser which is about the celebrity on the front. The article will be about ‘His 50 Greatest songs(and 10 to delete)” I feel they have said this so people who may not know him that well will then realise how great he is if he has 50 songs. Also his fans will want to know about him and his 50 greatest songs.  As saying and 10 to delete makes sit sound more exciting and may confuse some of the audience so they will want to read they article sop they now what it is about. On the other side of the page it says about more great R&B signers, I feel they have done this so people who also like these people will defiantly want to buy it so they will know that it is about other people as well as Kanye West. The type of language that use is mainly all teasing the audience or they are advertising this is so it is attracting the audience so they will want to read about there articles. This is conventional for a magazine as they will want to attract the audience. The colour scheme they used is grey, pink and blue. I have made the back ground grey as it is dull so when they put the bright coloured teasers on it will make them stand out also the picture on the front will also stand out more. I feel the colours pink and blue work very well with each other and are both very bright colours that will attract the audience. Blue is a male colour that will attract the males and pink is a feminine colour that will attract the females. The text they have used is bold, this is because so it stands out and so that the audience will notice it and will be attracted to it. They have also used the same text I feel this is because it then looks more professional`. I feel this magazine is aimed at the age range between 15-25 and both genders. I do not feel it is aimed at younger children as many of his songs have swearing and are about violence so I do not think he is aiming at younger children. I feel it is aimed at bother genders because both male and females like rap, he also does emotional songs this will be aimed more at the females as males are not really emotional. The genre of this magazine is R&B/Hip Hop. This is one of the most popular music genres.