Magazine Cover Analysis

Here is a magazine cover which is made by vibe who are 1 of the biggest hip-hop magazine makers in the world. As you see it looks professional and is done to a very high standard. I love the way it is simple as well as still making it look effective. As you see the picture is the most important factor of the front cover; if you look at this picture it takes up most the room on the magazine and is a very high quality shot this is done so it attracts the audience to the magazine due to the fact his face is known by the target audience who read this magazine so when they see his face they are interested in what the magazine may have inside. The colour use within the magazine is very important as well if the colours do not fit with each other the magazine will look out of place; as you see on this magazine cover all the colours compliment each other so the audience can read it without any trouble therefore making it overall much better. The title on the top is important as well; you always need a important title to attract the audience. As you see this magazine has the title 'making of notorious 10 big secrets the film won't tell' this is what there target audience love as it is a hip-hop film therefore attracting the audience to buy the magazine just to find out the '10 big secrets' of the notorious film. On the magazine they have made the big famous names in the hip-hop institution stand out with a different font which draws your eyes to there names; they have made 'Kanye West' name biggest then most texts on the page and also a bright colour so the audience look at that first. This was done because his name is established in the hip-hop game therefore if they have his name standing out it attracts the audience to come read it, it is a big marketing Technic. The colour of the title was a good choice because it goes with the background of the magazine; also the title colour relates to what Kanye west is wearing as well on his jumper his top bit of it is blue. This is good because it shows they have a relevance to each other making the magazine seem more professional. Finally the background of the magazine was again a good choice as the fonts titles within the magazine front cover do not clash with the background at all making it easy to read and understand everything within the page; this is good because it makes the magazine look more professional and makes it look just better. Overall i think this magazine is up to a very high standard as they kept it simple and not to complex but they made it effective due to there use in different fonts, colours, different font sizes just doing simple things to give it that original effect and it worked. I would give this magazine cover 9/10.

This is another magazine which is for hip-hop music. As you see they have gone quite complex with this magazine front cover; i like the way the picture has 2 different famous hip-hop artist faces split in half and put together to make it look like it is one man. I like this because it is original and different and when anything is original it attracts the audience to go look at it making it a big market Technic. I like the way the picture stands out from the rest and gives it that hip-hop feel to the magazine. I don't like the way they have packed so much information onto this front cover due to the fact you want titles which will be snappy and simple to read for a audience as he may just be walking past and looking but if he sees this he cant just have a quick glance to see if he is interested he would have to take his time to read it which want on my magazine. I like the way they have got the different background colours on each side of the page showing that they are 2 different people and not just one. Also i like how they have got the main article which they know the audience will want to read the most at the bottom in huge writting bigger then the title of the magazine is good; this is good because it makes the wonder what is it about as it says above the 'ultimate fight' 2 mainstream big hip-hop artist so the audience may wonder if there going to have a fight making them interested to come and read it. I like the way the main image on the magazine looks like it is sticking out and sort of 3d this makes it look amazing and totally different to anything any magazine has done before. The colour use within this front cover in my view is too simple and does not stand out enough apart from the big title at the bottom of the magazine; if i created this i would of had some bright colours to make it stand out from just any normal magazine. I do like the way they have things over laying each other in my view it just makes it look better and more professional, for example as you see on the right side at the top there is a title saying 'mac' but over it is a little sticker which says about something within the magazine i think it gives it that feel of professionalism.Overall i think this magazine front cover is very effective to attract there target market audience as it has that sort of mean hip-hop look on the picture and also the title stands out with the big mainstream artists names above it again adding more interest to the target audience. I would give this magazine cover 8/10.