Music magazine contents page analysis

                                                         Analysis of contents page

This is the contents page of a hip hop magazine, it is like most contents pages of music magazines and has a large picture of 50 cent which takes up nearly half of the page. It has the contents magazine listed down the side of the page, some contents pages have it down the right side like this one does but some have it down the left hand side. The picture has no background to it, it is just 50 cent standing there looking back over his shoulder towards the person reading. This has the best effect because there is just a plain bright background as the page so the writing will stand out perfectly and the picture will stand up better than it would if it was on a normal background. It gives the magazine a proffessional look and this is how i would do my contents page.

final mock up double page spread

This is the final mock up of my double page spread for my music magazine, there is a large backgroung image, the title of the story and the text at the bottom. I have only put a small box at the bottom for text so that if someone was to read it then they would not get bored easily because there would be too much to read.   The title of the double page spread will also be in dark colours to stand out well and catch attention. The background will also be light behing the picture to keep the house style and not to make the magazine dark because it is not a metal magazine it is more of a hip hop magazine. The text box at the bottom will be in small black writing to keep with the rest of the writing on the magazine.

final mock up front cover

Mock up

 

This is the mock up of my front cover of what will be my music magazine, i have used this layout because it is the layout that used by most music magazines and this is how it looks best.The main image in the middle will be of the main star standing against a wall looking over their shoulder, it only covers the title slightly because this magazine is not known by anyone some of the most well known magazine can cover up alot of their title because everyone will know who they are but if i cover alot of the title withe the main image nobody will know the title. There will also be the date, price and a barcode to make the magazine look like a real music magazine. The barcode and the price will be at the bottom in small black writing and the date wull be at the top in small black writing. the background colours will be light because i want to be able to use dark writing on the magazine going down both sides so it will satnd out against the background. The title will also be quite dark to stand out against the light background and to keep a house style with the rest of the writing that is on the page.  

 

Vibe, the male gaze theory

These vibe front covers are using the male gaze theory to get more people to notice their magazine, the male gaze theory is that there is a women on the front showing something that men like then it is more likely to catch their attention than a man on the front cover because most men won't be that interested in looking at a picture of a man.

50 cent, vibe analysis

This is one of the front covers that I like the most, I like the way that vibe have used small things to create such a big effect. They have the image of 50 cent in what looks like a vey expensive and very smart suit, they also have him carrying a smart briefcase, this small change in clothing is perceived to readers as 50 cent being a very powerful and respectable man, this was how he wanted to come across because he says he wants to be a role model and that is the kind of characteristics that role models have. Also the background is done to make him look more powerful with explosions and fire, these small things have a huge effect on the reader and on the way that 50 cent is perceived as a person.

Vibe front cover examples

These images are front covers from Vibe music magazine, Vibe is generally a pop magazine but kind of overlaps with some artists. Vibe has Eminem and 50 cent witch XXL also has on their front covers. Vibe has a lot of big stars in it and is also a world wide magazine, it has stars like Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake and there are a lot of people in the world that would like to read about all of these people. The title of Vibe stretches right the way across the front cover at the top, the main images also cover some of the title because they are well known enough to do this but if you didn't know what vibe was you would still be able to see the title because the parts of the title that are covered is only small compared to the size of the text.

XXL magazine examples

This is one of the best examples of how XXL are very well know they have covered the title with the main image leaving just one X for readers to recognise that it is an XXL magazine but they still do. This is not the most recent example so it shows that XXL have been well known for a long time.