'Vibe' - Music Magazine Cover Analysis

Looking at the cover of this magazine you can see that it mainly contains Hip Hop and R 'n' B genre's to attract the urban followers, hence - the singing star 'Chris Brown'.

Starting from the top of the cover you can see that it has a big bold title to get the attention of the audience because it stands out against the dark background and it is written is big block capitals. Although, you can see that Chris Browns head covers part of it to show that the magazine has confidence to not show the whole title.

Down the right hand side it uses two different colours, compared to the theme, so this grabs the readers attention. The green words could suggest that they are important topics so it makes the readers feel as though they have to read it because its what stands out to them.

The t-shirt that Chris Brown is wearing is bright red so it shows up against the bland stone wall background to suggest the importance of the singer to the magazine. And because he is one of the 'ladies favourites' it will instantly attract them to this particular magazine. The picture of Chris Brown is a full on picture, it is not taken from the side and this can once again show the importance of him to this magazine.

In the bottom left hand corner, just above the bar code, you can see that two contrasting colours have been put together to give it an eye catching effect. As the magazine has used the name of a well known singer, it is put in bold and the font is made bigger than the rest because it will draw the attention of the readers, especially the younger generation.

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