analysis of r&b front covers (research)

For this part of the blog, i had to research on magazines on the genre that i was going to do my course work on. and my genre is pop and R&B.

vibe

The first magazine that i am going to analyse is 'vibe', this is a R&B and pop magazine which uses various colours for the front covers, it is all part of a colour scheme; it uses red, black and white, these colours go with the colour scheme. each colour suits each thing. for example: every thing is in black and white, even T.I (the celebrity used on the front cover) on a plain white back ground, , it uses the colour red on top of those colours, and red is a colour that really stands out in contrast of the other colours, the magazine does that because they want the title to stand out and and they wants the things that are in red to stand out and these things are also very eye catching and they make people want to buy the magazine. The title is in red and stands out and is eye catching, therefore people will remember the title and will buy another issue of this magazine. even though the magazine only has three colours, it still is very vibrant and eye catching.
there is only one person right in the middle of the page and that is T.I, who is a well known singer/music artist and every one likes T.I. so putting him in the middle of the page and on the front cover will make a person buy the magazine because every one likes him. there is also a close up shot of T.I and therefore you can see his facial expression which suggests that there is something serious about him and some thing personal, we also know this because it says in red "ain't no such thing as a secret snitch". this quotation suggests that they want the readers to read the actual article. there are also less strap lines because the magazine wants to outline one specific thing and that is T.I story so therefore every thing on the magazine front cover is connected. also giving a really good and interesting quotation from the magazine would want to make the people want to read on and make people want to buy the magazine because they would want to read on more. and lastly the title 'vibe' is bald and bright red so therefore it makes a person want to buy it. the target audience is the teenage audience, a audience from 15 - 20 years of age.

rolling stones

rolling stones is a pop and R&B magazine. the magazine is very vibrant and colourful, even though it only uses 3 colours it very eye catching. bald colours are used on a white background, like the titles in red and yellow, they really stand out and they are really eye catching so it makes the audience want to buy the magazine. also the name of the magazine rolling stones is behind the heads of the boy bad, this is structured like this because, this is well known magazine so therefore people all ready know that the magazine is called without looking at the title in full.

furthermore the layout of the magazine is very important, there is a boy band in the middle of the magazine page and they are called 'Jonas brothers' and are very well known because they not only singers but are also Disney channel's stars. also a lot of girls really like them so therefore this magazine would sell really well because a lot of girls would buy this magazine.

there are also a lot of srap lines on the magazine so therefore that tells us that there is a lot of information in the magazine so therefore people would want to buy it because there would be a good value. also every thing is squashed together, telling people that there is a lot in it. every thing is in capitals that suggests that everything is important, because capital letters symbolises importance. also by the writing being in bald really makes the writing stand out and so it catches the peoples' eye.

over all, i would use these magazines to help me because they are professionaly made and thay do give good examples, for exasmple how to make it eye catching and what kind of pictures and people apeal to the audience.