1. This magazine cover is effective Strap line-A tag line is a variant of a
because all the colours branding slogan typically used in Cover line
complement each other. The uses marketing materials and advertising. this is
of red, black white and a hint of Here the strap line is used to advertise aligned left
the celebrities who will be included in but placed
orange, is successful because it
the magazine. It draws the audience to on the right
doesn’t make the front cover look buy the magazine, because will want to of the page,
crowded and cramped. The image know why the celebrities are strap lined. to border
and text complement each other the central
and the text is used around the image and
The masthead which is the name of the complimen
main image which attracts the
magazine is in bold red colour, along t the
reader. The magazine doesn’t with the picture it gives a seductive central
really use any margins. The image colour and will stand out in a line of image
and spread across the margins. competition magazines.
The magazine only uses one main
image, which could stand many
other genres of music. The image Advert, is
is giving full eye contact to build a placed on
The text is aligned to the left it is
degree of intimacy between you placed like this to border the the front
and the reader. The only in which main image and not to distract page to
we know the genre of the the reader too much from the attract
magazine is because the celebrity central image people to
is a recognised R&B star. buy into
Main image which is foregrounded the the station.
picture is of the Beyoncé who is headlined
This is the main cover line which takes up more than in the main cover line. This picture has
a quarter of the front page. The main cover line uses been used because it is a very seductive
bold font which is red and black and attracts the picture of the celebrity and attracts male
reader because the colours are quite alarming. It and female readers. The picture is very
brings the readers eyes straight to the magazine. sexual and attractive.

2. This magazine uses
four cover lines
which are all aligned
to the left
Main cover line- they want
the audience to read the
magazine, and understand
where the celebrities are
coming from.
Advert for next
The layout revolves three columns in this magazine, the same in issue
which VIBE has used three columns. This magazine has used one This magazine has used three columns, but this is more obvious than the
male on the right, one make on the left and a male in the centre, to ‘Rolling Stones’ magazine. The bold text is placed behind the main
divide the magazine into three columns. All three men are giving celebrity who is brought in front. The way in which the main image is
the camera full eye contact with the camera to produce a degree symbolising the RnB genre. The celebrity is giving full eye contact with
camera, creating a degree of intimacy with the audience. The main image
of intimacy with the reader. They have dressed the main image to
overlaps the masthead because the image is meant to be the main item on
represent the genre of indie music, they are dressed typically in the front cover. The main image is of a semi –nude man which creates
black leather jackets,. They have used a colour scheme of red, sensuality and lust between the reader and the artist. The cover lines
black and white; these colours attract the reader to the magazine feature a lot of music topics from the UK and USA, there is a reference to
also to stand out on the top shelf. The colours are used much more artists and their record label. The cover lines are aimed at fans and people
subtly than VIBE. The main cover line is left aligned, similar to VIBE. who might be serious about the RnB genre of music. The barcode is placed
at the front of the magazine. The advert for next issue if placed at the
They have used four cover lines which are left aligned on the left
bottom right hand corner of the magazine to entice the reader to the next
side of the page. This magazine hasn’t used a barcode like the issue, it’s a preview. The main image is dominant but is complimented by
‘VIBE’ magazine. The cover line ‘Rock Band vs. Guitar Hero’ entices the bold choices of font colour and font sizes, the use of red along with the
the audience to the indie theme, draws the audience into the sensuous main image, creates a high degree of sexual tension between the
magazine. ‘ reader and the artist.

3. This magazine has stuck to two column using the
main image as a break up for the page.
The magazine uses feature well, aligned to the right
of the page. It has been broken up into two,
“<features>” and “<fashion>”. The contents page is
always set out in this particular style, because it
creates a house style for VIBE music magazine.
This magazine uses two grids, it is effective
because it keeps the magazine very simple . The
tone of this contents page is unisex, it appeals to
both its female and male audience. The content is
very simple and straight to the point. The image is
married to the text which keeps it very simple.
The main image in the contents page of VIBE magazine
is normally of a celebrity.
The colours are grey, white and black, this is a very simple way of keeping the text
simple. Yet so elegant which is the normal house style in which VIBE goes for.

4. The magazine on the right,
aligns the text to the right,
which is not the typical
house style for VIBE
magazine. the magazine on
the left ‘Boardwalk’, the text
is aligned to the right. With
the feature again to the left.
This magazine marries the
text to the images, with the
use of numbers on the
images. ‘Boardwalk’ sticks to
a very simple colour scheme
with only black and white
and colour only seen in the
This contents page uses, three The magazine is broken
images. VIBE music magazine
columns. There is not a lot of also similarly into three
is an R&B magazine , which
white space in comparison to the columns, it is broken up
plays up to the genre by the
VIBE magazine. ‘CONTENTS’ is in much neater than the
use of seductive women. The
a much larger font also. This Indie/Folk magazine.
contents page uses a tint, on
contents page isn’t broken up ‘CONTENTS’ is in much
the left hand of the page,
into equal grids, which could be smaller font, which
which adds colour but
argued to be because of the allows the images to be
doesn’t over dramatize the
Indie/Folk genre of the the forefront.
contents page
magazine.