emma media front cover analysis

7/31/2019 Emma Media Front Cover Analysis

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Analysis for music

magazine front covers.


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The masthead Vibe is

written in a bold, white

font. As the background of

the front cover is black, the

white masthead reflects of

it making the magazine

easier to identify.

The magazine has a

colour scheme of

yellow, white and

black. Sticking to a

group of colours

makes the magazine

look professional and

neat.

The main image on the

magazine is a well known

rapper Drake. They have

used a well know rapper as it

will attract their target

audience. Making this image

their selling point.

The use of the word exclusive

will catch the viewers eye as its

saying you can only read this

interview in this magazine.

The rappers costume has been

deliberately dressed in a plain

black t-shirt and a black hat.

This is because this costume

has connotations of the genre

of the magazine (Hip-hop). For

example, the black hat Drake

is wearing is commonly wore

by other artist. So when an

audience see this front page

the can automatically guessthe genre of the magazine.

Other well known artists are

used at the top of the page.

This also gives an idea to the

buyers what genre this

magazine is.

Come dressing with Amber

Rose highlights that this

magazine could be targeted

at females as Amber Rose

is a fashion icon, however

other sale lines portray that

this magazine is targeted at

both sexes. This could

cause some confusion withthe buyers.

The barcode shows that this is a magazine that is sold by retailers.

There is references to new

media. Retweet that. New

media like twitter is used

world widely. It helps broaden

their audiences. This makes

their magazine known.

Having a website allows the

magazine company to contact

their readers in different ways.

As many people use the

internet this is a good thing to

have.


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The cracked masthead ties

in with the genre of the rock

magazine.

The explanation mark in the

masthead portrays the genre

well as rock is quite a loud

from of music. The

explanation marks make it

look like the title is being

shouted at you just like in

rock music.

The main image of the magazine

is of a new band called You Me

At Six. As they are a new band

the magazine have chose them

as their selling point because

they can bring a new band to

their readers. Also this may give

the magazine a wider audience

as the new bands interviewcould be talked about between

their weekly readers.The use of the word hotshots

will appeal to the female

audience as they would want to

read more and see more pictures

of rocks new hotshots.

The band are all colour

coordinated. They are all

dressed in black t-

shirt/jumper. This makes

magazine professional and

organised.

The barcode shows that the

magazine is sold by retailers. Also

the price is shown which tells the

viewers how much the magazine

costs. The issue number and the

date of when the magazine came

out is there to. This helps the

readers to know what magazines

they have missed and also toknow when they brought it later

on in life.

The red border helps separate

the images up so that the

magazine doesn't look crowded.

This shows the reader that there

are different articles.

The band facial expression

are all positive. They are

either smiling or pulling a

funny face. This has been

done so that the band is

introduced to the readers or

new fans as laidback and

real.

The sell line Free poster special

!will grab the readers attention as

everybody loves a freebie. Also it

opens options to other readers

who may not like the band You

Me At Six.

The front cover has a house

style of black, white,

yellow, red and green.

Keeping to a house style

makes the magazine look

professional.


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The glittery pink title

highlights that the target

audience for this magazine is

young girls.

Many young girls love boy

bands and particularly are

well know for liking Harry

Styles and Justin Bieber it

would be silly not to do an

article on whos the fittest

out of the two. This would

defiantly attract young girls

as they will be interested to

see who gets crowned thefittest.

The main image is of Jessie J.

She is a respected singer who

is looked up at by many

young people. The sentence

underneath her image I've

beaten my haters! shows

that their is an inspiring story

that has been told in the

magazine. This would attract

the target audience as they

would want to know her

personal story and her

inspiring actions.

Young girls are conscious

about how they look, theywould love to find out ways

to solve their problems. This

article will attract readers

because it is saying it can

solve their problems and help

them.

The BBC are a well know

terrestrial channel that have

strict rules and conditions,

parents will know that their

will be nothing unsuitable

for their young daughters to

read in the magazine.

The colour scheme of the

magazine front cover is pink,

purple and white. Pink and

purple have connotations of

girls and girly things. Sticking to

this colour scheme makes the

front cover of the magazineprofessional and presentable.

Rochelle is from a band called

The Saturdays. She is also very

popular with young girls. By

making a sell line saying Look

Like Rochelle young girls will

jump at the chance to maybe

look like her.

Top Of the Pops used to also be

a popular music show on the TV

channel BBC1. They have place

the BBC logo on the magazineto show they are both produced

by the same company.

The price of the magazine is sold at 2.50. This is a standard cost fora magazine. Also most young children get pocket money, which

means they can purchase this magazine themselves.

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