Music magazine mood board

Analysis of music magazines Masthead the placement of the title at the top of theMagazine in a bright bold colour makes it stand out.

Leading article- featured artist and topic that is in the magazine.

Cover lines- of the other articles that are in the magazine.

Main image  the image represents the persona of the artist

Skyline

• vibe magazine is urban music magazine which features artists that are mainly of the genre of hip hop and r`n`b

• The magazine target demographic is mainly young, followers of hip-hop. The magazine is predominately read by young adults/teenagers in the African-American community.

• The image has been taken in the studio. And they used high key lighting.

• The Photoshop used is the background of tiles in a shower this ties in with the image of beyonce dripped in water looking wet.

• The photography is striking and its aimed to sell an image that’s more provocative although she is wearing clothes its very suggestive because you can almost see through the top its wet.

• The font of the magazine is the same all round the same texts different sizes the colour red highlights the important text. The magazine will usually used standard colours but they contrast of the main image text and background to make them stand out.

• By 2007 the magazine averaged around 800 000 circulation.

Left third – all the important information and features in the magazine e.g. offering pictures of beyonce in a more provocative manner.

• The layout of the magazine is common there is the skyline, cover lines all the important information on the left third

• The magazine has bold contrasting colours of black and red to capture the reader. The artist also wears the colour black

• The image ties in with the text implying that beyonce “strips down”

Image • The image of

beyonce is quite suggestive which is quite unusual as she is one of the biggest female stars in the world so she would not normally have to rely on sex to sell

• the target audience for this magazine most probably male .

Target audience/genre

Analysis of music magazinesMasthead - the masthead runs across the top of the magazine in bold red font.

Lead articleThe selling line- He's still got that red-hot magic  the "magic"  is  tying in with his public persona of a sex symbol

Cover lines- the other featured articles they say what's in the magazine.

Left third

Flash

Sky lines

• The use of different colours and font for the text is effective because the red is used for the text that stands out to the reader.

• The magazine covers a wide range of issues such as politics, music and pop culture.

• This magazine issue focuses on prince and his photo was taken against a white background so the focus is on his face.

• The article features topics of a adult nature and this ties in the artist featured in the article because prince is a well known sex symbol.

• The circulation of the magazine is 1.4 million.

Includes all the important information this is the area that will show up on the shelf so its important that it grabs the reader audience

• The layout and design in standard with the image dominating the magazine cover and the lead article. Cover lines and masthead. Including all the important information on the left third.

• The magazine is aimed at a younger audience who are into the pop culture. it features artists that are at the forefront of pop culture.

Main image- the main image of prince

• Note that the colour of the artists clothes are matching to the of the font colour

• The white background is there because it makes the image standout as the colours contrast with colour  it also indicates thats the picture was taken in a studio

prince persona is that of a sex symbol his music he is known for pushing boundaries and bieng contreversial. he is known for his outrages outfits on stage wearing makeup and high heels. he has featured in videos that have won critical accaliam and many classic songs

Analysis of music magazinesMasthead- the picture of lady gaga is covering the masthead whereas normally the masthead would be in front of the picture.

Cover lines- other featured articles in the magazine

Barcode, date and price- the price is usually put in small print when its more of an expensive magazine Left third- all the important information

goes on this section.

Lead article- the lead article on what is in the article about lady gaga it ties on her overall public image of a extravagant and diva image.

Main image

• The colour of lady gaga clothes and hair are also the same as the colour of the font.

• The magazine uses different font size and different text also the colours used are the same as the clothes and lady gaga hair.

• Also the magazine is purely targeted at the music industry it also features the chart listings for albums and singles in America. This is evident at the lack of cover lines featuring other artists etc….

• The magazine is mainly aimed at music professionals its covers every aspect of the music profession including radio and TV.

• On the cover lines the magazine there are no features of other artists as other magazine cover would have. Its not interesting. The grey background contrast with lady gaga purple hair which makes the image stand out.

• The image covers the title which is also unusual you would normally cover the title of the magazine.

Sky line

• The photo behind a grey bland background stands out because of the bright purple hair

• The lighting of the image is not that high because of the use of bland dark colours.

• The clothes that lady gaga is wearing are associated with her eccentric image the purple wig and the unusual jacket slanted to the side to slightly be revealing

• The image of lady gaga is quite plain on this magazine cover compared to her persona of outrages hair attention grabbing clothes.

there is not much photoshop on the magazine the image has been shot in studio the background is plain .