The masthead is located across the top of the magazine and takes up one fifth of the cover, "vibe" which is an American magazine. The magazine has six cover stories and is presented in a skyline, the fonts of each remain the same however the font size seems to change on level of importance that is recommended to the reader. For example the bold font used on "WHY IS DRAKE SO ANGRY?" emphasises on who the story line about.This image relates to the headline of "Nicki Minaj" as it is the artist and fills a lot of the page. Nicki is looking directly into the camera and is a medium shot with her hands on her hips. The photograph has been manipulated as the make up has been enhanced and the colours are now brighter, sharper and clear. The image is only covered by text that are sell lines on the right of the cover, also the barcode slightly covers the artists right wrist, but overall the image of the artist is the main feature as it even overlaps the masthead and makes it slightly unreadable. The background is plain white and doesn't distract the reader from the artist, and appears to be taken in a studio, also suggesting that this is a fairly up market magazine.
There is also text on a banner on the left saying "vibe" and on the right saying "13". There is a puff of "ways to dress like a man.." this is a promotion/advice for the reader. The image is colourful and the main noticeable colour is orange, which represents happiness, creativity and success, to the human eye orange is a very hot colour so therefore this may insinuate to the reader that this magazine is the "hottest" perhaps "freshest" magazine to be reading. Nicki Minaj is wearing a sophisticated and glamorous top/dress, with sparkly jewellery and a prop of a crown. This again implies success and determination as an independent woman, which links into the sub headline/ teaser line of "Notorious King" suggesting irony as she is clearly an attractive female and should be referred to as "Queen" but yet her stance and pose implies attitude and fierceness from the female artist. The young modern representation of a woman,with glamorous hair and make up is to attract the target audience of teenage girls who aspire to be as independent as she is. This music magazine follows conventions as magazines with a target audience of teenage girls are likely to have a glamorous hair and make up and be presented with a independent female artist. The main element I like about this magazine is the use of the colour orange on the cover as it is very eye catching, as it is the most outstanding feature as it links into the masthead which is conventional and is serif. The front cover connotes the quality of the magazine as it is very high quality image with a sophisticated layout and fonts.
How this influenced my creativity and ideas:
I love the use of orange and white and the contrast, which in my eyes makes it look simple and elegant. I will therefore only use a maximum of three colours on my magazine cover to help connote the same quality.
There is also text on a banner on the left saying "vibe" and on the right saying "13". There is a puff of "ways to dress like a man.." this is a promotion/advice for the reader. The image is colourful and the main noticeable colour is orange, which represents happiness, creativity and success, to the human eye orange is a very hot colour so therefore this may insinuate to the reader that this magazine is the "hottest" perhaps "freshest" magazine to be reading. Nicki Minaj is wearing a sophisticated and glamorous top/dress, with sparkly jewellery and a prop of a crown. This again implies success and determination as an independent woman, which links into the sub headline/ teaser line of "Notorious King" suggesting irony as she is clearly an attractive female and should be referred to as "Queen" but yet her stance and pose implies attitude and fierceness from the female artist. The young modern representation of a woman,with glamorous hair and make up is to attract the target audience of teenage girls who aspire to be as independent as she is. This music magazine follows conventions as magazines with a target audience of teenage girls are likely to have a glamorous hair and make up and be presented with a independent female artist. The main element I like about this magazine is the use of the colour orange on the cover as it is very eye catching, as it is the most outstanding feature as it links into the masthead which is conventional and is serif. The front cover connotes the quality of the magazine as it is very high quality image with a sophisticated layout and fonts.
How this influenced my creativity and ideas:
I love the use of orange and white and the contrast, which in my eyes makes it look simple and elegant. I will therefore only use a maximum of three colours on my magazine cover to help connote the same quality.
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