Research on Music Magazine

Both magazines are a Hip Hop and R & B from the same company. The masthead spells out the word ‘ VIBE’ it is bold and automatically catches your attention. There enough space in between the letters and all around it. The Masthead is lined up straight and does not fall off the page. The choice of colours on both magazine is consistence and matches. They are also bold colours that catches you attention and fits in with the theme of the magazine.

Masthead & Colour

scheme

The cover lines on both magazines are very clear. They are both lined up straight and you can clearly see which ones are the main cover story. The text sizes vary for effect which worked. The cover lines not only link to the type of magazine this is but also to the main image. The main colours on magazine A was yellow and white which work well together and then red was also added to cause effect and highlight important words for the reader. On magazine B the main colours was red and black on a white background making it easy to see. The front type on both magazines was bold the same for the masthead. High level of consistency is shown.

Cover Lines

Skyline, Barcode,

Selling lines, Price and Strapline

Both of the VIBE magazines has a strapline on top of their masthead. Their strapline is both their skyline and the selling lines. The strapline is informing the reader about some of the special attractions that is included in the magazine and could also be seen as the selling line as that helps sell the magazine as the information that in the strapline will be seen as appealing to the reader.On the bottom of both magazine there is a barcode, date and price. That is a key element of a magazine and reinforces that it is a magazine as well as informs the reader of the price of the magazine and what issue this magazine is.

Main Image

Both images are off a well known celebrity but both are being portrayed in different ways. Magazine A is an image of Hip Hop Rapper 50 Cent. The image is an close up image of his shoulder up, 50 is staring back at the camera on a background of clouds and possible thunder. Yet, magazine B is of Beyoncé posing in a sexual position on a white tile background. Even though they are both from the same magazine, they will automatically attract different audience.

Layout & Direct Address

Both magazines has 3 columns, 2 with text on both opposites sides and both with a single image in the middle. They both have a masthead, cover lines and a main cover line. A strapline and barcode. The both fit in with the codes of a conventional magazine. Both magazines are from the sane company but are both directed at different audiences. Magazine A main image is of Hip-hop Rapper 50Cent. The main audience picking up this copy will be males from the ages of 16 upwards. Magazine B is a half body image of Beyoncé in a sexy, seductive pose. This will attract females that are fans of Beyoncé and males who are interested to see the 10 page spread of Beyoncé's summer photos.

Both magazine themes are hip-hop and r&b and both are of famous female in that industry yet the portrays a different image due to the main picture and layout. Magazine B is a seductive image of Beyoncé with water dripping of her body whereas magazine C could also be seen as a seductive image of Jill Scott due to the close up image of her but could be interpreted differently. Both images are dominating the magazine as they are covering the masthead and magazine C text seems to be written around the image and not clashing with it. Both magazines has a barcode at the bottom of the page and has cover lines and main cover lines. Unlike magazine C, magazine B has its on skyline at the top of the page but both are included with anchor text. Both magazines are lined up correctly and the text does not run into anything nor does it appear like it is falling off the page.

Both logos are contrast to one another. Vibe magazine has a bold eye catching logo whereas Billboard are more creative in the design of the magazines due to the choice of colours in the text and the front size they used. Although it appears simple, in actual fact it is also bold. Both masthead represents their magazine as Vibe could be seen as representing the type of music there magazine stands for and Billboard could also be seen as representing more r&b then hip-hop.