Front Covers

Main Image of rap star Macklemore he is looking into the camera showing he is connecting with the audience with eye contact

Masthead is being covered but because it is such a well known brand everyone knows what it is

Hairstyle looks very cool showing that he is a cool idol

The house style is red, yellow and black this makes the magazine look professional as it is carried on throughout the entire front cover

List of famous artists making music lovers interested in the magazine as they know it will contain their favourite artists.

Name of Macklemore will instantly interest fans of the rap genre particularly fans of the song thrift shop

Image is over the masthead showing he is the most important selling feature on the front cover

Date, price and website give general information about the magazine edition

Main title top of the page first thing the viewer sees when they look at the front cover

Cover lines briefly mentioning some of the things the reader will be able to find inside the magazine if they buy it gets them interested and makes them want to buy it when they see it

Main image goes over the top of the masthead showing that it is such a well known magazine the reader doesn’t even need to see all of it to know which magazine they are looking at

House colour of black, white, yellow and a little bit of light blue make the magazine instantly recognisable even just by a quick glance because of its distinctive colours

Circle showing information about what to expect inside the magazine draws the reader in even more

Cover lines highlighting some of the big names in the magazine the main one being Eminem really stressed to make the reader get interested in what is inside the magazine

A quote of what is going to be inside the magazine gives an idea of the kind of questions they are going to be asking further drawing in the viewer

XXL logo in the top left first place the reader looks and a well known magazine instantly make the reader know what the magazine is

Again the main image comes over the top of the masthead showing that it is such a well known brand people don’t need to be able to see all of the name of the magazine

Website for the reader to be able to go and visit if they are interested in the magazine to find out even more details and get more information than most people reading the magazine

Main image gives eye contact to connect to the viewer this is key on the front on all magazines as it makes the reader feel a part as if they are looking at them

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Cover line showing that there is something exciting happening in the magazine issue instantly get the reader intrested

Key name of star such as Jay Z instantly gets the reader interested in the magazine and the word untouchable makes the reader wonder what he has done

Contents Page

Eye contact with the viewer vital as it connects with the reader if there was no eye contact the star wouldn’t really bother them unless it was done deliberately

Instant page number to go to for the main page of what people want to read about for example in this magazine it is 50 CENT on page 48

Quick information about the magazine issue showing it is the Jan/Feb issue of 2009

House style name of magazine followed through to the contents page making it clear who the magazine is done by constantly throughout the magazine

Smaller text for the contents of all the pages as these pages are not as important as the key page 48 with 50 CENT on however they are all listed on the contents page

The contents page is done for music lovers as it first mentions the name of the artist/band before mentioning what is actually on that page

Eye contact from Eminem makes the reader feel like they are on the same level as him

Crossed fingers shows that he is in a relaxed position and will open up to the reader about what is going on in his life in the magazine

Logo of magazine and website for the magazine so the reader instantly knows what they are reading

Features of what is going to be inside the magazine, in small text to show they are not key features of the magazine however it lists what is inside the magazine

These bottom 4 features of the magazine are clearly more important than the ones above as they are done deliberately in bigger text

Only bit of colour on the contents page is the red heart showing that he has a heart and may be seen as a lover to women

The contents page is very simplistic in design giving it a very simplistic look

This text follows with the theme of looking very simplistic and not complicated it is a style recently very popular

Features of the magazine clearly seen here these are the main features of the magazine however as this contents page does not list all of the pages it only lists the important ones of the magazine

Credits for the magazine contents page

Small text showing some of the other important features in the magazine however they are not as important as the other features of the magazine

Double Page Spread

No clear eye contact showing he is super cool with is sunglasses on

Quote to show what will be in the text and one of the key points of the text

House style reminding the view of who the magazine is by

Clear title explaining what will be in the text and who the key star in it is

Big J showing that the text is about Jay Z

Quote its been hard but now I'm on top showing how he has struggled to get into the position that he is in and he now is on top and is in a good situation in his life

Not complete eye contact showing that he is cool and not looking and paying attention to the reader

House style of blue and black continuing throughout the magazine showing clearly who the magazine is made by throughout

Logo and website address so that the reader is consistently bombarded by who the magazine is by and where they can find out more details about it

Main text of the interviewer asking questions to the artist and them him answering

Website and logo of the magazine logo of the people who made the magazine

Colour scheme of title matches the colour scheme of the guys hat on the left hand side picture

The hat matches the colour scheme of the title

Caption of the image gives details about it

He is blowing smoke out of his mouth showing that he smokes and is cool

How high relating to the fact that he is smoking on the left hand picture