Analysis of music magazine cover

This front cover has many of the same connotations of the previous music magazine cover, and music magazines in general.

The title is, again, placed in a large font at the top of the page so it's easy to see. The bright colour and simple font draws people's eyes to the title, then to the rest of the magazine. This is usually the first thing we see. The next thing we see is the image, placed in the centre of the page. The eye contact makes us engage with the picture as we think the subject is looking straight at us personally. The bright blue in the title is also use on the subjects collar, as well as on other texts around the page. The decision to limit the magazine texts to only 3 colours (bright pink, black, and bright blue) makes the front cover eye catching. but not too busy. If there were too many different coloured fonts our eyes would get confused and easily distracted.
There is a cleaver play on words at the top of the page. "Exclusive on set report: the making of Notorious. 10 B.I.G Secrets the film won't tell." The film (called Notorious) is about a rapper who's name if Notorious B.I.G, so by writing 'big' as B.I.G it references the rapper, and how amazing the secrets are. Words such as 'Exclusive', 'Big' and 'Secretes' puts the reader under the impression they are going to read about something other people don't know, like they're getting a 'treat' reading these secrete things that they're not meant to know.


The image catches our eye, but so does the writing to the left of it. The font size is larger than any of the other fonts (except the title) and relates to the image. These two things together form the basis of what this issue's main article is about- it's about Kanye West. At first glance some people would identify him just from the picture, but for others it will take seeing his name to make us remember who he is. As he is very famous, both these things together will ensure that as many of the target audience as possible (late teens/young adults) can recognise who he is.
The target audience is late teens/young adults as many of the artists mentioned are aimed at this age group (some have explicit songs that children shouldn't listen to). This magazine cover doesn't have neutral colours like the previous one has, it has one feminine colour, pink, one masculine colour, blue, and one neutral colour, black. This still makes it appealing to both genders.