This Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring Adele draws audience by the colouring; the crimson red masthead is extrememly eye-catching along with Adele's pale skin contrasted with her hair colours. The background is a light pastel blue to focus all attention on the foreground and the masthead. The only image hat is used is the close-up of Adele's face - Her blank expression leaves it up to the audience what they think of her and what the article's theme will be. I like the way the one image takes up the majority of the cover space showing she is utmost priority to the magazine. The style of this magazine does appeal to me because the I like the way all the colouring is fairly bland apart from the masthead. Also, I like the style because the font is kept between two styles, both of which are easy to read buyt still maintain aestheticity for the cover - it is white so it is kept simple and doesnt look tacky or distract attention away from the masthead. The target audience of this magazine is American fans to Rock/Alternative Pop music - also it's for people interetsed in famous American figures and heritage. Always on top of the next big thing, Rolling Stone appeals to people greatly passionate about music and discovering new artists.
This NME cover featuring The Wombats is a very colourful one as it draws in a whole lot of attention to suit the headlining band. Besides the bright red masthead, similar to the Rolling Stone magazine, there is a yellow title and tagline about The Wombats - the coverlines are also backed onto blue boxes. The clothes that the band are wearing are also colourful to suit the house style of the rest of magazine. NME isn't usually very colourful atall but The Wombats are an exception as they suit the music taste of the audience but have a different image to the typical band that would appear on the cover of NME. The images on the cover are the main image of The Wombats jumping or doing whatever they're doing etc. then above a couple of coverlines there are the artists' photographs matching the story. There is also a logo for a gig near the bottom, advertising it's first bands being announced. The style of this magazine cover is joyful and light - the colours and the fonts keep the cover playful and easy to read for the audience. This magazine does draw me in because I am a fan of the kind of music that features in NME, and the colours suit The Wombats image and music. The cover is inviting to read because of the colours and the audience know they're not going to be reading about serious or upsetting articles but about music, interviewsm gigs etc.
This vibe magazine cover with Kanye West on the cover uses colouring to be appealing by using pink and blue and a constant throughout the cover - with grey as a backdrop and in Kanye's clothes. The pink and blue could be to suggest that the magazine is aimed at both men and women as it is the two typical colours to represent the genders. The image used is a close-up of Kanye West's face, showing that he is recognisable enough for readers to identify him just from the face and no need for any other image. Also, he has got a blank expression showing no emotion meaning all of his opinion and mood is inside the magzine for the reader to buy and discover. The style doesn't appeal to me because I think the bright pink and blue looks very tacky against the grey background - it makes it look like a kids magazine. I think the magazine does draw in an audience still as Kanye West stands out very much agaisnt the grey background and the font is eye-catching. Also, if a person likes Kanye West's music or is interested in his life then they would most likely approach the magazine becayuse he is obviously a big feature in the magazine given that he has taken up the whole front cover. The target audience of this magazine is for 16-24 males and females who are into R&B and rap music and are interested further into music.
As a massive magazine brand, the title needn’t be all shown to be recognised, so part of the title is taken over by Emma Watsons head, showing that she is more of feature to attracting attention to the magazine. The ‘puff’ between the letters of the title show that it is important to the cover and it encourages readers to buy the magazine as the puff promotes some sort of offer or a free thing inside the magazine to attract more people to buy the magazine. The cover lines placed around and over some of Emma Watson’s body also entice the audience to buy the magazine because they tell the readers what is inside the magazine to read. In several different fonts and in red and black, the phrases look appealing and fit the colour scheme with the masthead. Also, the house style is kept consistent to make the whole cover appealing for the audience by being a white background, nice and plain, with red and black fonts over it to sell the magazine. Airbrush is used to make Emma Watson have even more of a good-looking figure, and to make her fit into the fashion industry of having a ‘perfect’ body to wear the clothes well. The mode of address, the way the magazine talks to the audience, is comfortable and friendly, yet still classy and in good English to attract an elegant audience. The genre of this magazine is for young women between 16-24 interested in fashion and beauty.
The representation of Emma Watson on the magazine presents a strong independent woman as she is on her own. Also, she is looking directly at the camera showing she is confident and enticing – her facial expression fit this also. Her posture and body position is showing off her body shape and is provocative and inviting. This juxtaposes with her previous and fame-making role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series and presenting herself as all grown-up. This magazine cover fits the typical codes and conventions of being a fashion magazine because it features feminine colours and font. Also, the main image stands as an aspirational for the audience. It also fits codes and conventions by drawing in people through the iconic masthead, the puff and the anchoring text. The cover lines make the people who have picked it up then want to read inside it.
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