VIBE BEYONCE
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Denotation
The main image of the magazine consist a
medium long shot of a woman in inappropriate wet clothing. The woman is looking
seductively towards the camera. The image of this woman is showing her body to
her thighs, her arms are positioned back from the rest of her body as its
pressing on the plain background that supports her position. Behind the woman is
a bold red vibe masthead that stands out. On top of the masthead is a name of
other celebrity’s that could also consist in the magazine, after every name is a
diamond that separates each name.
The photographed woman’s name is bold and in black, the way the name is
in black and bold shows that the person must be important.
Masthead
The Vibe masthead stands out as its red,
bold and separate. The font used is a Arial black font and each letters are
spaced apart. The use of most of the letters is uppercase with one lower case at
the end this shows some parts of inequality. The word ‘vibe’ represents music as
people would normally say they like the vibe of a specific song. This is mainly
addressed to black people as the word mostly links to a black community also as
the audience will know that the magazine is a music based as the word vibe links
with music such as R&B, Rap or
hip-hop.
CHARACTER
The cover photograph is of an amazing and
super talented young woman who has an amazing career and is a role model in her
industry, the successful American singer/dancer Beyoncé Knowles
Composition
Her position is very seductive. This presents to the audience that she’s very hard
core and sexually suggestive it’s another way from how she normally presents
herself as we normally expect her to properly dress. Her position shows her in
a negative way as it looks like she’s selling off herself as we can see more
than we’d expect to.
Costume
Her clothing is a wet white silk top, showing lots of cleavage, with black glittery
hot pants. Due to the costume I would think that the target audience for this is
a male audience so the costume has been carefully thought about. Her wet hair
curly hair completes her summer hot girl look.
NVC
The non-verbal communication is very seductive as her eyes are squinted directly looking towards the camera and her
mouth is opened with her white teeth showing. The way her hands are pressed leaning
on the background shows she’s using it to support herself.
Lighting
The lighting I very clear as the photograph
is meant to show a bright plain image as its meant to be daytime.
Setting
The setting in this front cover is plain and summery we know this as the
background is white and the subjects in summer wear.
Target
The target audience would be a black group of both sexes male and female but mostly males this is
because of the type of photograph on the front cover we know the magazine would
attract males more. The age group is a kind of middle age generation (20-30) as
the lady in the photograph is young and beautiful. A reason this magazine will
be aimed at the middle age generations is because they have a good knowledge on
the different types of music there interested in so this magazine would only
attract someone with the a Rap,R&b or Hip-hop style.
Cover lines
The cover lines tells us that the magazine
doesn’t just focus on one type of music as many other artist are mentioned at
the top of the front page, in bold black letters . The artist named above for
Mayo, Kelly Rowland, Rich Boy and Fabulous all contribute in different types of
music genres. The cover line that stands out the most is ‘Beyonce strips down
for summer’ this stands out to the audience as we can see she’s in a summery
costume and she’s soaked this shows that she may have had a water fight-
something that could only have been done during summer time.
VIBE USHER
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Denotation
The main image of the magazine consist a
medium shot of a man full dressed , his in appropriate clothing compared to the
other vibe magazine . The man isn't looking towards the camera. Instead his is
posing in a ‘cool way’ the image of the man is showing his face shoulders and
hand. Behind the man is a bold blue vibe masthead that stands out. On top of the
masthead is a heading with information that consists in the magazine. The name
of the man in the photograph name is also on top of the masthead which is in
bold black and it’s underlined in yellow so it can stand out.
Masthead
The Vibe masthead stands out as it bright
blue, bold and separate. The font used is a Arial black font and each letters
are spaced apart. The use of most of the letters is uppercase with one lower
case at the end this shows some parts of inequality. The word ‘vibe’ represents
music as people would normally say they like the vibe of a specific song. This
is mainly addressed to black people as the word mostly links to a black
community also as the audience will know that the magazine is a music based as
the word vibe links with music such as
R&B, Rap or hip-hop.
CHARACTER
The cover photograph is of a super talented
man who has an amazing career as a artist/dancer. Usher
Composition
His position is very negative as he looks like his not interested. This presents to
the audience That ushers a very hard tough guy who
appearance matters to him a lot. This position shows him in a negative way as
his swearing, and we don’t normally see this side to him.
Costume
His clothing is very appropriate compared to the other to magazine I analyzed as
his fully dressed and isn't showing any cleavage or body part. The cover line ‘swagger’ represents the
way his dressed as his ‘swag’ is up.
The shades that his wearing also shows his coolness and the way the new
American black trend is.
NVC
The non-verbal communication is very
negative as we see him with his middle finger up and him not looking directly at
the audience instead his wearing shades to complement his costume.
The cover line that supports his negative non-verbal communication is
‘the king is back’ this explains the reason why his not looking at the camera.
Lighting
The lighting I very clear as the photograph
is meant to show a bright plain image as its meant to be daytime.
Setting
the setting in this front cover is plain and summery we know this as the
background is white and the subjects in summer wear.
Target
The target audience would be a black group of both sexes male and female but
mostly males this is because of the type of way the magazine is written also
because of the cover line the is provided. The age group is a young teenage
generation (16 over) the reason for this is the slang words that have been used
and this area of audience will mix with it more. A reason this magazine will be
aimed at the teen generations is because they have a good knowledge on the
different types of music there interested in so this magazine would only attract
someone with the a Rap,R&b or Hip-hop style.
Cover lines
The cover lines explain to the audience what the magazine is all about. It tells us that the
magazine doesn't just focus on one type of music as there are many other artists
who are mentioned. The artist who is mentioned all belong to a group contrast
with the main image as it’s only a single artist. The cover line that stands out
the most is ‘swagger’ this was supposed to stand out more to the audience as its
in bold red writing and it’s also the only thing that contrast the rest of the
front cover. This also stands out to us as the reason it may stand out to us as
the audience is because we notice the swag the man in the photograph. The word
swagger fits with the target audience type as it’s a type of slang only they may
understand.
The main image of the magazine consist a
medium shot of a man full dressed , his in appropriate clothing compared to the
other vibe magazine . The man isn't looking towards the camera. Instead his is
posing in a ‘cool way’ the image of the man is showing his face shoulders and
hand. Behind the man is a bold blue vibe masthead that stands out. On top of the
masthead is a heading with information that consists in the magazine. The name
of the man in the photograph name is also on top of the masthead which is in
bold black and it’s underlined in yellow so it can stand out.
Masthead
The Vibe masthead stands out as it bright
blue, bold and separate. The font used is a Arial black font and each letters
are spaced apart. The use of most of the letters is uppercase with one lower
case at the end this shows some parts of inequality. The word ‘vibe’ represents
music as people would normally say they like the vibe of a specific song. This
is mainly addressed to black people as the word mostly links to a black
community also as the audience will know that the magazine is a music based as
the word vibe links with music such as
R&B, Rap or hip-hop.
CHARACTER
The cover photograph is of a super talented
man who has an amazing career as a artist/dancer. Usher
Composition
His position is very negative as he looks like his not interested. This presents to
the audience That ushers a very hard tough guy who
appearance matters to him a lot. This position shows him in a negative way as
his swearing, and we don’t normally see this side to him.
Costume
His clothing is very appropriate compared to the other to magazine I analyzed as
his fully dressed and isn't showing any cleavage or body part. The cover line ‘swagger’ represents the
way his dressed as his ‘swag’ is up.
The shades that his wearing also shows his coolness and the way the new
American black trend is.
NVC
The non-verbal communication is very
negative as we see him with his middle finger up and him not looking directly at
the audience instead his wearing shades to complement his costume.
The cover line that supports his negative non-verbal communication is
‘the king is back’ this explains the reason why his not looking at the camera.
Lighting
The lighting I very clear as the photograph
is meant to show a bright plain image as its meant to be daytime.
Setting
the setting in this front cover is plain and summery we know this as the
background is white and the subjects in summer wear.
Target
The target audience would be a black group of both sexes male and female but
mostly males this is because of the type of way the magazine is written also
because of the cover line the is provided. The age group is a young teenage
generation (16 over) the reason for this is the slang words that have been used
and this area of audience will mix with it more. A reason this magazine will be
aimed at the teen generations is because they have a good knowledge on the
different types of music there interested in so this magazine would only attract
someone with the a Rap,R&b or Hip-hop style.
Cover lines
The cover lines explain to the audience what the magazine is all about. It tells us that the
magazine doesn't just focus on one type of music as there are many other artists
who are mentioned. The artist who is mentioned all belong to a group contrast
with the main image as it’s only a single artist. The cover line that stands out
the most is ‘swagger’ this was supposed to stand out more to the audience as its
in bold red writing and it’s also the only thing that contrast the rest of the
front cover. This also stands out to us as the reason it may stand out to us as
the audience is because we notice the swag the man in the photograph. The word
swagger fits with the target audience type as it’s a type of slang only they may
understand.
XXL THE GAME
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Denotation
The main image of the magazine consist a
medium shot of a black man with no item of clothing on. The way the man in the
image is looking towards the camera is very scary and vicious. The image of this
man has him pointing his fingers shaped as gun signs towards his head. His
facial expression explains that the magazine is aimed at a violent side of
music. Over his head is a white worded masthead that’s blocked with a red
background is to make it stand out. There are many headings covering the whole
magazine and the most important headings are in larger font, an example of this
is the name of the man in the photograph which is ‘The Game’ the word the is in
small while the important part of his name is outlined in white, the way this
has been done shows that the artist must be important.
Masthead
The XXL masthead stands out as the white
writing contrasts from the red blocking in the background. The font used is a
Impact font bold The fact that all the words are in upper case shows that the
magazine is bold and loud along with everything that goes with it. The word
‘XXL’ represents that the magazine may be over rated and will be for a certain
age. The masthead shows that the type of magazine it is, is exclusive and you
won’t expect just any type of music information in it.
The image that links to the masthead show a
black man that looks violent so the stereotypical view would be that this
magazine is mainly addressed to black males as the word xxl may also link to
violence the type of music the front cover portrays that the magazine is about
is Rap and hip-hop.
CHARACTER
The cover photograph is of an American rapper the game
Composition
His position is very dangerous and scary
this presents to the audience that he is very hard core strong minded as his
facial expression explains it all. This is no different from the way we normally
view the game as he’s always presented as that gangster type man.
Costume
his not in no costume this is probably so all his tattoos can be on show and the
audience can see how much creativity he has put in.
NVC
The non-verbal communication is very
vicious as his eyes are squinted in a very scary way his fingers are shaped as
gun signs this also supports the violent view we noticed when we first analyzed
the image
Lighting
The lighting used for the photograph Is clear is meant to have a bright plain background which shoes that its meant to
be daytime.
Setting
The setting in this front cover is Bold an eye grabbing the reason for this is
because of the white background that blocks the bold image. The way the colour
scheme used also helps the setting which also helps the photograph stand out
Cover lines
The cover lines tells us that the magazine
is a rap associated type this because of the font that has been used. The cover
line “self-destructed” shows the magazine has a game type structure. The way we
know its linked to rap is because of the cover lines that has different rappers
name. this also stands out the most as it tells us the aim of the magazine and
only those interested in rap will go for it.
Target audience
The target audience would be a black group of
male this is because of the type of photograph on the front cover so
therefore we know the magazine would attract males more. The age group is a
younger generation (16+) as the man in the photograph is middle age and most
male black teenagers like rappers.
A reason this magazine will be aimed at black young generations is of the stereotypical view that young
black males are mainly loud and rowdy.
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