Vibe Magazine Front Cover

1. Vibe Magazine Front Cover We can instantly see this is a hip-hop/rap magazine because on the left hand side we see a quote from Kanye West saying ‘I am Rap’ the genre of the magazine is also evident because of Kanye West’ worldwide reputation of being a rap artist. The masthead stands out because of the colour as it contrasts with the background. Vibe magazine use this font more often than not and by doing this they get recognition by potential customers. The main image used is of Kanye West and is a close up of the rapper. Kanye West has an almost angry but straight look on his face. He covers most of the front of the magazine making him the main attraction and dominant object of the magazine. The colour of the collar on his jacket is blue and we can tell the colour font has been intentionally matched with the same colour. There are a few sell lines on the magazine which tell us who is featuring in the magazine. There isn’t many sell lines as there is on other magazines but we can tell this is done because they already have a massive attraction on the front to draw in potential buyers. Having the face of Kanye West on the front of the magazine will boost the sales of the magazine majorly. The main cover line tell us who the magazine is about and what we can expect to see inside. Other than the masthead the font for the main cover line is the second biggest text on the front cover and this is done to draw us into who and what is in the magazine. They’ve used a vibrant pink coloured font as it goes well with the light blue colour. The header is another way to tell the audience of what to expect in the magazine. In this case it is about the film ‘Notorious.’ In the small space provided they use an effective line to catch the attention of potential buyers. The sentence ‘10 B.I.G. SECRETS THE FILM WON’T TELL’ is a very smart line as the customer wants to find out what really happened that wasn’t evident in the film.