'Vibe' Magazine Front Cover Analysis

• This is the Title ‘Vibe’, it is in capitals making it visible and noticeable to the readers and is also very large making the magazine cover eye-catching. The colour of ‘Vibe’ is a neutral colour, white. This suggests how the audience varies appealing to both genders, being girls and boys of a teenage age range.
• This is the Central Image ‘Chris Brown’. He has been airbrushed to come across perfect, faultless and natural, this will attract and appeal to teenage girls for the simple reason of finding him attractive and good-looking. The image may also appeal to a small percentage of boys as they may want to aspire and be like him. They are using the image of Chris Brown to sell the magazine.
• This is the Puff ‘Is that Chris Brown? ‘I’m still a Virgin...’ The first part of the anchorage text colour is white which causes the story to stand-out and seperate it from other on-goings on the cover. The words ‘Chris Brown’ are larger than the other text to catch the audience’s attention particularly the female gender of the audience, as they are using his name alone to sell the story/magazine. The second part of the anchorage text a smaller size compared to the first part, however the word ‘Virgin’ will still catch the customer’s attention as they may or will be intrigued to find out what this is about and will buy the magazine for that matter alone. It is also in a different colour, being red this also helps the text stand-out as it contrasts to the other colours on the cover.
• The Main Colours of the magazine are White, Red, Black and Green. The colours help the magazine achieve its attractiveness and its appeal to the customers and audience. The magazine doesn’t look either confusing or chaotic which is why there are no more than 4 main colours. The bright and attractive choice of colours acheive the exciting styles that the teenage audience require.
• This is a Puff ‘CD’s are dead...’ the text is again in capitals causing it catch the audience and customer’s attention. The Puff Box is a ridged circle shape and the colour is red. The colour red is a dominant, powerful advertising colour and will immediately catch eyes with the customers causing them to read and identify the Puff Box. The overall appearance of the Puff Box is very striking and bold.
• These are Puffs, for example ‘Usher’s Exes’, and ‘Can Cory Booker save Newark?’. The colour of the text throughout these sell lines consists of green and white, which will not only come across less confusing to the audience but they also are neutral colours as the stories can appeal to both men and women. The text is also in capitals which makes it eye catching and bold.
• This is another one of the Puffs, 'Cociane, Herion, HIV- And the best love songs of the 80's...' Considering the size of the other two Puffs, this box is rather large which makes it more noticeable for the readers to identify. The text is in capitals, making it bold and striking and prominent. There are also selected words in the bottom line which are green, these words will automatically become noticed first and will stand out as they seem as though they are stating something.