Main Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

This is a front cover from the magazine 'VIBE', the magazines focuses on music genres R'n'B and hip hop.

The Front cover fits in with this theme as the colours contrasts well, the black background makes the text stand out well, since the magazine is about the hip hop/R'n'B industry, the gold colour text could represent the fact that most hip artists wear a lot of gold jewellery.

The magazine consists of colour photograph of an artist which is 'Drake', the shot used is a medium close up shot, also he is wearing dark clothing which goes well with the background. As the text around him talks about him being new to the industry, the jewellery he is wearing around his neck is silver, this goes with the text above his head and below him, this could suggest he is new to the scene and not as experienced as the other artists so he wears the silver jewellery and not the gold as he may not have made it to the top yet.
The masthead is slightly blocked out by the his head; this does not matter as 'Vibe' is a well known and popular magazine so the audience will recognise the magazine by the style, font and positioning.His non-verbal communication looks very serious. His mouth does seem to be moving he is also not smiling and he is looking directly at the camera.

The selling lines around the picture of the artist are in bright gold and are also bold which makes them stand out, this helps engage the reader. They contain words such as; 'Exclusive' as this attracts the reader as they all know what exclusive means, so they will only find it within the magazine.

Located in the middle right of the magazine is a danger/hazard sign, the colours match with the text and selling lines. The colour and font, along with the medium close up of the artist , straight away tell us what the music genre is which is hip hop/R'n'B as the colours look quite grimy and modern. These colours will not be suitable for a pop magazine because the colours are too dark.

This magazine front cover has inspired me and got my attention as it a music genre I am interested in.