Media coursework 3 cover analysis’

Media coursework 3 cover analysis’

• 1.
  The image ismid shot of yasmin a young singer from the uk and she's not really that known the pose is quite seductive and she’s holding the glasses below her The colour scheme is quite bright and eyes this represents her revealing herself colourful it consists of the colours blue to the uk music scene instead of her red yellow green and purple which makes covering her eyes. The Glasses it appeal to the young female teenagers. correspond with the very bright and The colours represent the genre she does distinctive colour scheme they are also 3d which is r&b this type of music is glasses which are quite trendy these days considered as more of a happy genre so so it represent popularity amongst the it makes sense it being represented by youth. The image appeals to the young loads of colours. boys because it makes look like she is looking straight at you trying to attract you. The cover lines are white and yellow. Drakes The font is quite childish this shows that name is a bigger font which shows that he is although she is a woman she still has a considered as the biggest artist in the list young side which appeals tot he and represents his status in the music scene. audience because although people at that age are growing but they always have a childish side and no one can deny They placed the cover lines at the upper right side of the it but yasmin isn’t afraid to show it. This page because that was the only place to put it with is also shown through the paint splats on obscuring the image. Which personally I think is quite the cover, most children are considered unorthodox because they usually place it on the left hand as messy and unruly. side because people read from right to left so it catches their eye instantly.
• 2.
  The colour schemeis a simple black Head and shoulders shot of “Kano” is grey and white which symbolises quite dark because of the effects, this darkness which is to do with the makes him seem more mysterious and genre grime which is a darker type dark which also corresponds with the of music compared to the pop genre that he’s promoting which is music we hear. Grime, this type of music is more underground and not as big as this music we see on TV now days but the image shows a light shining down on him which represents the mainstream side of music which he also does and how he’s breaking down the barriers between grime and mainstream. Kano is also seen as one of the big shots of grime so he is one of the best people to represent it, everyone who listens to grime knows Kano so by him being on the front it makes it more genre specific. He is also wearing shades which is quite ironic considering the background Link for competition to win free is dark, but this is to show that he tickets to the biggest grime event maintains his superstar image even whilst this appeals to the audience because doing grime (underground genre). as grime fans they would want to attend this event to see their favourite artists live it’s placed in a bubble so it stands out more in order to stop the reader from just over The font looks unique futuristic and it looking it. stands out . This is to represent the artist on the front being Kano he’s seen as futuristic and unique one of the reasons why he is where he is in the music scene.
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  Mid shot ofBeyonce is blown A big bright circle is used in up and made the centre of order to highlight one of the attention of the front page, so magazines main events which is much that she is even over the “5 years at the top” it is useful magazines masthead. This is because it is a contrasting used particularly to attract the colour to the text and young boys as she is seen as background which therefore attractive by males world makes it stand out even more. wide. If a boy does see a The layout and design is slightly beautiful woman on the front contradictive as the background is blue page they’ll be more which is usually considered as a boys interested in the magazine. colour but the image is a mid shot of The image of Beyonce is quite Beyonce which I personally think means seductive almost as if the that they are attracting boys with the picture is luring the audience colour and Beyonce, so these two in. But it’s not just appealing contrasting factors go together to appeal for males because Beyonce is to their intended audience (young seen as an iconic figure for people) and the colour orange is very what she has done and her vibrant and could represent youth as it is success in the industry, a lot of a fresh bright colour. Also a simple young female singers want to colour scheme of blue white orange is be like her. used, not too many colours show that it is for young people but not too young they still want teenagers to read as having too many colours is quite immature and usually used to entertain small children and that will slightly patronize the readers which the Informal language in the strap magazine has cleverly avoided. line implies that the magazine is for young people and they use the language to appeal to them and make it seem like they are actually speaking out to that intended audience. The headline is the next biggest font on the front cover after the masthead. It has a bright colour and it’s centred in the middle of the front cover to catch the readers eye and draw them into reading the magazine. Since Beyonce is on the front cover you'd expect her to have the most important article in the magazine that's why she's involved in the headline. Also the magazine is aimed at particularly young people so in order to keep them interested you wouldn’t use small and dull fonts.