FrontCover

Front Cover using found Images-Improved

Changes:

• Holla masthead made bigger in order to encourage recognition of the Brand
• Plus Holla Magazine top 10 section made smaller so the image is presented bigger
• The story of Bigge and Tupac moved as the writing on the story was hardly visible.

XXL DPS Analysis

Title: The title here is good things come to those who wait. This is to suggest that the story is going to be about Dr Dre and how his patience for Stardom gained him his place in Stardom. The title is Black on a white background in order to help the title stand out on the page and entice the reader to the DPS article.

Layout: The layout for this page is very simple as with a lot of Hip-hop Magazines. As it has a big headline and small writing underneath with colour coding to show the conversation with a page of the Interviewee Dr Dre on the right.

Picture: The picture used here is of Dr Dre, he is a very popular Rap artists and has been going for almost three decades. Therefore he would be a big feature for XXL and that’s why they put him on the DPS of the magazine since readers would be very interested in stories such as this.

Colour Scheme: The colour scheme used by XXL is very simple, as it is Black on a white background. This is to make sure people are wowed by what is actually written rather the appearance of the magazine itself. This works well with the main picture as that is meant to be the attraction of the article since it is about Dr Dre himself.

How does it appeal to its audience: XXL magazine like Vibe has gone for a simple design for their DPS. This helps the reader to become instantly attracted to the article rather than having to work it out as readers of this genre would prefer. XXL has also featured a very popular artist in this Genre and therefore would attract not just its main target audience of 16-25 year-olds but also the slightly older generation of 30-40 year-olds. The last way XXL appeals to its target audience is by using a very informal approach and as most readers of this genre are generally informal it would appeal to them directly.

Contents Page

DPS

Contents Page

Vibe DPS Analysis

Title: The title for this DPS page is How High, which can be interpreted as marijuana as the picture on the left suggests or how high the artist Wiz Khalifa is in the music charts. The big WK above the title is simply for the initials of the artists and instantly tells the reader who they are going to read about.

Layout: The Layout on this page is very simple. With a picture on the left page and Writing on the right. This is done to help the reader instantly get the message as this type of audience would not wish to try and work it out, they would wish for a simple message which is exactly what the DPS has got.

Colour Scheme: The Colour scheme used on this DPS is white, black and Orange.  This has been used to highlight the important parts of the DPS such as the information under the title and the Sub-heading of each section.

Picture: The picture here is of the hip-hop artist Wiz Khalifa who is very popular in this type of genre. He is known for taking Marijuana and this picture of smoke coming out of his mouth suggests the idea that he is smoking Weed, which helps to get the message of the article across.

How does it appeal to the audience: This DPS appeals to the audience, firstly by using a simple message that readers will easily understand. The second way it appeals to the audience is by using a picture of a Wiz Khalifa with a not bothered look on his face which is how most of this audience feel towards smoking Marijuana. The final way in which this DPS appeals to its target audience is by featuring an article in which they care about and using a big bold font to present it so that the message really stands out to the readers.

XXL Magazine contents Analysis

Masthead: In XXL the masthead has been contained in the features panel of the page.  This is to make sure readers know which brand they are reading. They have kept the Unique Red and White XXL in order to create continuity throughout the magazine. This colour scheme has also been used in the title and throughout the contents page to again to help create continuity.

Title: The A-side title on the contents page connotes the idea of the start as in alphabet and the idea of west side and east side which is very big in the USA hip-hop scene and keeps consistency with the theme of the magazine. Again the colour scheme of red and black has been used.

Features: The features headline banner has also used the XXL colour scheme. The editors for the feature section have used black bold headings on the contents page in order to help the stories stand out and have used a small grey text for the information about the stories, but within these stories there are bold black pieces of text for people wishing to skim over the page such as @50cent which is 50 cent’s twitter so they have a general idea of what will be in the magazine.

Main Picture: The main picture being used on XXL’s contents page is of 50 cent and Soulja Boy, two well-known celebrities within this genre. This has also been used in order to ensure people know what the main feature of the magazine is going to be. The framing used is very important for this contents page as 50 cent is portrayed in the background to show he is one of the older, more established artists in the genre and Soulja boy has been positioned in front to show he is one of the growing artists within the genre and that he has learnt from 50 Cent. Quotes have also been used with this picture to enforce the idea behind it.

Pre-Lim Task

Vibe magazine contets Analysis

Masthead: The masthead here is the Co-nten-ts. The masthead is presented in white here in order to stand out from the dark coloured background. The V (for Vibe) is also displayed here with a white outline this is also to help make sure it stands out on the page and that the reader knows exactly which magazine they are reading.

Main Picture: In this contents page the Image in the only image and all the text has been centred around it. This is to help the picture stand out, so that readers can immediately tell which kind of stories will be in the magazine in this case it is Ciara who is a big R and B artist, this then tells the reader that this magazine will feature stories on R and B. The legs of Ciara have also been used here to Symbolise and emphasis the V above.

Main Features: The main features part of this contents page has been laid out in a very simple fashion. By having two sections the first being all about particular artists such as Ciara whereas the second section is of the music as a whole and features stories about legends in the Hip-hop genre. The sub titles are also displayed in blue so that they can be differentiated from the rest of the text. The next part of this is the brief description under each sub-title to give the reader a feel on what the topic is about.

Background: For this magazine the background they have chosen is a white fade into black (Starting from the bottom going up). This has been used to create the effect of having a range of colours for a range of stories and to help emphasis everything about the contents page such as the blue sub-heading colour and the colour of Ciara’s legs and shoes therefore making the main image stand out and of course in order to make sure the V for the magazine stands out.

Basic Information: This contents page also contains basic information such as the date, page number and title of the magazine as you can see in the bottom right hand corner of the page.