Media Evaluation

Media Evaluation

Final-Finished-DPS

Final-Finished-Contents

Final-Finished-Frontcover

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.