First magazine:

Barcode is very small which shows it doesn’t need to take up much space.

The masthead ‘vibe’ is in red bold letters which reflects the codes and convention of danger, suspense, thriller, blood and love. There are many connotations for the colour red and with Kendrick Lamar on the front cover, it will show that he is bringing those things into the industry.

The skyline is on the side of the magazine cover which will catch the reader’s attention to look inside and find out more, but not that much because Kendrick Lamar is enough to catch the reader’s attention.

Kendrick is wearing all white which matches with the background of the magazine cover which is also white. The colour white signifies purity and simplicity which contradicts the red connotations.

The main headline is Kendrick Lamar which shows that the magazine’s main focus is Kendrick.

His hand is positioned as if he is serious and ready for business and this will influence the female audience. There is also another name of a male singer Miguel which may also influence the female audience.

At the bottom of the magazine cover it says ‘we dare you to disagree’, this influences the reader to attempt to disagree with the magazine and look inside to see more. Little captions on the magazine can influence readers to open the magazine and read more.

The magazine mainly has the colours red, black and white, with red sticking out the most. Red is a bright colour and has many connotations, can be good or bad and this will catch the readers attention.

The magazine wrote to influence the reader ‘your guide to the best..’ this shows the magazine is tempting the reader to find out more and also find out what is the best way.

Second magazine:

Drake sings R&B, raps and also sings in the genre hip hop.

Drake has a smiling facial expression shows that he is happy in the industry.

The pull quote from Drake, shows that he is happy with his life and wouldn’t want to do a different job. It will influence the reader to find out more about the celebrity and why he loves what he does.

The masthead is covered by Drake and it isn’t very bold, which shows Drake is more important.

The headline is Drake’s name in Bold bigger than the masthead which shows he is a big celebrity

The barcode is very small which shows that it is not taking up that much room because it isn’t that important.

The date and reference is very small, but at the top of the magazine cover because the reader needs to know when the magazine was published and who it was gate kept by. 

There is no skyline which shows that the magazine’s main focus is Drake and he will be the eye catcher for the readers.

Drake’s facial expression is enough to catch the reader’s attention as he is already a famous celebrity, so the audience will want to read the magazine and find out more about him.

Many women love Drake and with him being set on the front cover, it will gather a lot of attention from the female audience.

The main colours of the magazine are grey, black and white with Drake sticking out the most with his smiling expression. The colour grey is quite neutral and simple which means that the magazine did not want the background colour to be bright so it gets rid of the main focus which is Drake.

Most R&B and hip hop artists wear black and respect the black culture and on this front cover that is what Drake is representing. 

Double spread magazine:

The headline 'The gospel according to Nicki Minaj', with the masthead 'Nicki Minaj' are quite big, but Minaj's name is bigger as she is the highlight of the magazine.

The background colour of the magazine is pink which is a feminine colour and as Nicki Minaj is a women the magazine is appropriating the colour to women. Nicki Minaj's name is also pink which shows the femininity of this magazine.

The costume that Nicki is wearing is different to the layout of the magazine. It's black and white which is different to the pink which makes Nicki stand out.

There are a lot of pull quotes on the front cover of the magazine.

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