Magazine Analysis- Front Cover

Magazine Analysis

The masthead on the magazine cover says “KING” in capitals. This suggests that this magazine is aimed at men as it is bold and muscular. Jay Z is put on the front cover as he is well known which attracts customers. The image is a long shot where we can see Jay Z’s posture and facial expression; he has his hands tucked into his pockets which suggests he doesn’t care, as well as the way he is looking down at the camera which portrays leadership and power that men have stereotypically.

The colours used are black and white which contrasts with the neon subheadings and buttons. This represents the genre hip hop effectively as hip hop is known to be loud and bold. This links in with the bold font used also to illustrate how men are portrayed in society.

The skyline is a hyperbole as it says “Hip-Hop Magazine No1 in Russia”, this exaggerates the fact that the magazine is so good that it makes people want to purchase it. The word “No1” suggests that they are the best so they must have really good content inside the magazine.

Not only men are aimed to buy the magazine, females can also be attracted as words such as “Sexy Pics” attracts particularly females to purchase, as well as other people who are a fan of “Lil Wayne”, “Eminem” and “Akon” as their names are written in bold on the side. This means that they might have some content inside of the magazine that talks about those artists.