First Analysis of Music Magazine Cover



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In this music magazine front cover there are two camera angles used to take the images that are designed and created on this magazine cover. The first one is of the main person who is represented on the magazine cover which is LIL WAYNE. He is presented to the target audience as a mid-shot medium close up image, then there is the second person that is represented in the magazine front cover which is DJ KHALED who's image is captured as a long shot shown in the background of Lil Wayne. This is shown as the DJ playing the music is in the background and the main thing in music is the person who is singing which is the mid-shot image in this photo. This shows the connotation of the shot as Lil Wayne is presented as the main image and that he is in power which is why he is shown bigger in the splash. Also the names of the artists that are represented in this magazine cover are shown in the same way that there images are, this is shown as Lil Wayne's name is much bigger and bolder than DJ Khaleds is and doesn't stand out as much which is just like the images that are shown to the target audience. The artists are also either doing something or holding something which is musical, such as the microphone and then the DJ decks.

Ideology & Institution

The people who have created this magazine are "XXL" as it shows there name on the top left hand corner of the magazine's front cover. It has been designed to be aimed at people who like the artists that are represented on the front cover and also the genre of music that is represented is another way of them to target it towards the audience that they have chosen.

Audience

The target audience that has been chosen for this certain magazine is people who like to listen to Hip Hop, R'n'B, Grime, Rap etc. This is shown that it is to target it towards them because the artists that are represented on the front cover of the magazine.

Representation
We can see that the representation of this magazine shown from the magazine's front cover aimed at people like the artists represented in the music magazine's cover. This can be things such as the music they create or even just because of the artists that are represented in this type of genre. The colours that are used affects the music magazine's attention by the creators making the masthead and all of the other headings or smaller features that are used are very bright and stand out.