Music Magazine Covers Research



On the cover of this issues of The Source magazine There is a close-up of The Game and it is in front of the title and the only picture on the cover which makes him  the most important thing in that issue, Also the text that says The Game is the biggest and boldest and it is also in a different font which also makes him seem the most important thing in the issue. There is a colour scheme of red and white which probably originates from the name of the magazine as it is red, white and black also the red and black could come from the tatoo's he has. Other things that make the magazine look more professional and real are the bar code and the sell line.



On the cover of this Scratch magazine there is a picture of Lil Wayne that is bigger than the picture of DJ Khaled and it is in front of the name of the magazine which shows us that he is the main attraction in this issue of the magazine followed by DJ Khaled, We can also tell this by the size of the text because it is the biggest apart from the name of the magazine and DJ Khaled's name is the second biggest. There is an obvious colour scheme consisting of yellow, blue and white with the background being almost the same colour as the clothes Lil Wayne is wearing and the blue could come from the colour of the shirt DJ Khaled is wearing. The sell line on the cover of this magazine is just above the name of it which makes it noticeable but only when your are close to the magazine. There is a bar code on this magazine which is located on the bottom left and it doesn't really stand out although it is on top of a picture.



This is a magazine cover from the music magazine cover Vibe where you can see the image that takes up most of the cover and is in front of the name of the magazine this makes the reader know that this person is the main story in this issue of the magazine. the colour scheme comes from what he is wearing, the blue colour on the cover comes from the collar of his top, and then pink colour contrasts with the blue and the other colour is black which contrasts with the grey background and is also the same colour as his hair. This issue of the Vibe magazine does not have a bar code on the front of it, which i have noticed a lot of the new Vibe magazines don't have bar codes on the front of them. The different fonts and sizes of text on this cover shows us what the main cover line is and what are the smaller stories in the magazine, The main thing being Kanye West and other smaller things such as The Battle For J Dilla's Legacy. Other styles of font used on this cover is Italics and whether or not the text is Serif or Sans Serif. There also is no sell line on the cover of this magazine.




The photo in this picture takes up most of the front cover drawing the readers attention to the artist and make them look at the headlines about the artist. The colour scheme is green and black writing with a white background which looks good and draws attention to the parts of the magazine that the creators wanted, the only other colour on the front of the magazine is the sell line which is orange, and this is because it is the line on the cover that is supposed to sell the magazine to the reader.On the front of this magazine there is a bar code which also makes the magazine look professional, some words are is a different font on the front of this magazine than others and some are bigger and bolder, this is because the creator wanted the reader to look at these words such as "Life" and where it says "Plies".