Magazine cover analysis/conventions/house style

This magazine cover has many features and techniques used to make it as effective as it can be. The mast-head along the top is very bold and bright making the whole magazine more enticing. This is also a method of branding their company. The colour blue connotes happiness when reading the cover; this is again highlighted by the colour purple providing a more happy reaction. The cover also features its main model in the middle which is Kanye West. This will attract some of his fans and followers as the magazine will provide information about him. His shirt is colour coordinated with the magazines colours making the cover more diverse and approachable. Along the left of the cover it says the names of some other music artists. This could attract some of their fans making the magazine more popular. The cover features a selling line along the top of the page. "10 B.I.G secrets film won't tell you". This selling line is effective as people will want to know about the secrets and will want to know more about that story. This will make the magazine more appealing, making the audience get more excited about purchasing it.

The conventions for this cover are vast. The purple and blue colour scheme makes the magazine more quirky which makes the whole cover more enticing. The way Kanye West is positioned on the cover makes the magazine look a bit serious and tense. This is then counter acted by the quirkiness of the colour scheme. The grey background makes the text more noticeable which makes it easier to read. The grey background presents a neutral mood showing no effect. The way Kanye West is covering half of the mast-head shows how popular VIBE are as a magazine company as they don't need their name to be shown, as a lot of people know who they are without seeing the name fully. The background colour, grey, is a neutral and impartial colour which makes the mood indecisive; however the colour grey does highlight the bright text. To the right of Kanye it says "+his 50 greatest songs" this identifies his role in the magazine making the audience aware of his information in the magazine.