Magazine Analysis

Analysis of two music magazine covers

NME

Here you can see NME magazine with Brendon Flowers on the front cover posing with attitude. Mainly the middle picture of him shows slight attitude, the other two are summery and bright seeing as he’s wearing shades and a t shirt. Finally this magazine is indie/rock and is perfect to base my own magazine around.

VIBE

Compared to the magazine above, this magazine shows real attitude, more so than the above NME magazine. You can obviously see this in several ways. The fact the biggest mainstream rapper and singer Eminem is on the front cover says it all really. Arms crossed, no smile and a glare staring directly at the camera face on shows a mean attitude. Also the red and black masthead is almost like blood dripping down from a black rotten corpse. Finally, the tattoos on his arms indicate he is a bit of a gangster and a rebel. This magazine is perfect for basing my own magazine around due to these reasons.