Denotation:
This cover is a lot more simple but clever with it’s colour choices. It uses black and white basic colours to match the artists costume but also bits of pink around the page to distinguish the feminine side of the magazine and that the artist Nicki Minaj is a women and she’s dominating the magazine. This is a medium long shot and her head covers the title. She seems to be shown as towering the cover this could show her popularity and how famous she is.
Masthead:
The Title is behind the artists head and this can however make the title harder to recognise but as it is a well known magazine it is easily recognised by fans of it. The word ‘KING’ is enlarged and a lot bigger than the other words in the title and king in then repeated again inside the K. This does then make it a more masculine magazine by using the word ‘KING’.
Character:
The artist is female rapper Nicki Minaj.
Composition:
She’s posed quite casually looking directly at the camera giving us a direct mode of address.
Costume:
She’s wearing a bra and knickers with a silk t-shirt that she is removing. Silk could be seen as seductive as well as the minimum clothing adds to the ‘sexy’ effect.
NVC:
As she’s looking directly at the reader to grab attention and pushing out her chest it shows to be attention grabbing.
Lighting:
The light seems to be shone directly onto Nicki Minajs’ face.
Setting: A plain white background allowing you to concentrate on the artist.
Cover-lines:
Even though the magazine seems to be quite masculine it has a lot of female artists’ featured into it and the use of pink does draw a female audience. However, this could also, due to the seductive picture, draw more men to see other pictures of the artists and the possible pictures of other artist like Nicki Minaj. ‘Nicki Minaj Blow Ya Mind’ is the main title as ‘Nicki Minaj’ is used in the biggest font out of the other cover lines. This suggests that she’s going to have something big to announce and share with the readers so it therefore makes you want to buy it and it also links to one of her songs on her debut ‘Pink Friday’ album called ‘BLOW YA MIND’.
Target Audience:
After analysing I think the main audience would be men, since the pictures very suggestive and the artist isn’t wearing many clothes and shows off her assets. However, it would attract a small number of females if they are aspiring to be rappers and to get ideas of what to be like in the business and what goes on in the world of ‘rap’ as it does show to be a hip-hop magazine.
Denotation:
The colours is a nautical set red white and light blue. I think that magazine uses the as all of the artists’ tattooing are in red and blue or just black – hence the black t-shirt that links with the small amount of black writing. This is a medium shot showing up to her waist. She isn’t in the direct middle of the cover but she is slanted to one side since the title is ‘The Diva & Her Demons’ maybe her leaning to one side represents ‘The Demons’ winning her over.
Masthead:
The Title of the magazine is ‘Rolling Stone’ which is a very famous magazine which photographs those who leave a impression in the world of music and this immediately lets us assume that Amy Winehouse was something great and a legend. Even though you cant see the whole title it is very, very recognisable by mostly everybody.
Character:
The late Legend, Amy Winehouse.
Composition:
She’s stand in a, possibly seen as, shy position as she’s slanted to one side with it very different to your typical shot used for covers – showing she is different.
Costume:
A plain black t-shirt this could symbolise she isn’t anything fancy she is just her, she doesn’t need an amazing costume to grab attention and her tattoos tell stories in her life.
NVC:
She’s looking at the camera but her head is slightly tilted up maybe this suggests that she’s shy.
Lighting:
Clear lightening.
Setting:
A white background allowing you to pay attention to the artist.
Cover-lines:
The big headline on the cover is ‘the Diva & The Demons Amy Winehouse’ the artist name is in the same colour as the magazine title and since the magazine name is such a legendary one this makes us think so is Winehouse. The title of the article ‘The Diva & The Demons’ is in a bright red to show it’s importance as well as the Summer Tours which show who’s touring this year so you can get a chance to book.
Target Audience:
The target audience could be of a older generation because the magazine has been around for a long time BUT it could attract a younger audience because Amy Winehouse has a fan-based of a young audience too. So the target audience isn’t clear but is of a wide range.
Denotation:
Red and Black are used. Red is used to highlight her hair and relate to the artist and black is used because the two colours work well together. The shots a medium long shot, not showing her legs to the audience. She is in front of the masthead and the other cover-lines on the page, the font for Rihanna is big and bold. The red is used in the title to relate to the artist.
Masthead:
Masthead is behind the artist and in red to relate to the artist, it’s always the biggest thing on the page as well as the stars name but it shows authority and ownership of the magazine.
Character:
The massively famous singer Rihanna.
Composition:
She’s looking back at the camera, but she’s giving off a good girl image a kind of ‘girls next door look’ as she looks onto the garden or view of some sort.
Costume:
Very short shorts but highlight her sexy attitude but a simple top to so her normality.
NVC:
Looking very dreamy into the camera but this could be seen sexy.
Lighting:
Using natural light to get the shot.
Setting:
This could either be a Rihanna’s home as she seems comfortable or on holiday.
Cover-lines:
All the cover lines are in black which could show the equality and importance of each article in the issue. However Rihanna’s cover-line is slightly bigger than all the other ones and has a bit more writing than the others. It also shows it doesn’t only focus on music but other talents and nationalities as it has the famous English comedian Ricky Gervais in the magazine too. This can bring in a wider audience and show that even though it is music based it does cover other topics in the world giving it diversity.
Target Audience:
The target audience is a very wide range it goes from old to young, male and female and not only music fans by acting and comedy fans too. This magazine targets everyone not just a certain type. Explaining why it’s one of the best selling magazines ever.
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