Monday, 11 October 2010

XXL Magazine: 10th Anniversary (Analysis)

The music genre of this magazine is hip-hop. The target audience are people who are 45 and under and are into hip-hop. You can tell this because the two guys that are on the cover of the magazine are both hip-hop artists and they are aged between 28 and 40. Also, their are more hip-hop artists name on the magazine. 
The image is related to the music genre, by showing the two artists wearing chains and baseball caps which symbolizes the music genre hip-hop. It symbolizes hip-hop because most hip-hop artists wear chains, baseball caps and have tattoo's on their upper body. Also, the two artists on the main image are Birdman (baby) and Lil Wayne who both represent hip-hop. 
The guy's head on the left of the image is covering the letter L on the masthead. This tells us that this is a popular magazine and they don't need to reveal the whole name because people would recognise the magazine without having to read the whole name of the magazine. The main image is a medium long shot because half the legs are cut off and their are two people in it with little head space and they are both perfectly fitted on the cover.
The main colours that are used in this magazine are red, white and black. they contribute to the image by matching the colours with clothes. For example, one of the artists are wearing a red baseball cap and the other artist is wearing a black baseball cap. Also, the artist on the right has red bandana in his hand which matches the colour of the texts. The image relates to the target audience because most young people like to wear baseball caps and carry bandanas. Also, most people look up to these artist as potential role model, and would might want to copy their dress sense and the things that they do.
The title of this magazine is called XXL. XXL is another term for extra extra large, this may reflect the magazine because the magazine has very very big fan base and have a very big audience following them. It also reflects the content because most of the artists that feature on the magazine are really well known and have a big fan base. The masthead is in a jewelry font with diamonds in the letters which represents bling and a lot of artist love to wear jewelry which can also reflect to the music genre.


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