Denotation:
The magazine cover consists of a colour photograph of a woman looking directly at the camera. It is a medium long shot showing her head, arms and waist. She is standing up against a wall her thighs are visible in the shot. The background of the photograph is made up of pale blue tiles, and the photograph cover the whole of the magazine cover. Behind the women there is the Vibe masthead, and in front of her are four different cover-lines in red and black. The photographed women’s name is in black and is written in bold. A bar code is visible in the bottom right corner.
The magazine cover consists of a colour photograph of a woman looking directly at the camera. It is a medium long shot showing her head, arms and waist. She is standing up against a wall her thighs are visible in the shot. The background of the photograph is made up of pale blue tiles, and the photograph cover the whole of the magazine cover. Behind the women there is the Vibe masthead, and in front of her are four different cover-lines in red and black. The photographed women’s name is in black and is written in bold. A bar code is visible in the bottom right corner.
Masthead:
Vibe’s masthead is very distinctive and simplistic: The colour of the masthead is red and the word is bold. The font used is a san serif font, the letters are spaced and are not to close too each other.
Vibe’s masthead is very distinctive and simplistic: The colour of the masthead is red and the word is bold. The font used is a san serif font, the letters are spaced and are not to close too each other.
Character:
The cover photograph is of the successful American singer ‘Beyonce’. Who is known for singing RnB she used to be part of the successful group, but later on became a solo-artist.
Composition:
She is posed in a very ‘cove over here let me show you something’ kind of way. Her pose, body language and clothing, are very sexually suggestive and provocative. The way she is positions allows the target audience not only to see her shape but her cleavage, the position enhances her shape.
The cover photograph is of the successful American singer ‘Beyonce’. Who is known for singing RnB she used to be part of the successful group, but later on became a solo-artist.
Composition:
She is posed in a very ‘cove over here let me show you something’ kind of way. Her pose, body language and clothing, are very sexually suggestive and provocative. The way she is positions allows the target audience not only to see her shape but her cleavage, the position enhances her shape.
Costume:
Her clothing is a white blouse which is wet and some parts are see through, showing lots of cleavage, she is wearing black sequenced hot pants. This costume has been chosen carefully to appeal to the target audience of the magazine, who are most likely to be male. The clothing is similar to the costumes she has used to promote her new music. She is dressed with simplicity as she only has two gold bracelets on no chain or earrings. The way the way the attire is dressed on her anchors the main words of ‘Beyonce strips down for summer’.
Her clothing is a white blouse which is wet and some parts are see through, showing lots of cleavage, she is wearing black sequenced hot pants. This costume has been chosen carefully to appeal to the target audience of the magazine, who are most likely to be male. The clothing is similar to the costumes she has used to promote her new music. She is dressed with simplicity as she only has two gold bracelets on no chain or earrings. The way the way the attire is dressed on her anchors the main words of ‘Beyonce strips down for summer’.
NVC:
Her Non verbal communication is also very seductive. Her mouth is open displaying her light red lips and white teeth, and she is looking slightly at the camera still giving direct contact. Her head is up showing she has dominance as she can over look things and does not look interrogated like people could stereotype.
Her Non verbal communication is also very seductive. Her mouth is open displaying her light red lips and white teeth, and she is looking slightly at the camera still giving direct contact. Her head is up showing she has dominance as she can over look things and does not look interrogated like people could stereotype.
Lighting:
The lighting is high key, as the photograph is meant to daytime. The lighting also is used to highlight that she is wet and has water dripping down her.
The lighting is high key, as the photograph is meant to daytime. The lighting also is used to highlight that she is wet and has water dripping down her.
Setting:
There is a little setting, however the background connotes a shower room as the artist is wet and there are tiles.
There is a little setting, however the background connotes a shower room as the artist is wet and there are tiles.
Cover-lines:
The main cover-line that relates to her photograph says: ‘Beyonce Strips Down for summer 10+ pages of B like you’ve never seen her’. This would target to males as they want to see more than what is on the cover which is already seductive. The cover line can have multiple meanings either stripping down as in nudity or stripping down on the scarves and winter jackets also making it appeal to women as they may see beyonce as a fashion icon and may want too know what people like beyonce who are successful and get attention dress like for summer. The other cover line tells us the magazine does not concentrate on the artist but on the theme of summer as the other cover line reads ‘All-city summer guide: New York Atlanta Miami and more’ showing this issue of the magazine can be seen as a guide on were to go, how to act and also how to dress in summer.
The main cover-line that relates to her photograph says: ‘Beyonce Strips Down for summer 10+ pages of B like you’ve never seen her’. This would target to males as they want to see more than what is on the cover which is already seductive. The cover line can have multiple meanings either stripping down as in nudity or stripping down on the scarves and winter jackets also making it appeal to women as they may see beyonce as a fashion icon and may want too know what people like beyonce who are successful and get attention dress like for summer. The other cover line tells us the magazine does not concentrate on the artist but on the theme of summer as the other cover line reads ‘All-city summer guide: New York Atlanta Miami and more’ showing this issue of the magazine can be seen as a guide on were to go, how to act and also how to dress in summer.
Target Audience:
Considering all of these points, the likely target audience would be people (male and female, though more male audience members than female ages 18-34 years old has an aspiration for urban music, entertainment, culture and lifestyle.
Considering all of these points, the likely target audience would be people (male and female, though more male audience members than female ages 18-34 years old has an aspiration for urban music, entertainment, culture and lifestyle.
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