The background of the contents page is a picture of a famous rapper callled ice cube. The back ground has 2 different colours which ithe first half is normal and the second half is red. The reason that this is done is because to make it stand out comapared top to other magazines and also to make it easier for audience to read the white text.The alignment of the page is on the right hand side of the page. This is done to make it easier for the audience to read the white font. This also makes the text well balanced. The contast between the red background and the white font is done to make it stand out. The image of the rapper ice cube ios wearing a hood in the background and also the rapper looks intimidating. The reason that this is done is to show that he is serious and also violent too. The image in the background links to the target audience and the genre because that is the image of a rapper known as Ice Cube who was one of the famous rappers in the music industry. The subtitles of the magazine on the right hand side is in a bold white font to make it stand out to the audience and catch their eyes. The genre of the magazine is shown of the image of Ice cube in the background of the contents page.
The target of the audience of my magazine is aimed at mostly teens at the age 16+ and possibly people in their early 20s because from what I of, most people similar to my age group or older enjoy listening to rap/hip-hop and also some people were inspired to do rap/hip-hop from many popular artists. The reason that I didn’t chose people at an old age as my target audience is because that they would much rather listen to classical music or possibly rock music. Also, they would not be fond of the appearance of the artists because the clothing that they were is revealing and the artist may have several tattoos on their body. And so therefore, this type of genre would not be suitable or appropriate to people at an old age and also children too. And so therefore, my target audience is aimed at teens at the age of 16 and older because they’re fond of the appearance of the artists and so they would dress the same clothes as them. To make my magazine seem more appealing to the audience, I must include some of the popular artists of rap/hip-hop such as Eminem, 50 cent, The Game and many more. The reason that I chose these artists is because that they're more likely to attract the audience.
The big 'V' in the background of the page represents the magazine's logo, which is used to promote their logo and is also used to fill up the page, so that it does not look empty. The layout of the word 'contents' is presented in a unique way to make it stand out from several other magazines. The alignment for this page is in columns on the right hand side of the page which has been put into two categories to make it easier for the audience to read. The text and the image is quite balance which makes the content page look neat and not clattered. The red background may represent passion that artists have towards their music. Also, the white font makes a nice contrast against the red background because it makes the white font stand out.The image of the artist is topless showing his tattoos, wearing expensive pieces of jewellery around his neck and on his teeth, and also wearing his cap backwards. All of these things represent and promote youth culture and wealth. The background colour of the page is red, which represents anger. This is connected to the artist because as you can see, the artist portrays anger by pulling off his jewellery. The text 'the future of rap' links to the image because the image of the model is an artist. Also the subtitle 'fashion' again links to the image because the appearence of the model is in style and modern. the subtitle 'features' lets the audinece to know exactly what is in the magazine The genre of the music magazine is being shown by the model wearing chains and tattoos which would relate to this music genre. Also, the text 'the future of rap' refers to genre of the music genre which is rap/hip-hop.
The picture of the artist takes up most of the space in the magazine because the artist is one of the most popular artist in the world. The alignment for The source is set on both the left and right hand of the side of the cover. This is done to even out the text of the magazine. The image of the artist is hugely emphazied because the aritst is possibly is the most talked about artist in the music industry. The balance emphazises the image by the image itself us surrounded by text. The unusual layout of the masthead is done to show indivuiduality and it helps it to stand out more compared to other magazines. The contrast between the colour red and white helps the magazine stand out and it also makes it easier for the audience to read the white and black text.The image of the artist on the front cover is called 'The Game', which is linked to the text 'GAME TIME' which is a pun. As you can see, the artist is wearing a baseball cap which part of youth culture and also the tattoo on his face and neck also promotes youth culture. The colour black and red represents power. The genre links to image because the image on the front cover is called 'The Game' who is one of the famous artists in the music industry.The text 'GAME TIME' is a pun which is used to link with the picture of the artist on the front cover. The genre rap/hip-hop links to the magazine because there is a picture of an rapper on the cover page.
The magazine Vibe has a picture of an artist 'Eminem' on the center of the page so that it would stand out and catch the eyes of the audience. There is a lot of text around the one picture, normally if there is only one picture and a large amount of texts it would look unbalanced. But, because the picture is large and in the center of the page, it looks neat rather than messy. The reason why the picture takes most of the space is because that he is one of the most famous artists and also there is a topic in the magazine that relates to the artist .The alignment for Vibe is set out on the both left and right hand side of the front cover. This is done to even out the text on even side.The image of the artist is emphasized because he is in the center of the front cover and because the image is very large. The artist facial expression looks intimidating and mean to show that he is serious.The contrast between the black and red text makes it stands out which would appeal to the audience. The red text is used to show the artists passion that they have for music and possibly also to show anger which is portrayed on the artist's face on the front cover.The text 'Eminem Comes Clean' relates to the image because the picture of the artist is Eminem. As you can see the artist is wearing a black vest which could represent power, evil and mystery. Also, judging the way the clothes that he is wearing and the several tattoos on his body, it could suggest that he grew up in the slums and also represents and promotes youth culture. The artist is also wearing a cross which may possibly show that he is a Christian.The colours black and red has been used to represent power and strength which is shown by the facial expression of the artist. On the front cover, there is a image of one artist which could represent that he is alone. The genre of the magazine relates to the image because the image shows one of the most famous artists in rap and hip-hop, which would appeal to the target audience.A number of linguistic devices have been used on the front cover such as rhetorical question which has been used twice. The rhetorical question and a personal pronoun 'who is the best rapper ever? you decide' has been used in this text to make the reader question themselves and would also make the reader curious to know who. The personal pronoun 'you decide' makes the reader feel more included and would also give the audience the chance to vote who they feel the best rapper is. This would encourage the audience to read that specific page to read more information about it and learn how to vote. Another rhetorical question has been used in the front page 'Are the roots too black for Jimmy Fallon', which is used again to question the reader on what does it mean by the terms 'too black' an would encourage the reader to read that specific page.The genre of the magazine is shown many times on the front page such as the picture of the famous artist Eminem who does rap and hip-hop. Also, there is a list of rap and hip-hop artist on the right hand of the page. And the rhetorical question also suggests the genre of the magazine 'who is the best rapper ever?'. 
