Textual analysis of Music magazines part 2 Vibe (front cover and contents page)

For my next textual analysis of music magazine I will be analysing the music magazine Vibe 

Vibe
Issue: Oct/ Nov 2010 
Price: £3.95
Sections in magazine: 13
Pages in magazine: 120
Pages per section : 6 pages

Front cover-

The front cover of vibe music magazine has a strong and empowering Masthead with sans serif writing showing the reader that this magazine modern and up to date with music and news, the model is also placed in front of the masthead.

The colour scheme which is used is Black, white and yellow, the positioning of the picture on the front cover is showing what kind of magazine it is, as the model is Usher a music chart topper, he is wearing an air pilot implying there is urban theme to the magazine and the quote 'There is no competition'  suggesting that he is Top Gun, the most prominent male of them all.The use of lighting in this photograph is low key lighting.

Contents page                                          

The contents page is spilt into two halves, the left side has subtitles of the sections are in white; in serif writing with the numbers on the left of the subtitles those are also in serif writing. The magazine is spilt into features and departments, the features are the cover lines which were displayed on the front cover whereas the departments are the others articles which were not displayed on the front cover.On the other half of the page, on the right hand side there is a picture of Usher the Grammy award winner and billboard chart topper, standing in denim and a leather jacket lined with fur, this shows that he is the dominant male or the alpha male as he is standing with is right leg forward in a medium long shot.