VIBE

Vibe

vibe is a magazine that I wouldnt personally buy however I will use the way in which it is sructured to help me improve and develop my ideas for a magazine of my own.

Front cover:- the front cover has the same colour scheme as the kerrang one however it sets a very different atmosphere. the colour scheme once again is red, black, white and grey. i really like the way in which the picture is black and white making the title that is red stand out against the black of his hat. the title is a bold red and the font is also bold as well. i feel this is good for its audience but for who i want to consider i dont think this kind of font is for me. The way that the smaller sub-headings are in "slang" doesnt appeal to me however according to my research most of my class favour this magazine in the way it is on the same wave length as them. i dislike the fact that the names of artists are just listed on the page; i feel that there should be some structure to way that they present information. 

contents:- I really like the way in which the contents are presented. the title is bold and stands out against the back ground of grey and blue however I feel that the picture of the man is hidden by the background. The colour of the background and the picture are very similar therefore there's no contrast against them meaning that the picture isn't very eye-catching. I like the way in which the only colour on the page is the red of the heart in the supposed woman's hand; it draws you in and makes you look closer. I think that the actual contents (text) is very hidden and compared to the other magazine (kerrang) is very boring and doesn't really grab your attention. Personally I wouldn't sit and read the contents page of this magazine, I would simply look at the picture and skip to the next page. If I was to do this type of structure on my magazine I would use either a bolder font or a different colour on the text so it stands out against the background. This will make it the main thing on the page and means that the reader will be drawn to read it before looking at the rest of the page.

KERRANG!

Kerrang!

Front cover: - The front cover is very bold in the way it uses colour. The colour scheme is red, black, white and grey. These colours complement each other and allow the heading and pictures to stand out, grabbing the audience’s eye. I like the way that the pictures and smaller stories have borders making them stand out against the background of the main story however I feel that the picture for the main story is crowded by everything else on the page. Perhaps a different font would allow extra space but I like the way in which they have used capitals to make the writing stand out.

Contents: - I like the way in which the contents are structured. The pictures catch the reader’s eye and draw you into the story. It makes you want to find out what’s going on in the picture. The way in which it is structured makes certain people drawn to certain images as their favourite artists will grab their attention.  The images are quite shocking and also make you wonder what’s going on in them. I like the way the font is simple yet effective and the way the yellow stands out from the black for the heading, subheading and page numbers. However the structure could be changed into a more “random” state rather than the neat squares it appears to have.