Front Page Analysis on Vibe and Q

This is an R&B Music Magazine. From the front cover, you can tell that some issues like an interview with Chris Brown and some information about Amber Rose are going to be included in the magazine, as well as some issues about a recording label called Def Jam.
The target audience would be people who like R&B and Hip-Hop. This is shown through the choice of the artist that is on the front page. The age group would vary from 18-35. The interests would be about things like life living in a ghetto, or money, and the personal lives of the people in the music industry.
Chris Brown is on the front cover, this may be because of all the drama that he had in the past with Rhianna and also more information about his new album and more to come from him. Although he does look quite serious on the front page.
The central image wants you to have a type of close and non-judgemental; approach to the magazine since the artist sort of looks vulnerable but yet keeping their pride.
It says that there's and exclusive interview about the artist so it could imply that the artist would be coming clean or revealing a side of him that wouldn't normally be seen.
In this picture, Chris Brown sort of has his hands up, and a serious face, in a sort of way to show that he's probably vulnerable, since he might be opening up in the interview that is in the magazine. Plus also the lights seem to be in more of a high angle which could show that he might be getting exposed slightly.
There aren't any groups being represented that much except from the music label Def Jam and there is some information about them too within the magazine.
The block capitals on the magazine shows that it sort of had a cool vibe to it, and it's not an in-your-face type of magazine, which really mainly represents the genres of music it represents too.
The slogan used in the magazine is "R U STILL DOWN?". This tells me that the magazine has a cool and chilled out feeling to it. The main colours that are used are black and yellow and the most common font used is Sans Serif. In a way i do find the attractive because they blend together nicely. They're not too bright since there's the black in a dark type of way, then the light side of it just even out the black and at the same time it's eye catching. The strategy used to capture the audience is the way that they advertise the most famous celebrities within that genre of the music industry to get the audience's attention.

This is a pop/ rock type of magazine. From the font cover the type of articles that are going to be in in are of some celebrities such as Madonna since she's on the front cover. Also issues about people like Russel Brand, Girls Aloud, and shows like Little Britain are going to be in the magazine.
The target audience for Q is more of the older generation, ranging from the age of 25 and upwards of both sexes. Their type of interests would be things like old ‘classic’ albums and music from past decades as it would suit the audience. Q features many genres of music so it is suited to all music lovers. The magazine has a mass audience as it is so popular, but could also be referred to as having a niche audience, as it is specifically aimed at only music fans.
The central image gives a feel of glamour as well as feeling like, the artist is still trying to hide away, since she's looking over her shoulder.
This shows that the artist and the magazine wants to show the reader that they're opening up and saying things that the reader probably wouldn't even know about them.
Madonna is one the front cover because she is a very well known artist, she's also been in the music industry for such a long time and could be seen as a huge icon, for fashion and for music.
The overall message that the artist is giving is that she doesn't mind talking, as long as no stupid question are asked as it was stated by a quote from the interview. Plus it doesn't really look like she's hiding anything, but in a way she could be trying to be cautious too.
Some music groups that are being represented are the Rolling Stones as well as the Arctic Monkeys. The magazine only states what the groups are doing and there are probably more articles about them inside the magazine. There's a buzz word that was said by Madonna in the articles which said " Stupid Question! Next" which could imply that she didn't want to answer some questions maybe, which could be used to attract the audience and make them curious about the reason why she said that. This could be one of the things that could be used to persuade the audience to buying the magazine.
The title of the magazine is in red and white, which are colours that both stand out in the crowd so this shows that they have a good way of standing out.
The image and the style of the magazine does give some sort of glamour as well as a calm feeling.
The "puffs" suggest that this issue of the magazine wouldf be mainly targetted to women as majourity of the articles in the magazine are about women.
No, there isn't a slogan in this magazine.
The colours used are red and white but, they seen to be too bright form liking. The strategy used by this magazine to attract customers are by having a lot bit and bright words that will grab the reader's attention because they have little details o the reader will become curious about what will be in the magazine which will lead them to buying it, then cloud lead them to being  a loyal customer if they enjoy the magazine.