Magazine Analysis Cover 4

Above is an image of a cover from a magazine called 'Vibe'. Vibe is a music magazine which focuses on rap and club type music and I am going to decipher what features on the magazines cover relates to its genre. The three main features used in this magazine cover are colour scheme, layout and image used. All of these features make the magazine instantly look like a magazine that suits its purpose and is appealing to its target audience.
The first feature on the magazine cover is the colour scheme that has been used. Vibe has used two main colours for there magazine, which are white and light green. These two colours are the colours that Vibe has used for their fonts they have used them both together in sentences; this can be see at the top and right of the magazine cover. The effect of this is to represent what music in a club would be like. The colour green almost represents what the lighting in a club would be like. The white has been used well on the cover, it stands out because it is bold and bright meaning that it catches the readers attention.
Another feature to discuss is the layout of the cover. The use of layering around the image is good and Vibe have showed you what they want to stand out. An example of layering would be the main heading 'Vibe'. They have placed the heading behind the image and this is because they are appealing who already buy the magazine, meaning that they will already know what it is called.
The final feature on this magazine cover that I am going to discuss is the image used. The image used is a typical image of the genre that this magazine is aiming for. The way in which the man is standing laid back with his belt showing, shows that it is a club or rap magazine. But one of the main features that this magazine have done when choosing their image is that they have made him wear his hat in an unusual way. This shows that the magazine is aiming at the youth society and not the older generation.