This
magazine has used a picture of a girl band in their underwear. This shows that
it is a magazine for men, you can also tell this because it talks about Oasis,
The Killer and Nas, which produce music which most people would stereotype as
manly. They may have had them in white clothes because white connotes purity and
to also show the angelic side of women. This contradicts the fact that they are
in their underwear and the seductive looks they are giving the reader. The
colour of the the masthead is purple and does not go with any house style of
'Blender' because they don't have one. The cover lines are put in any spaces
that they have seen not important. This also shows that they don't think much
about the layout of the magazine, it could also show that they value the picture
more than layout.
They the colours
they have used are greys, they would have used this because they are more manly
colours. To compliment the manliness of the colours they have Lily Allen
topless. The red background of the logo is it's house style, they may have
chosen this colour to show love and the love that the audience have for the
magazine. They may have chosen the white coloured text to show the purity and
innocenceof this magazine compared to some othe magazines for men. They have used a image of Lily Allen in black clothes
without a top on, this could represent the current mystery which the audience
has about her life at the time before they read this and the showing of her skin
could repersent the fact that she is reveling eveything in this magazine. The
panthers could be put there to show the 'beast' in her and have just given it
physical form. They may have chosen to use panthers because they are also black
and to the audience that aspect of her is aslo a mystery.
The dark colour
used in the background and around the main image of singer Pink contrasts
her bright skin tone and hair colour. This makes her stand out more to the
reader this also makes it easier to make out that she is looking directly at you
(the reader). This make the reader feel more drawn in to
the magazine giving them an intimate feeling with the writers of the magazine
and the celebrities featured in the magazine. The house style for the masthead
is the same as all the other magazines published by the Rolling Stone, the red
on the masthead could conote the passion and love that people have for music, it
could also conote the anger and pain that have inspired a lot of singer to
write/sing some of their songs that they have published. All the cover lines are
white making them stand out from the black background and drawing your eye to
them. It has a quote from pink as well on the front page; it's in red and
different to the rest of the cover lines. This could be to bring more meaning to
the quote as it says "I'm still insane" and the red could show the abnormality
that being insane brings to normal life.
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