Analysis of XXL Magazine (3)

The genre for this magazine is Hip Hop. I have chosen this because all the other magazines that I have chosen are also Hip Hop and I find it easy to analyse. The target audience for this magazine is teenagers who like Hip Hop. You can tell this by the way Lil Wayne's facial expression. You can also tell by the font of the the magazine.

The main image is of Hip Hop recording artist Lil Wayne. He is one of the most famous rappers alive and is considered by some the best rapper in the world. The image relates to the magazine because the magazine is a Hip Hop magazine and the main image is of a Hip Hop artist so it does relate to the music genre. The image is framed by the camera shot just cutting off at Lil Wayne's chest. You can see his face and tattooed chest and vest. The effect that this has is that you can see his facial expression and you can just see and know what he is feeling. The clothes that he is wearing is a white sleeveless vest and a baseball cap. The effect that this has is that he is dressed informal. Also many Hip Hop artists wear these type of caps and this is now some sort of fashion trend. Lil Wayne is not wearing any make-up beacause he is dressed informally and you can not see him wearing any. The colours that have been used are Red, White, Blue. The white and the blue contribute to the mood of the magazine because they are calm colours but from the expression on Lil Wayne's he is not looking calm. The red is in the logo of the magazine and it is on all XXL magazines. The image relates to the target audience because Lil Wayne is dressed like how teenagers that are Hip Hop fans dress up like everyday. Also he has lots of tattoo and this makes the audience think wow and they want tattoo's.

The magazine is called XXL Magazine. This reflects that the information and stories in the magazine are big and this is why the XXL stands for 'Extra Extra Large'. Also this reflects the target audience for this magazine are special because they read XXL magazine. There are a number of fonts used on the magazine but the main story of the magazie is about Lil Wayne and 'Lil' is written in old school italic and 'Wayne' is written in some sort of bold, thick font. The effect that this has is the magazine looks more interesting and stylish.. The text on the magazine is written around his face. You can see that there are some singers are written on the left hand side of this face which tells you what is included in the magazine and the size it is written in is quite small conpared to the other text. 'Lil Wayne' is written in a very big font almost the size of the title of the magazine. This is important because this is what catches the buyers attention and it also is the main story of the magazine.