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Music magazine cover analysis - Clash

This magazine cover is from the magazine “Clash”.

I think that it channels simplicity and a big focus on the main feature. At the top of the cover it gives you a little teaser as to what is inside the magazine, this lures you into buying it as it catches your eye. The cover is not over loaded with tons of information and I think that this makes the cover look very chic and sophisticated,  this suggests it is targeted at the higher end of the middle class and the older generations. The colurs are also very classic with a scheme of black, white and gold which is obviously kept to a minimum.

This magazine makes it very clear from the titles that it has cotent related to The Beatles but it kind of ‘clashes’ as it has Jay-Z on the front and they are both from not only different musical genres but also very different eras, which gives the magazine an unusual twist but would also probably be hard to find a decent sized audience with this acquired taste.

The effects on the main image are very dark and sultery, this signafies mystery and makes you want to look inside to find out more about the artist on the front. It also promises that Jay-z will ’reveal all’ which is very unlikely with him being such a huge star but it makes you want to fnd it all out and want to buy it and read inside as it makes you inquizative want to know what he is willing to tell.

the main text on the cover is related to the main image and I think that this is shown well and is not to be mixed up. It seems that all the writing at the top of the cover is directed at talking about the beatles and the text at the bottom of the cover is again related to the cover artist Jay-z. The text on the cover is shown in three different fonts there is the font of the title, the font of the sub titles which are all italics and then lastly the writing of the make of the artist Jay-z is begger than the rest to signafy it it is the most improtant.