Main Task: Front Cover Textual Analysis

Denotation: The subject standing, wet.

Connation: The subject is wet and the background at which he is standing at is tiles this connotes that the reason why he is wet is because he’s been in the shower. This connotes sexiness.
Subjects costume: The subject is not wearing a top but has ‘Calvin Klein’ boxers on that are visible to the audience. The topless subject appeals to female viewers.

NVC: The subjects NVC is intense. His eyes are looking directly into the camera to enhance the tension and makes the magazine more direct towards the audince. His posture is very strong and piwerful, the subject has been shot from the waist upwards (mid-shot) so the audince can see his outfit (his briefs)
Logo: the logo of the magazine is to verify the brand of the magazine.

Masthead: The colour scheme of the magazine is red which is very eye cactchinh however due to the background the pale black tiling,it brings a more calmer approach to the front cover so people can make a judgment over the subject; wheather the colour scheme of the red type is to connote hot firery romance or whether the softly touch of the tiles connotes the subject as a relaxtion icon to pleasure their fantasy. The title of the magazine 'vibe' is behind the subject, atomactically the audience will know that the title is vibe because only the 'b' is slightly covered.

Font:The font is very simply so that the audience are not distracted by the fancy font type.

Also in the bottom left of the cover is another front page to the same magazine and in that magazine the subject is a famous rapper, the reason of having the same magazine but two different covers is so that one magazine appeals to someone even if the other doesn't. This particular front seems likely to appeal to females due to the dressing and position of the subject and this may not appeal to male audiences and there for in the other cover illustrates a famour hip hop rap start that relates to the genre of the music the magazine is based on.