The Clash magazine front cover consists of many music magazine conventions; however Clash magazine concludes fashion as well as music therefore the language terminology should be differential. The masthead is portrayed in a bold white text against a black background which also overlaps the main image convention of Duffy. The black background adds mystery to the magazine as well as illustrating professionalism. The large white font of “Clash” enables the mast head to stand out against the black. This will instantly attract an audience’s attention. A colour scheme of black, white and pink have been used as well as introducing kickers in a pale yellow; the pink background enhances femininity and additionally would attract a female audience.
The magazine consists of numerous subheadings and kickers. The main kicker overlaps the imagery of the celebrity Duffy and immediately wants to kick the audience into finding that page and to read it. The kicker is in a larger font than any of the subheadings enhancing its importance to the magazine and main imagery. “The new first lady of soul Duffy” holds down the image, the anchorage enhances the large picture of Duffy, and keeps the readers hooked. Imagery of stars are elaborated around the anchorage enhancing Duffys new found stardom and illustrating the importance of Duffy, the overall image and anchorage acts as an advertisement for Duffy, and as being new to the music industry will attract many audiences which don’t know a great deal of information about her. Numerous sub headings are located to the top of the magazine consisting of differential coloured fonts, either a soft yellow or white. Both colours stand out against the black background, and are soft on the eye therefore this will encourage the audience to continue reading. The tellers underneath the sub headings are portrayed in a small white font; an advantage of the text is that it is portrayed in note form therefore this encourages the reader to look further into the magazine. The mast head “Clash” is illustrated in a huge white almost cartoon like font, the masthead stands alone which could represent that the magazine isn’t a strong institution as of yet.
The main image of Duffy almost fills up the entire of the magazine cover, the imagery used is large and eye-catching which makes it appealing for the target audience. The picture used is a medium close up in effect this highlights seriousness, Duffys eyes are directly looking into the camera enhancing a warm view to the readers of Clash magazine, the images shows that she is dominant of the magazine which highlights confidence. The highlighted confidence could also be in effect due to sex appeal, this would target a larger niche market including a higher percentage of men.
The magazine consists of numerous subheadings and kickers. The main kicker overlaps the imagery of the celebrity Duffy and immediately wants to kick the audience into finding that page and to read it. The kicker is in a larger font than any of the subheadings enhancing its importance to the magazine and main imagery. “The new first lady of soul Duffy” holds down the image, the anchorage enhances the large picture of Duffy, and keeps the readers hooked. Imagery of stars are elaborated around the anchorage enhancing Duffys new found stardom and illustrating the importance of Duffy, the overall image and anchorage acts as an advertisement for Duffy, and as being new to the music industry will attract many audiences which don’t know a great deal of information about her. Numerous sub headings are located to the top of the magazine consisting of differential coloured fonts, either a soft yellow or white. Both colours stand out against the black background, and are soft on the eye therefore this will encourage the audience to continue reading. The tellers underneath the sub headings are portrayed in a small white font; an advantage of the text is that it is portrayed in note form therefore this encourages the reader to look further into the magazine. The mast head “Clash” is illustrated in a huge white almost cartoon like font, the masthead stands alone which could represent that the magazine isn’t a strong institution as of yet.
The main image of Duffy almost fills up the entire of the magazine cover, the imagery used is large and eye-catching which makes it appealing for the target audience. The picture used is a medium close up in effect this highlights seriousness, Duffys eyes are directly looking into the camera enhancing a warm view to the readers of Clash magazine, the images shows that she is dominant of the magazine which highlights confidence. The highlighted confidence could also be in effect due to sex appeal, this would target a larger niche market including a higher percentage of men.
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