Magazine Research 2

The music genre of this magazine is Hip Hop. The target audience of this magazine is anyone interested in hip hop music and want to find out more. This is usually teenage girls and boys and older males. This particular magaizne is aimed at females as by the strapline. The tagline states ''Eye candy of the year!'' They then give names of the 'eye candies' such as Lil Wayne, Nelly, and Bow Wow. This are are all mens names which many females would be attracted too.
The main image on the front cover is of 50 Cent. This would atrract some females who are attracted to him and would want to read more about him. This relates to the music genre as the style of 50 Cent's music is Hip Hop. The image is the largest thing on the cover and the first thing you see. This is eyecatching and poweful as it looks liek he is looking right at you. It is a close up shot of his face and the only thing you can see is his face. The way he is posing makes you instantly look at his eyebrow because of they way it is positioned. 50 Cent looks quite laidback and chilled which suggests he doens't have much to care about.
The mise-en-scene is very simple and not much of it. All you can see is a bit of his black jacket. There is no make up or props involved which shows they don't want any distractions.The cover of this is very simple and is just focusing solely on 50 Cent. Suggesting the interview on this will just focus on him and nothing else. The tagline that goes with the image 'The power of 50' links with the image as it it saying he is powerful and this goes with the image as he looks quite powerful in this image.
The colours used in this are all quite dark colours. Such as black jacket and a dark navy blue for the background. The writing around the edge are all black and white. This makes the mood of the magazine quite mysterious and makes you want to know more about it. The thing that stands out the most is the title 'XXL 'which is the only thing in red. The cover is very simple with not much writing on there but only talks about the 'eye candy' and the tagline about 50 and the title. This causes people to focus on the image first and then the writing around the edge. This suggests the main selling point of this magazine is 50 Cent as he is in demand and people want to read more about him. Looking at other issues of this magazine you can see that 50 Cent has been on a few covers of it which shows he is popular and in demand.
The image relates to the target audiecne as the target audience may be young females who are attracted to him and therefore want to buy the magazine to read more about him. This may also attract young males who like this style of music and want to know more about what 50 Cent is up to with music.
The content of the magaizne is advertised by the straplines. They talk about the 'eyecandy' that is published in the magazine which shows the particular magazine is aimed at girls who want to see this 'eyecandy.'
There isn't much writitng on there but it has all been placed around the edges. 'The Power of 50' has been placed right on the edge, as not to be distracted by the main image of 50 Cent.