Front Cover Of A Music Magazine Textual Analysis 3.

On the cover of this 'The Source' magazine we can see a image of The Game who is being represented in a suicidal manner. The image of him holding a gun to his neck with his face scrunched up is very suggestive that he is going to kill himself. The use of the gun as well as the tattoos we can see that The Game has is very stereotypical of gangs but also stereotypical of R'n'B style music. The image relates well back to the main headline which reads 'The Game - Suicide is not an option' this headline could be suggestive of the idea that whatever hasn't been going well for him in the music industry can not be solved by suicide which is a rather strong message that is being put forward to the audience. Also, considering people that listen to that particular style of music would look up to successful artists such as 'The Game' as a role model, they would take on board what he has said. The background of the image looks as thought it a concrete type of wall giving off a very hard and solid image.

The colours used for this magazine cover as far as the text is concerned all relate well back to the main headline as the colour red connotes the idea of violence and blood, the colours are also bold and eye catching gripping the attention of the audience. The font used on the front cover of this magazine is very bold and strong which relates back to the idea of the R'n'B style music that the magazine covers.

The camera shot that has been used is a medium close up which draws attention to the expression on the artists face and also the range of tattoos that he has which are connotational of the R'n'B genre.

In this Source magazine, I believe that the target audience would be of the age 20 - 24 and more directed at males rather than females due to the fact that it is more of a hard style magazine and not as casual and laid back as Vibe magazine.