Radial Analysis

Front covers, contents pages and

double page spreads!
 Kickers tell the
audience who is
Masthead - The one featured in the
lettered title makes it look magazine.
more prominent. Also it is
easier to contrast the red
Main feature article
and white colours on an
photo – Madonna is
individual letter. This
known as “the queen of
symbolises it’s importance
pop”. Also the image is a
as their title stands out on
more poster like image
the front cover. The
and portrays her being
magazine was called Q to
quiet mysterious but
connote the fact that they
also sexy, which for her
used to a cue a song so that
age readers would find
it’d be ready to be played
intriguing. This is called
and reorganised.
an invitational pose.

This menu strip also

tells the audience The cover line
what is included shows her
within the personality and
magazine. The attitude.
contrasting genres
between the Kaiser
chiefs and girls
aloud shows that Q Content Analysis -This plug
magazine is shows that there is free
targeted to an information about women
audience in various in music this could suggest
different that this section is targeted
archetypes. to the audience of women.
As vibe is a well established The selling line
magazine in the music attracts attention by
industry they assume that the use of colour and
consumers would recognise the way that it is
the masthead even if it was framed with a black
partly covered by the main banner, it lets the
feature article photo. consumer no further
what is in the mag.

The lay-out of the

kickers and cover-lines
As with the main feature is all lined up together
article photo the main in columns to make it
cover-line for the article is look clean and neat.
very large and takes up the This is a usually trait
majority of the left third of used by vibe magazine.
the magazine this Also the colours adhere
emphasises the story well with each other
making it seem as though it which is another trait of
will be really interesting to vibe magazine. The
the readers. more scandalous and
What makes this magazine unique is that attention-grabbing
they are not afraid to explicitly show stories are highlighted
Unusually the barcode is what they’re about, which is R&B, Hip- in green
on the left on a vertical Hop and more so Rap… the way in which
angle this is done to create they show this is obvious as the main
space for the photo, so feature photo is of a black guy with By the use of these
that it is the main thing tattoos and a big buckle belt posing with flashes they help pull
that the audience will see. some swagger which helps the audience the audience in by
In the same way the issue to immediately establish the genre of helping them to find
date is also on the left. the magazine. new music
 The Main Feature
Section Header the photo takes up the
way the word majority of the right
contents is layed out and middle thirds of
shows the the page this may be
uniqueness of vibe done to show the
magazine and how it fame that these two
attempts to be artists have in the
original as most R&B world
contents pages
would be layed out
over to pages
whereas this is 2/3
pages
Like many magazines
this one has a
Numbered itemised list
to help the readers
Section headers
navigate to their
are split up into
required pages.
three different
section to help
navigate readers The layout of this magazine
to whatever may is very poster like which is
interest them constant throughout Vibe
most. magazine.

Captions give the

readers
understanding of
who is in the
picture.
Issue and dateline
 Front cover copy is used as e reminder on the contents page A section header lets the
reader know where in
the magazine they are
The use of signed editorials also an issue and
personalise magazines and dateline lets them know
make them less formal and how old the magazine is.
more casual as it is as if the
editor is speaking to the
reader. The dropped Standout quotes are
capitals make the magazine used here to make
look more official. the magazine more
interactive

The layout of the

The main feature is page section headers
numbered and contains and numbered
kickers resembling cover itemised lists is
lines. It takes up the neat but also busy,
majority of the left third, this busyness
this suggests that it is a could be
big story. reminiscent of the
genre of people it
is attempting to
appeal to which in
Pictorial insets of this case would be
highlights and rock, metal, heavy
exclusives that include metal etc. Also
page numbers and with the use of the
kickers attempt to make colours the yellow
the magazine more is the more
poster like but still keeps dominant as it
the large amount of consists of the
information. headings, showing
a sense of
organisation.
 Title lets readers Sidebar lets readers know
understand the band as Whit space helps to avoid what more to expect from the
Section headers direct readers to where they
it is a standout quote. info overload band and there music
could find more information

Main Feature
article photo
helps the
reader to
identify with
the band
easier

Sub-title draws
the readers in
and makes
them want to
read the whole
article.

The layout is
organised
however due to
the genre of the
band it looks
busier and the
colours adhere
well with the
genre too.

Columns (body text) this helps to Dropped Capitals give this double page Inset pictures show the band
organise the context of the article spread an authentic look and it is crucial in working on their music and lets the
making an article look good readers in on what they do in their
spare time.
 The main feature article photo takes up the
whole right page of the double page
The big title that is simple a quote from Lily portrays her attitude and
dialect

This magazine
is layed out to
look more like
a newspaper
however it
keeps the
poster style
look that many
magazines
now use. The
Subtitle Background
helps to colour scheme
draw the is what
audience in resembles a
to read the newspaper
whole where as that
article. poster feature
photo is a well
established
magazine
convention.

The use of a
Slug shows
Columns (body text) helps to organise the article and make it look
readers where
more professional
to go for more
information