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The front cover 'Spin' is focused on music you can tell this from the main image as it's Kanye West and he background text has many music stars. The main image is a medium close up, with Kanye West looking straight at the reader. this is a very good way of getting the readers attention as its away of drawing them in, it invites them to read the magazine. The camera angle is straight on which gives you a clear view of the artist. The magazine is aimed towards the younger generation such as teenagers and young adults as it's focused on the latest bands and music artists that they would be interested in. Kanye West's clothes are very modern that would appeal to a younger audience, as they are very fashionable it's what they want to wear and be like. This creates a role model for teenagers. The masthead of the magazine 'Spin' is covered by a head which shows that the magazine is well known and not important for the reader to see. In this case the image is not the background it has a plain colour that fades and gets lighter. On the background there is a faint text that has loads of different names of bands and artists this attracts the reader as they can see what the magazine is about and what may be inside for them to read. this is a good way to advertise what inside the magazine without using loads of straplines on top of the main image so that it is covered. The skyline slightly covers the masthead, the text indicates what the main focus of the magazine is about and what the main image be about. Straplines on the magazine are very limited with only five that have very little text. The barcode is in the bottom right hand corner where a barcode is usually found on a magazine. The magazine has three main colours white, a green colour, red and a little bit of pink.