Research-Music Magazine Analysis

                                                  

In the Rolling Stone magazine front cover, The Weeknd is represented as mysterious, relaxed and very laid back.  He has a very unique sense of creativity which is presented clearly throughout his work and this magazine cover portrays a portion of his personality and works style. The camerawork is used to create suspicion and curiosity within the shot. The close up shot displays The Weekend doesn't need bright colours to stand out off the page.It also suggests on how we wants to published himself to his fans. Unlike other celebrities who have big releases and talk about what their plans are for future songs, The Weeknd likes to stay mysterious with his music and by using this shot type to catch his emotion and pose it shows how serious he is about his music. The way he is positioned in the front cover demonstrates how he wants to be represented as important and significant. Also, the close up shot with the direct gaze shows his seriousness and his relaxed side at the same time.

The Weeknd is wearing dark colours like black and brown. Black connotes an essence of power and mystery. Which gives an impression about how he likes to reveal himself to his fans. However, the brown background has the meaning of warmth and nature which can suggests about his inner self. the black shows himself in front of the camera but the brown shows us about how he is off the camera. Which is important because that shows mystery within himself and his music to his fans. The lighting used on this picture is only focused on his face and not anywhere else on the picture meaning that the editor believes that he face would get loads of readers in on his own. Especially as he covers the trade mark title of the page which proves that they want him so seem so power yet so mysterious within the picture. His emotionless expression presents how he wants to be seen as dark, hidden artist.

Planning
The front cover of The Weeknd present and give an insight on how some celebrities want to be hidden but well known at the same time. I've learnt that darker colours can also have big meanings and having the most simplest cover photo can have various connotations.