4 cover, 4 contents, 4 spreads
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Textual Analysis of Magazine PagesResearch For Media Production
Red white and black colour scheme. Red associated with
authority, power, sex and danger. White contrasting with
black and associated with purity, cleanliness and peace. Black contrasting with white
associated with death, horror, rebellion, darkness and sex.
Cheryl Cole make up matches the colour scheme of the magazine design. Also the rain is making
the cover seem wet. This is also indicated through Cheryl's wet hair and her tongue licking her
ring also symbolising the wetness of the cover making it sexual and
adding to the theme of colour scheme.
The typography on this page is simple and clear
but effective for the theme of the magazine. It is bold and eye catching without being scary. This
could suggest that the magazine is friendly as
well as seductive.
There us no set colour scheme
here which could suggest that the
magazine contains a lot of different information in it
appealing to as lot of audiences and
does not just suggest one story on the front cover.
The childish font of the text that
looks as if it has coloured in by a graffiti artist of some sort gives an element of
fun to the front of the magazine suggesting it is
viable for all age groups.
The fact Ed Sheeran is covering some of the title of the magazine suggests he is the main focus point in the
magazine. As it looks like the text it supporting him in this photo it almost says that he is more worthy of space on the cover than the title of
the magazine itself.
Ed Sheeran holding the guitar relating to the title of the magazine
‘Total Guitar’ suggests an obvious theme for
the magazine appealing to audiences that are
interested in music acoustic instruments.
The blue background is relating to the artist on the
front cover immediately and catches the eye of the target
audience and people associate the classic blue colour with
young boy/men/teenager. The artist Justin Bieber fits into
this category as he is a young fresh artist appealing to youth
and blue reflects the same theme and sets the mood of
the magazine.
The contrasting colours on the front of the magazine,
like the yellow, white and red also make the key
information stand out. The red could represent rebellion
which could link to Justin’s pose which portrays a
rebellious attitude by holding his necklace and leaning forward. Portraying his
confidence and lack of care for the norm.
The yellow is a good way to make the information
not related to Justin Bieber stand out such as
other artists names. Yellow is commonly
associated with the sun and light, so you could say that the yellow text
are beams of light reaching out to people
that aren't drawn by the main focus (Justin
Bieber).
The main title stands out on the magazine straight away as it is the only large thing on the
magazine which is red. The typography of there main logo is bold but soft which follows with Adele as she has a pale
complexion but holding a bold pose and her hair contrasts
being soft, big and fluffy.
The plain coloured background allows us to focus on Adele and the
fact she is taking up most of the cover suggests she
is a big star who is important. The close up also represents a high
level of beauty as she is able to take a stunning
headshot.
The simplicity on the cover of the magazine can suggest purity and tells the audience that the magazine contains only what they want to
hear.
This is everything we would expect from a cone tents page in a music magazine. It
clearly titles Contents at the top and uses
bold and classic formative colours in the colour scheme .
There is a large main in image off centre to the page that catches the eye and highlights the
main story/focus of the magazine. We can tell the magazine is based
on music as the picture relates to that genre.
Also when reading the writing in bold such as , News, Rader, Live!, and Arctic Monkeys give us the impression the rest
of the magazine will relate to music.
They have indicated page numbers on the contents page to tell the consumer what pages to jump to for
the main topics of the magazine. Advertisements have also been included on this page which is probably the best place to have it as everyone will see this page.
They have pointed out the main story of the this
particular issue of Arctic monkeys by using a large
central image and bold clear writing and a red page
number suggesting that is the best story of the
magazine. I think this is a successful way to point out
the main story in a magazine as it catches peoples eyes
through typography, colour and large imagery.
This isn't everything we would expect from a contents page but still has clarity and content. The white and blue symbolises the youth and basicness of the magazine and also makes the black text stand out more. The layout is modern and b
You can also see here the way they have
tried to point out the key stories of there magazine by using
images to attract the consumers eye. The girl central right to
the page seems to be involved in the
design and layout of the page suggesting
she has had an exclusive shoot with
the magazine and making her appear
like the main focus/artist of this
magazine issue. Again they have
successfully shown which page is the
main focus by putting a box around
the number and using a bigger size
for it (located underneath her
foot.)
The black and white picture and typography throughout is giving off a very vintage theme to the magazine. The picture is clearly from the 1960’s which we can analyse by the theme
This magazine contents page has
highlighted two main stories for the magazine however
they have still made it clear as to which
is the most relevant. They have
made the page numbers of these two stories larger
and added coloured text above and to
the left of the page numbers to make sure it catches the
readers eye. Also by having the very
large image to the right hand side of the page it is the
last thing that people see as we read from left to right that focus
image will be the last thing we see
and what we remember.
Here we can see the main artist has been made a massive focus in photograph form and they have written the text around her .
Quotes have been highlighted to draw the eye and the page has a title to sum up what the main article is about.
You can see here how they have tried to attract their target audience and from what I can identify that is teenage girls. They have attracted them by the largely exposed pink background, the large and bold jewellery that the artist is wearing has made it more attractive to young girls as they are likely to show an interest in those features.
Here we are given an image on one page and the text/article on another, really breaking up the page.
The boarder around the edge really makes the page stand out.
The colour scheme matches the them of the artist and the whole page reflects the style of music genre
Here they have used an interview for the artist, this seems to work effectively.
In the top left hand corner there is a bold box with red large text saying ‘News’ suggesting this is an exclusive story and making the audience want to read on further into the page. Also the large, quotes at the top of the right hand page also catches the consumers eye making them want to read the interview below. The quote is a mini advert for the text below.
We are given a close up here of Beyoncé's face which is a very powerful picture and tell us what we should be focusing on for the article. I like the way this page is laid out.
On this page the have a purple gradient with white text and as the article is about the women of the year so these colours are relevant.
The large white text is the first thing that we see as a reader, it gives us a powerful phrase of ‘Fiercely Creative’ which makes us intrigues as it is a bold statement to headline the article with. The purple colouring of the page also is very eye catching so if someone was to be flicking through the magazine they are more likely to stop to read this page than an ordinary blank white one.
Thus is a very urban approach to a double page spread. The key colours are black and white. The whole page reflects the genre of music
The image seems to be the main focus as it is extremely large and the text is made to look very small however as the human eye reads left to right we see the text before the image.
The left hand side of the page has given us a large title in a electronic and very modern font of typography already suggesting the music genre. It then has a smaller subheading and an extremely cramp packed article to leave room for the giant image open the right hand side. This magazine double page spread has tried to make the picture the main focus point of the page. I think that this could make the readers only focus on the image and not pay enough attention to the article. However I do think it is a nice approach to a modern, sleek look and I imagine to fits the genre of music well.