Textual analysis
cover
This music magazine cover shows Rihanna, which is one of the most
famous singers in the world. This serves the purpose of atracting a large amount of readers to buy the magazine. Rihanna’s music crosses from R&B/Pop/Rock/Hip-Pop, the use of her on Billboard directly links to Billboardas a magazine as like Rihanna it doesn’t form to one style. In this picture Rihanna is wearing a white top which looks like a bra. Her gaze is directly penetrating to you and you can feel her feminine energy. Rihanna’s eyes are in depth focus with connects to the audience allowing them to be drawn into the magazine. This picture might be recognized if you are a Rihanna’s fan as this picture has taken from stills of her video ‘Only Girl in the World’. The medium-shot emphasize her attractiveness, emotions and also something mysteriously which we can relate to the pull quote “My fans don’t really know who I am”. The colours in this picture are very colourful and alive. The key colour in the image is red. The red colour shows the audience the passion as Rihanna’s hair is red and she is wearing a red lipstick. The masthead of the magazine is recognised as it fluent throughout. Unlike other magazines, this magazine is not incorporated into the house style. This allows the magazine to be easily identified without any confusion. The coloured characters, B, O, A and D make the masthead being bold so it is standing out. The header says “Film & TV Music Conference” which promotes the magazine as a wide range magazine with a few features in it. The main cover line connotes the image of Rihanna, and basically stimulates the readers to know about Rihanna. The cover lines are arranged with titles information following it placed underneath. The cover lines match Rihanna’s top and create ‘houses style’ from the image and text. When we look at the layout we can recognise well-done designed front cover.
famous singers in the world. This serves the purpose of atracting a large amount of readers to buy the magazine. Rihanna’s music crosses from R&B/Pop/Rock/Hip-Pop, the use of her on Billboard directly links to Billboardas a magazine as like Rihanna it doesn’t form to one style. In this picture Rihanna is wearing a white top which looks like a bra. Her gaze is directly penetrating to you and you can feel her feminine energy. Rihanna’s eyes are in depth focus with connects to the audience allowing them to be drawn into the magazine. This picture might be recognized if you are a Rihanna’s fan as this picture has taken from stills of her video ‘Only Girl in the World’. The medium-shot emphasize her attractiveness, emotions and also something mysteriously which we can relate to the pull quote “My fans don’t really know who I am”. The colours in this picture are very colourful and alive. The key colour in the image is red. The red colour shows the audience the passion as Rihanna’s hair is red and she is wearing a red lipstick. The masthead of the magazine is recognised as it fluent throughout. Unlike other magazines, this magazine is not incorporated into the house style. This allows the magazine to be easily identified without any confusion. The coloured characters, B, O, A and D make the masthead being bold so it is standing out. The header says “Film & TV Music Conference” which promotes the magazine as a wide range magazine with a few features in it. The main cover line connotes the image of Rihanna, and basically stimulates the readers to know about Rihanna. The cover lines are arranged with titles information following it placed underneath. The cover lines match Rihanna’s top and create ‘houses style’ from the image and text. When we look at the layout we can recognise well-done designed front cover.
Contents page
The measthead ‘NME THIS WEEK’ is in bold & capital letters at
the top of the page. This makes the masthead stand out and also makes sure that
the reader immediately realise that NME publish their magazine weekly when he
opens the magazine. They put a date on the contents page so if they know the issue that they are reading at the moment is ‘1st November 2008’ they will know that on
the ‘7thNovember’ the next issue will be published. The magazine has kept to usual codes and conventions by using grids on their contents page, dividing the separate subjects and making the page look busy and more interesting. They use subheading for each different part of the magazine so it is much easier for the readers to be focused and find what they are specifically looking for. They even have smaller subheading within the big subunits. The subscription for the magazine is in a completely different colour scheme to the rest of the magazine making it stand out to the reader; as the magazine company wants the readers to subscribe. An extract of biggest story is shown on the contents page and used as an eye catcher to give you a taster of the full story on the page further in. It also develops interest in the story. ‘NME’ uses a band index on the first page
when they open the magazine so the readers can find it easy to find the band
/singer that they specifically want to read about or a specific article that
that band/singer published in the magazine.The language of the text used in this magazine is quite informal, as the target audience is mainly young adults/teenagers. Therefore they have included slang such as "Diddy's down the front having a bit of a mosh..." This is the type of language that you would typically expect to hear from a teenager.
the top of the page. This makes the masthead stand out and also makes sure that
the reader immediately realise that NME publish their magazine weekly when he
opens the magazine. They put a date on the contents page so if they know the issue that they are reading at the moment is ‘1st November 2008’ they will know that on
the ‘7thNovember’ the next issue will be published. The magazine has kept to usual codes and conventions by using grids on their contents page, dividing the separate subjects and making the page look busy and more interesting. They use subheading for each different part of the magazine so it is much easier for the readers to be focused and find what they are specifically looking for. They even have smaller subheading within the big subunits. The subscription for the magazine is in a completely different colour scheme to the rest of the magazine making it stand out to the reader; as the magazine company wants the readers to subscribe. An extract of biggest story is shown on the contents page and used as an eye catcher to give you a taster of the full story on the page further in. It also develops interest in the story. ‘NME’ uses a band index on the first page
when they open the magazine so the readers can find it easy to find the band
/singer that they specifically want to read about or a specific article that
that band/singer published in the magazine.The language of the text used in this magazine is quite informal, as the target audience is mainly young adults/teenagers. Therefore they have included slang such as "Diddy's down the front having a bit of a mosh..." This is the type of language that you would typically expect to hear from a teenager.
Double page spread
The contrast of the black background, black and white photographs
against the red and white writing is very effective as it stands out well and gives contrast and is bold. The title is large in a colour that really stands out, the words ‘the best MCR’ are the most eye catching which encourages the reader to read on and find our more.
A red, large, capital ‘M’ separated the text and makes it seem less
overwhelming. The ‘M’ also marks the start of the start of the article so people know where to begin. It also makes the image more interesting to the eye and may attract people to read the article. The page consist of one main image and 3 others images. The photos, especially the main one are really interesting to look at and show hoe the band are behind that scenes and on stage. It also helps
to keep the audience engaged and the captions underneath give the readers more information. The white strip at the right side of the magazine gives a summary of the article for people who do not enjoy reading or don’t have enough time the read the whole thing. This is helpful for those who don’t really interested in reading the complete article and may even convince them to read as they find the
summary enjoyable and interesting. This summery also fiver a east to read breakdown of the article to highlight the more important details. The magazine’s logo is shown on the page so the readers will still be aware of reading that particular magazine and will remember that they enjoyed reading that magazine.
against the red and white writing is very effective as it stands out well and gives contrast and is bold. The title is large in a colour that really stands out, the words ‘the best MCR’ are the most eye catching which encourages the reader to read on and find our more.
A red, large, capital ‘M’ separated the text and makes it seem less
overwhelming. The ‘M’ also marks the start of the start of the article so people know where to begin. It also makes the image more interesting to the eye and may attract people to read the article. The page consist of one main image and 3 others images. The photos, especially the main one are really interesting to look at and show hoe the band are behind that scenes and on stage. It also helps
to keep the audience engaged and the captions underneath give the readers more information. The white strip at the right side of the magazine gives a summary of the article for people who do not enjoy reading or don’t have enough time the read the whole thing. This is helpful for those who don’t really interested in reading the complete article and may even convince them to read as they find the
summary enjoyable and interesting. This summery also fiver a east to read breakdown of the article to highlight the more important details. The magazine’s logo is shown on the page so the readers will still be aware of reading that particular magazine and will remember that they enjoyed reading that magazine.