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.