Wednesday 9 March 2011


 
I have chosen to analyse a contents page from the R&B music magazine. This page is very eye catchy and appealing its intended audience as the picture used on the contents page is quite large and grabs the reader’s attention straight away. The picture of the R&B artist Ashanti shows the intended audience what to expect from the inside of the magazine. The cover line “Ashanti Riding high in love and on the charts” is covering a bit of the R&B artists picture this shows her being on the contents page is very important and the reader is always being reminded of that as her names also written in bold as well as having a huge picture of her on the page. The font used on the contents page especially when talking about Ashanti is written in bold and in attractive writing this makes the reader want to read on. The subheadings used on this page are written in pink making it easier for the reader to find the information they want and at the bottom of the subheadings it gives the reader very brief summary of what they will be reading about. The picture used on the contents page is a very stereotypical representation of an R&B artist as the woman on the page is showing flesh and standing in a manner which can be seen quite sexually. She is wearing a pink top which makes her stand out to the audience. The background used for this image is of buildings however they may go unnoticeable to some readers as the main focus is on the woman this is very conventional of an R&B music magazine to do. This image could be seen as medium shot as we can’t see below her knees. This type of shot compliments the picture very well as her pose would not be as effective if a different type of camera shot was used. The name of the magazine is slightly covering the R&B artist’s hair this may indicate that the magazine is as important as her and the font used for the main title of the magazine is in bold and big font. The magazines main focus is the appearance of the R&B artist and trying to create the ‘perfect’ image. The target audience from this music magazine would be Males and Females as male readers may be attracted to the picture used and also female readers female readers  a the image  isn’t too intimidating for female readers as it’s not overly sexy. The layout of the page has been done very well as its main focus is on the image this usually is expected from an R&B music magazine but it is still feeding the reader with information. The logo of the name of the magazine reminds the reader where their getting information from which is very important. The colours used on the page are quite dark and simple yet classy and sophisticated as the colours pink, white and black all complement each other very well and grab the reader’s attention.

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