CP analysis Billboard magazine

1. Fonts- The fontsare a veryimportantpartin the text
on the page.The font thatBillboard hasusedisSans
serif.These are fontswithoutfancyfeet.
Mode of address/Language used- Forthe mode of
address,the writer/editoraddressesthe audience in3rd
person.With3rd person,there are such wordsused
quite frequentlylike 'we'whichIfindtobe veryuseful
as it involvesthe audiencemore butisalmost
addressingthe audience better. Intermsof the
language used,itusesquite formal languageandlittle
informal/colloquial language.Ithink thatthisformal
language usedisgoodas it makesthe magazine seem
professionalandmakesitappeal toa broaderaudience.
Article titles/content- The titlesonthe contentspage
are veryimportantastheyindicate certainthingsabout
certainarticles.Eventhoughthese are veryimportant,
the titlesforthiscontentspage are quite small.
Although,theyare highlightedinbold,aswell asother
importantthingsonthispage highlightedinbold.
Mise-en-scene- Mise-en-scene iseverythingthatisin
the current shot.Aswe can see onthiscontentspage,
there are four mainimages.These are obviously
previousmagazinesthatall linktogether.Aswe cansee
fromthe costume thatall these celebritiesare wearing,
we can firstlysee thattheyare all menwhichis
somethingthatmaybe significant tothe target
audience andthe ideaof age.But also,we can all see
that theyare all quite fashionableandobviously
popularfiguresinthe musicindustry.Withthese artists
as mainimages,itbooststhe appeal of the magazine to
the readersas it maybe somethingtheyare interested
in.
Date/issue number- Boththe date and issue number
are on thispage.These are veryuseful astheycan tell
youwhenthe magazine waspublishedandhowmany
have beensoldlike abarcode.
Columns/Layout- The columnsare akeypart in the
layoutof the contentspage of a magazine astheykeep
that uniformedlookof the magazine.Inthiscase,we can
see that the columnsforthe textare well spacedwhich
meansthat the creatorshave utilisedthatspace andthey
have utiliseditwell.Theyhave alsousedcolumnstospace
out some of the featuresinthe magazine asall the
featuresare differentwhichmakesthe texteasiertoread
for the readerand easiertounderstand.
Main image- The mainimage isa keycentrepiece inany
magazine.Forthe contentsmagazine,there are fourmain
images.These are all conductedthroughthe ideaof
"Music's Men of Style",thatwasa coverline onthe front
cover.But, these are all keyimagesasthey linkwithsome
of the referencesbelowthe images. Ibelievethateven
thoughtheyare images,theycountaskeyparts of
informationforthe readersastheygive themaninsightto
whatthe textisreferringto.
Pictures linked to articles/Captions- The fourpicturesthatcan be
seenonthispage connote withthe sub-headingof "Features".The four
modelsnamesthatare in these imagesare highlightedtosignifythere
importance inthe imagesdisplayed.Also,tothe righthandside of the
page we can see some captions.These captionsoutlinethe
photographerof eachshot,the name of the artist andwhat theyare
wearing.Thisisa goodfeature as itmay be somethingthatthe
audience isinterestedinbutitisalsoaccreditingthe person
responsible forthe images,like aneditorialletterwould.
Page numbers- The page numbersare used
as a referencingtool tofindcertainthingsin
the magazine.Onthispage theyare clearly
highlightedinboldastheyare an important
tool and are the same size as the textwhich
couldmeanthat theyare bothsignificantin
some way.
Main heading/Sub-heading- Similartothe frontcover andthe
Masthead,the mainheadingissituatedtothe side of the page.Again,
thisisthe editorutilisingthe space thathe has onthe page butI
believeitaddsa unique touchtothe magazine.Intermsof the sub-
headings,asI've said before withthe text,the sub-headingsare
highlightedinbold.The reasoningbehindthisisthatthe editorhassplit
themintosections.These sectionshave certaincategorieswhich cover
certainthingsinthe magazine as a whole.Thisiseffective asit means
thingscan be easilyidentified.
Shot types- Forthe top leftimage we geta longshotwhichcoversthe
subjectfromheadto toe whichisuseful asthe theme isfashionandwe
can analyse more of what he iswearingwiththisshpt.Inthe top right,
and bottomrightwe have a mediumlongshotwhichcoversthe subject
to theirknees.Thisisagood shotas it putsthe mainfocuson the
personinthe frame of the shot.Finally,inthe bottomleftwe have a
mediumshot.Thisshowsusthe subjectdowntotheirwaist.Thisisa
goodshot to use as eventhoughitdoesn'tgive usa full bodyshotof the
subject, butwe can still gatheran impression of the subject.
Rule of Thirds- Thisisa keyconventionthat
isusedon thispage a lot.The ideaof it isto
geta brief ideaof where the pointsof
interestare onthe page so thattheycan
place the most importantthingsinthose
pointsof interestwhichisuseful asthatis
the thingthat will attractthe readers.