planning for media

1. Textual Analysis of Magazine Pages
Research For Media Production

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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).

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.)

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.