Contents and DPS Analysis

1. Music Magazine –
Contents Page and DPS
Textual Analysis
Name: Emma Walker
Candidate Number: 1252
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
OCR Media Studies – AS Level
Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio

2. Issue details
Lets you know
what issue you
are reading.
Page
numbers
Tells us what
page each
story is on.
Subtitles
Gives you an
insight.
Main image
Writing fills the
shape of her body.
More unique and
unstructured.
Top Charts
Tells us what songs
are most popular
right now.
Secondary images
Gives us an insight
into what is to come.
Website information
This tells the reader about their
website and what is on there.
Cover stories &
extra information
Gives the reader
more
information.
Magazine Logo
This reminds the reader of
what they are reading.

3. Pull Quote
Makes peopled intrigued into the
story, they want to read it.
Magazine Credits
Tells the reader who wrote this
article.
Main
Image
This
image
has a
star
appeal
(Richard
Dyer),
so the
reader
will
want to
read
about
this star.Writing is laid out in two columns, this gives it a
structural approach.
Bold
Colours
This
makes
the page
eye
catching
and
interesti
ng to
read.

4. Drop Capital
A drop capital is
used to be eye-
catching for the
reader.
Questions in
different style
The questions
have been put in
bold writing, this
means that they
stand out against
the rest of the
writing and it
makes it more
clear for the
reader what are
the questions and
what are the
answers.
Wrap
The writing is wrapped around the
picture of the artist, this gives it a more
fun and different look.
The picture of the artist goes over part of the
writing, this also gives it a more fun look and
unconventional look.

5. To create my own pop music magazine contents page I intend to repeat (Steve Neale –
1980) the top charts section which shows you what music is popular right now, this is so
my readers can listen to the latest songs and know what they are. Also, I intend to
repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the secondary images used on the contents page as this
element gives the reader an insight into what is to come in the magazine and so will
make them want to read on. I will use star appeal (Richard Dyer) to draw the readers in
as they will want to read about a popular star they know. Furthermore, I will use the
bold, bright colours throughout my magazine so that it has a consistent theme and is
eye catching.
To create my double page spread in my pop music magazine, I intend to repeat (Steve
Neale – 1980) the variation in font styles, because this gives it a more interesting look.
Also, I intend to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the bold, bright colours as this makes the
pages eye catching and makes the reader want to look at the page. Finally, I would like
to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the use of a main image, this allows the reader to
know who and what the story is about without having to read it, this will encourage
the reader to indulge in the story as they want to find out more. If the image is of a
current popular pop star then the image and story will appeal to the target audience.
Variation
in font
styles
Bright
and
Bold
colours
Main
Image
Top Charts
section
Secondary images
Bold, Bright
colours