Textual Analysis

1. Textual Analysis
Pop Music:
The masthead of the magazine is bright pink with a
bold white border. By doing this, it will grab the
audience’s attention. Also as the masthead is pink
it is more likely to grab a target audience of girls,
especially teenagers or young girls.
The main article of this magazine is
about ‘Justin Bieber’ hence why he
is the main image on the front. As
there are lots of Justin Bieber fans,
when they see this they are very
likely to buy this magazine because
he is on the front. Justin Bieber’s
genre of music he creates is ‘pop’
which therefore links in to why he is
the main image on the front of this
cover.
The cover line is placed across the
main image of Justin Bieber’s body,
which is a convention of where a
cover line would normally be. Also
as the cover line reads ‘Justin’s Body
Hang-Ups’, they because of what
the cover line says.
Additional cover lines have been used down the right
and left hand side of the magazine as well as across
the top and at the bottom of the magazine. They are
also printed in a smaller font as they are not as
important as the main cover line. However they are
still noticeable, therefore these additional cover lines
may also grab the target audience’s attention and
persuade them to buy it.
The colour used in this magazine cover is mainly
pink. This is because it is aimed at young or
teenage girls. So therefore it will grab their
attention even more as it is pink.

2. Rock Music:
The masthead of this magazine is called ‘Classic Rock’ which will therefore
inform the reader that this magazine is based on the genre ‘rock’. Also the
masthead is very bold and in a big font size. This will make it easier for the
reader to spot. Moreover artists mentioned in the additional cover lines are
classic rock artists linking in with the masthead.
This additional cover line informing
the reader there is a free CD may
persuade the reader to buy this
magazine. If this was not advertised
readers would not know there is a
free CD.
The main cover line notifies the
audience that the main article in the
magazine is about ‘Guns n’ Roses’.
Readers who are fans of ‘Guns n’
Roses’ are more likely to buy this
magazine because the main article
is about them.
The additional cover lines are
scattered around the page mainly of
the left and right hand side. The
white font makes them stand out on
the black background. Also the fact
that they haven’t included images of
the artists suggests that they are
‘classic’ rock stars that people will
recognise them just from their
name and that they don’t need a
picture there.
The fact that the magazines main
colours are black and white ties in
with the fact that you would link
rock music with the colour black
because it is seen as quite ‘dark’ and
‘heavy’ music. The white
background is used so it stands out
on the black background.
The main image is of someone
from ‘Guns n’ Roses’ which draws
more attention to the magazine
from their fans making them more
likely to buy it. Although the
background is black, he is also
wearing black which links to the
fact that most rock bands wear
black and why the main colour
used in this magazine is black.
The position the artist is
standing in suggests he
is from rock band too
because he looks laid
back.
The words
used in this
subheading
are also words
that you
would expect
to see in a
rock
magazine.

3. Classical Music:
The masthead of this magazine
cover is called ‘music’ and is in a
very stylized font. This is because
the genre of music this magazine is
about is classical and as classical
music is well flowing, so is the font
style.
The main cover line of this magazine
is of a musician’s name. Also it is
placed at the left hand side of the
page, which may have been because
they wanted the musician to be the
main focus. Furthermore they may
have wanted the focus to be on the
violin as it is a classical music
magazine.
The colour scheme of this magazine
is very natural and simple colours.
This may be because classical music
sounds very simple and natural as it
often has no vocalist.
The additional cover lines are mainly
placed on the right hand side of the
page. Also one of the additional
cover lines includes an advert for
another musician. This may make
the audience more likely to buy this
magazine if they are fan of this
This magazine has a main musician.
image of a musician holding a
violin. The fact that she’s
holding a violin suggests the
magazine want the focus to be
on the violin and not her. Also,
the musician is wearing black
which could be because they
don’t want her to be the main
focus and that they wanted to
keep it simple and plain.