This document analyzes the layout and design of a double page spread from the hip hop magazine XXL. It identifies several key design elements: 1) A large, bold headline and logo that stand out and reinforce the magazine's brand. 2) Conventional layout with an artist image on the left and explanatory text on the right. 3) Black text on a white background for readability, with the artist images matching the text color. 4) Images of rappers with typical "angry" expressions and poses to fit genre conventions. 5) A large, bold pull quote that summarizes the article and takes up more space than the text to emphasize its importance.

1. Music Magazine –
Contents Page and DPS
Textual Analysis
Name: Zeyan Mirza
Candidate Number: 1178
Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number:64135
OCR Media Studies – AS Level
Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio

2. This logo is written in drop capitals and the font itself is bold, this helps the logo to
stand out on the page. The white font on the red background makes the logo bright
and this also helps it to stand out on the page. The fact that the font is white and the
background red, and normally the background is white, perhaps indicates that the
magazine is out of the ordinary.

3. SUBHEADING
A title or a heading of
subdivision
PAGE NUMBERS
Help the reader
navigate around the
magazine.
CROSSHEADING
Gives the reader an insight into
the article.
Contents page title
Lets the reader know they
are on the contents page.
XXL’s IDENT
Emphasises the name of
the magazine again to the
reader, white on red helps
it to stand out on the page,
its also bigger then the
majority of the font on the
page, helping it to stand
out. The use of the colour
red could connote passion
and anger within the rap
genre.
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This also gives an
insight into the main
article and encourages
the reader to buy the
magazine.
WEB ADDRESS
This allows the reader to know the
name of the magazine
DATE
Know how up to date
the magazine is and
what issue they are
reading
PAGE NUMBER
Enables reader to navigate
around the magazine easier
MAIN IMAGE
The inclusion of rap artists
such as 50 cent and
Souldja Boy denotes some
evidence of XXL’s desire
to include star appeal
(Richard Dyer) this is
important because it
means readers are
attracted to the
magazine, when its on
shelf its more likely to
stand up.

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5. Analysis
1.The large and bold display font of the headline makes it stand out, and makes it stand out he reader the bold
letters stick to the brand and identity of the magazine.
2.This double page spread some layout conventions of the hip hop magazine genre , the main artist is on the
left of the page and the text on the right. The main headline is a quote from the artist and the body copy
below is explaining the quote, the page number features in the bottom right of the page.
3.The black font and white background make the page easy to read, the image matches the colour of the text,
plain colours put more emphasis on the rappers jewellery.
4.The artists have typically angry expressions on their face to keep with the conventions, 50 cent has his hands
in his pocket and Souldja boys his hands in his pockets to give the impression they are relaxed. A low angle
shot is used to make the artists look big and bold, Souldja boy has his arms up to make him look bigger and
both are wearing chains, which match the conations off the rap genre
5. The pull quote is big, bold and black and this helps it to stand out on a page with a white background, the
pull quote itself takes up the majority of the page and takes up more space then the article, this shows the
importance of the pull quote for the article and gives us a summary of what the article is about.
6.The fact that the the pull quote is written in drop capitals again highlights the importance of the quote for
the article, the quote itself is very aggressive and contains many expletives and perhaps the the capital letters
are used to get the aggression across to the reader.

6. Conclusion I intend to ‘repeat’ (Steve
Neale – 1980) the subhead
as it makes the page look
bold, and l will also include
my logo to reiterate what
magazine the reader is
reading.
I will ‘repeat’ the
crosshead so people
can navigate easily
around my magazine
and easily locate the
main articles.
Will ‘repeat’ the pull
quote so people are
encouraged to read
on.
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