The document provides a summary of a magazine cover and contents page in 3 sentences: The magazine cover features multiple people holding gold weapons to imply wealth and power, with certain individuals dressed in blue or green portrayed as more important. The contents page emphasizes Dr. Dre as the key feature through black underlining and his shadow reflecting on other articles. Imagery and text on both pages utilize red, white, black, and yellow to reinforce the magazine brand and portray subjects in ways that appeal to the target audience.

1. People set in front of
the masthead, showing Special edition magazine.
the people are of more More people on the cover
importance than the showing it is special, and
magazine. better because it looks as if
more people are featured.
Every person is holding a XXL magazine uses crowding on
weapon, and every weapon the front cover to give the illusion
they are holding is gold. that you are getting your monies
This shows wealth as it is worth.
gold, and power as they are Most of the people on the
all holding the weapons feature article photo are just
threateningly. dressed in black, where as the
A lot of the writing is in girl (Iggy Azalea), the guy above
orange. Because the her, the guy to her left and the
title is red I would say guy in the top left are all
this is because orange dressed in ether blue or green.
is a dull version of red Black could be shown as a
so clearly it is trying to colour of power, maybe
draw the readers aggressiveness, perhaps
attention more to the meaning that the other 4 are
masthead, and make not as powerful. Although,
the writing look less because these are quite bright
important. Maybe the colours it is probably implying
magazine is seen as that they are the most
more important than important, as your eye is drawn
the things featured. to them.
Repetition on the word
“Freshman” to highlight
that it is a freshman From the cover photo I can tell the
special. audience for XXL is predominantly
Also might be African American males. Most of
highlighting what type of the people featured in the picture
audience they want to are black, and male. This could be
attract. because not a lot of white people
Small price
shown as price are respected in the rap industry
might not be and nether are women. Although
something they one woman is featured. This could
want to be to try to appeal to a wider
highlight. audience.

2. Buzz word: EXCLUSIVE. The flash is like an inverted
Making the reader feel version of the logo as the
compelled to buy the background colour is white
magazine or they would and the writing is red. It is also
be missing out. on the opposite side of the
page. This draws the readers
eye to it as it looks as if it is
important.
She is set in front of the
Banner. Letting the masthead, showing she is
reader recognise the more important.
magazine easily.
Headline- Amy is written
with the largest writing
on the page showing
that she is the most
important thing. Also, A lot of repetition of the
Amy’s last name is not colour red, as red is in the
included, implying that masthead so it is sort of
she is big enough to not the magazines signature
need a last name, and colour.
also that the reader
Less important
must have the
information is in orange.
pragmatic knowledge to
Because orange is like a
not need to include her
duller version or red, I
last name.
think they used this
Most of the writing colour for the less
is written in white, important information
possibly because the as is less eye catching
Q in the masthead is than the red.
written in white.
Small price shown, not
wanting to show off about
the price.

3. Buzz word- FREE. Right at Sub image included showing
the top corner of the page. this is the type of person to
The actual Freebie is always be interested in this article.
placed inside the rapper of Plug- always shown as a
the magazine, at it can sticker, showing it is an added
move around over the price, extra.
and distract from the price.
Cover image, partly in
It is important to highlight it
front and partly behind
as it makes people more
the title. This makes it
likely to buy the magazine,
look as if the person is
as sometimes people buy a
coming out of the
magazine just for the
magazine, drawing us in.
freebie.
Headline written almost Purple and pink are the
the same size as the title main colours used for
showing it is important. the front cover, pink
Also, things written in used in the title and in
white are shown as the writing, and purple
important. Flash and used in the colours on
headline are written in the the mouse head on the
same font, different to the front. I noticed that
rest of the font on the these colours are next
page, because they are to each other on the
both showing the artists colour wheel, so they
featured in the magazine. are linked. A bit of pink
Its like the artists included is also used in the
are more important than corner of the mouth of
the magazine itself. the mouse head. Black
Freebie is very is also used on the
contrasting to the front, but it is less
magazine its self. noticeable as black is
Drawing your eye to less eye catching.
it but also showing it Probably meaning the
is a separate thing to things in black are
the magazine. Bright going to be less
colours because of important information.
the neon colours
used in rave parties. Younger audience
Small price used not as it uses text
to highlight it. speak.

4. Gold bold writing
and boarder sort of
thing, perhaps
reflecting the gold
necklace he is
wearing. Gold
usually represents
wealth or royalty,
and a lot of rappers
would like to be
seen as wealthy. In
a lot of songs they
rap about money.
The gold writing looks
like it has been created
with a stencil. Which
reflects the graffiti in
the picture, and the
stereotype that people
who enjoy rap music
also like graffiti.
The article starts off
as if it is a story. As a
rapper, you would not
expect them to start
talking like that.
Within the picture he
looks as if he is
reflecting, so maybe
the article is trying to
show the rap artist on Male gaze- the man in the picture is In the background of the
a different level that sat in quite a manly stance, with arms picture there is a building
The picture is a lot bigger than the section of writing.
we didn’t before. puffed out making them look bigger. Id say that the double page spread is 60% picture
XXL has a predominantly male with a lot of graffiti on it,
and 40% text. This could be showing that image is
audience so it might be trying to make reflecting the types of
more important in the music industry than what they
the audience aspire to be like them. As background that a lot of
have to say.
with what they did with use of the rappers would perhaps have
colour gold, making people aspire to (stereotypically).
be wealthy.

5. Lips are highlighted where as
the rest of her face is darkened
out. Lips could be highlighted as
Lanas lips are trade mark
feature. She is wearing a lot of
eye make up to mask her even
more, to drag the audiences
eyes to her lips.
The red in her hair reflects the
first sentence. The first sentence
is “She looks demonic”. It
reflects it as red usually
represents the devil and evil.
On the other side of the picture
there is blue and white shining.
Blue and white are usually
colours associated with
innocence and purity. This could
imply that she is also quite
angelic.
Quite sexualised- Lips parted,
fingers on her neck and eyes
closed. Q has a predominantly
male audience so it could be for
the male gaze.
The magazine logo is at the First letters of the paragraphs are larger. The S
bottom of each page reminding right at the beginning of the article takes up half of
the reader of the magazine. On the page, forcing the writing in the article to
the second page of the double overlap it, drawing the reader in to the article.
page spread there is an arrow
symbol to show to turn over the
page that is in the logos colours,
again reminding the reader of the
magazine.

6. His name, Dizzee Rascal is
highlighted in sort of pink/ red
colour. This means that people
who are just flicking through
the magazine quickly will be
able to spot the name easily. If
people can find what they like
in the magazine it makes
people more likely to buy it.
This colour also ties in with the
magazine as it is the same
colour as the bullet point and
“Q+A” in the top banner on the
page.
The first letter of the article is
larger than the rest of the
article, and is in a different
font. This means it is drawing
the audience into the article.
Also, the font ties in with the
magazine, as it is in the same
font as “VIP” in the top
banner of the page.
In the title it uses quite
chatty language. They
use “erm…”. This
simulates this as more of
a conversation rather
than a formal article.
Usually this appeals to Sub image included in the The background is also white, He is also wearing the colour The quote within the
the audience more as text, to give more context making the white suit blend in a lot. purple underneath which picture says ‘”Come on
they feel like the article to who they are talking This makes the purple stand out usually symbolises royalty. This sell your soul!” which
is addressing them, and about in the article, if it is more. Maybe this is suggesting that links in with the title saying relates to the clothes
this article is for them. someone other that the the royalty is the thing we mostly “Dizzee Rascal is Britain’s Dizzee is wearing in the
main man Dizzee Rascal. see about Dizzee Rascal, and his biggest headlining dance star’. picture. He is wearing a
angelic side is something we don’t And the title also says ‘young, white suit suggesting that
really see in him. rich but surprisingly grounded’ he is quite angelic on the
which links in to the suggestion surface.
of royalty.

7. Stuck to the colour scheme- Red, white
and black.
Dr. Dre has his own quote on the Dr. Dre’s article is underlined in black to
contents page. Showing he is a big show it is the most important thing
feature for them and want to show featured.
him off, and the article off.
His shadow is reflecting into the rest of the
list of the articles featured, which suggests
he is more important than everything else
He is in all black clothes, highlighting written in the magazine.
that he is featured because it blends in
with the black underlining of his own Everything in black sort of blends in because
article. the page is predominantly black. So
everything in white seems most important.
Slight worms eye view camera angle All of the articles are written in white
making him look taller. This relates to showing that that is the bit the magazine
male gaze as its making him look big, wants the audience to read. Also everything
like what the stereotypical man is in red, or red and white like the magazine
supposed to be in the eyes of society. logo is related to the actual magazine,
suggesting that they want the reader to
Hands both over his crotch in quite a look at that for sort of direction and
manly stance. This is also for the male information. Such as the arrow pointing to
gaze is it is emphasising his groin area. some information about who created the
page, this is red and white showing it is
His is the only picture featured, equal to the importance of the magazine.
showing the rest of the articles are The brackets in the sub title “(features)” are
slightly irrelevant. in red, and the actual writing inside is white,
showing that it is information about the
page. And the dash in the main title is also
red to show this is a title, but it is not shown
as very important as the rest of the title is in
black so it blends in. “Cover story” is also
written in white and red showing it is the
most important of them all, and equal to
the actual magazine. The actual magazine
logo is at the top as well, just as a reminder
to the reader.

8. Repetition of
logo and
colour
scheme.
Picture outside box showing
Image off the page right in The guy in the picture in
very important. As if its part of
the corner perhaps black and white is holding a
the magazine perhaps as
showing it barely makes it gun, but he also has his shirt
important as this well known
into the magazine, and is un-buttoned. So maybe he
magazine.
not important. Perhaps also has “his guns out”.
because it seems like it is
not to do with music as it His clothes also reflect
says “match of the day” the colour edit, as they
and Wayne Rooney. are just black and white
too.

9. Repetition of the logo.
Seems like the contents page has
its own type of font, has it
doesn’t seem to appear much
apart from in texts only relevant
to the contents page.
Picture of a girl at a
party, some sort of
lazery type colours
within the picture.
Reflecting the type of
audience they are
looking for- young Uses language such as “VIP”
people who like to party. to relate to the type of
magazine it is, as its about the
Also just reflects the party type lifestyle.
type of magazine it is.
Text in ether white or yellow on
the contents page. Tends to be
the numbers in yellow, and the
date.
Background in black, perhaps
relating to the night time, when
parties and clubs nights will be
taking place.