Friday 30 September 2016

Textual Analysis of Two Magazines - Content Page - XXL and VIBE



VIBE

- The way 'contents' is displayed makes this page and magazines unique, shows the individuality VIBE is compared to other magazines. — With 'contents' been printed in white, works well with the red background.
- In the top right hand corner, there is a date underneath the magazines title — showing the date this magazine was published.
-  The artist is placed in the middle of the page to be able to stand out — he stands out by him also being topless - his tattoos are visible and wearing a lot of bright jewellery. - this also shows the fashionable elements VIBE magazine may contain. - These's elements also attracts the attention of young people. - this also implies the genre of music VIBE is focussing on - hip-hop/rap.
- The red background also shows a capital V is promoting VIBE magazine and so a reader can recognise the VIBE logo.
- The sections underneath the features headline is in fancy font - this makes the magazine classy and sophisticated.
   

XXL

-XXL's content page always goes over to pages - They are separated by titled - 'The A-Side' and 'The B- Side. 
-'The A-Side' content page displays the artists who were the cover stars on the front cover. The image is a high angle and they are dressed in mostly white - like they were dressed on the front cover. 
- On the bottom of the page - bellow the image - shows the features that that the magazine will contain. - Most of the features are of individual article from people. 
- This section is shown numbered in chronological order - so it is easy for a reader to find the individual article in the magazine. 
- 'The B-side' content page shows a young female, dressed quite revealingly - this image could have been purpose put in the magazine to attract XXL's male viewers.
- The colours used on this page is quite dark and contrast with the previous contents page.
- This contents page has a heading called 'departments' and is again showing article which the magazine contains in numbered chronological order.

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