Texual analaysis 3

Denotation

The magazine has a picture of a male rapper looking directly at the camera. It’s a medium shot which shows his head all the way down to his waist. His standing behind something, with his arms crossed and his hands tucked into his sides. The back ground is grey. Behind the picture of the male rapper is the magazines mast head and a numerous amount of cover lines. The name of the photograph of the male rapper is on the left in big red capital letters.

Masthead

The Vibe mast head is bold as it has a big font and is shaded with the colours black and red. The font is not serif; each word of the masthead is upper case and is evenly spaced out. The magazine is called vibe and since it’s a music magazine the word vibe suggests that vibe means the feeling you get when you listen to music. Also in America there is a network called the Vibe LifeStyle network which is a music/entertainment group under the name of vibe.

Character

The cover photo is of the famous American rapper ‘Eminem’.

Composition: he is posed in a way which makes him seem tough and gangster.  His body language and clothing gives the impression that he is saying don’t mess with me.

Costume: His clothing is a black vest, showing his tattooed arms and is wearing a silver cross round his neck. His clothing has been chosen to appeal to the target audience of the magazine who mainly listen to rap music and also those who are fans of Eminem and want to know his secret as underneath his name it says ‘comes clean’. His clothing makes him seem as if he isn’t a famous rapper, but a normal guy and is very similar to the costume he wears in his song ‘cleaning out my closet’

NVC: His non verbal communication is very manly and tough. His arms crossed showing his tattoos and also making his arms look bigger. Also looking directly at the camera he has a ‘don’t mess with me look’.

Lighting:  The lighting is front lighting.

 Setting: There is very little setting to this magazine, but the grey background connotes calmness, peaceful, relaxation, modernisms.

Cover-lines: The main cover-line that relates to his photograph says: “Eminem: comes clean”. This is making a reference to a song he did before the picture was taken called ‘Cleaning out my closet’ (released in 2002). It became the second top-ten single from the album reaching #4 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and one of the highest-charting singles of his career. The cleaning out my closet video shows Eminem up brining when he wasn’t rich and famous and the vest that he wears for this photo shoot shows that he was just a normal guy like everybody else. The different cover-lines show that the magazine talks about other interesting news and stories and not just music, e.g. “The 50 hottest rap blogs ranked” and “Who is the best rapper you decide”. The cover-lines on the front of the magazine suggest that the magazine focuses on one type of music genre (Hip-hop) but one cover-line does mention Jimmy Fallon an actor/comedian/singer. The cover-lines also consist of different rap artist such as lil Wayne, Jay-z, T.I, Kanye West, Drake, Gucci Mane and Kid Cudi.

Target audience

Taking account of all the points above, the target audience is most likely to be male and female (more male then female) ages between 14-30 this because the magazine talks about new young artist, more males would read this magazine because males are more interested in Hip-hop and rap the females. The people who would read this magazine would have good knowledge on new rap artist and Hip-hop.

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Texual analaysis 2

Denotation

The magazine has a photograph of a female RnB singer looking directly act the camera. The camera shot is a mid shot showing her head arms and waist. She’s standing in front of the background which blends in with the jacket she is wearing. The background is a silky brown colour which darkens midway through the magazine to the right side and covers the whole magazine. Above her head is the Blender masthead and in front of her are 8 cover-lines in white and red. The name of the photograph of the women is in big capital letter in red. A bar code is visible on the bottom left corner.

Masthead

The Blender masthead is very distinctive and very clever: red but the B of blender has a touch of orange on the left side of the B. The font is not serif; each letter is spaced out so they don’t join up. The whole Masthead apart from the letter B has a slash through it which gives a sense that the Masthead was put in an actual blender and got shredded a little bit. The font is very similar to the ‘Sprite’ font which connotes di-hydration, something good, happiness.

Character

The photograph is of the successful American RnB singer Janet Jackson (who is related to the pop king Michael Jackson).

Composition

She is posed in a very seductive ‘did you miss me?’ kind of way. She is standing up looking very sexual and provocative, which links to the cover-line under her name which says “The Queen Of Pop Is Back”.

NVC

Her non verbal communication is also very sexual and seductive. The way she has positioned her hip and her body is very sexy and seductive; her left hand pulling down her jeans is also very suggestive; her facial expression gives a sense that she is ready for something.

Lighting

The lighting suggests that is it is getting close to night.

Setting

There is very little setting however, the background looks like they are bed sheets, and the colour brown connotes, earthiness, friendliness, dependability and the background does make Janet look friendly.

Cover-lines

The main cover-line that relates to her photograph says: “Janet: The Queen Of Pop is Back”.  This cover-line relates to her song ‘All for you’. This is because Janet didn’t make a song that it the Billboard hot100 songs in a long time, the song became Jackson's tenth number one on the Billboard Hot 100, staying there for seven weeks also the song was also an international success, reaching number one in Canada and charting inside the top ten of almost all European countries and the top five in Australia and New Zealand. The clothing that she wears for this photo is also very similar to her song ‘All for you’ which she dresses very sexual in. The different cover-lines show that the magazine is consists of different music genres and is not just about music but other interesting news, e.g. “Destiny Child: the closest we’ll ever come to a hot threesome” and “Tim McGraw: Conquers Country”. The cover-lines also consist of different music artist such as Tim McGraw an American country singer, Destiny Child an RnB girl group and Weezer a rock band. All cover-lines use the serif font.

Target Audience

Taking account of all the points above, the target audience is most likely to be male and female (more males then females) aged between 25-60. The people who would read this magazine would have a good knowledge of artist who have been making music for a long time, and also who listen to different types of music genres.

Texual analaysis 1

Denotation

The magazine has a photograph of a female pop singer looking directly at the camera in a seductive way. It’s a medium long shot which shows her head, arms and waist. She is standing in front of the background with body turned to the side and her hands on her hips. The background is pure white and covers the whole of the magazine. Above the woman’s head is the Blender masthead in a big bold black font and next to her is her name ‘Katy Perry’ in big black and pink letters. Around her is 6 cover line in black and pink.

Masthead

The blender masthead is very distinctive: Black, big bold font which stands out. The font is not a serif font, each letters are evenly spaced so they don’t join up. Each word is upper case. A Blender is something used to mix things together and the masthead could mean the magazine has a mixture of different genres of music (Rock, Hip-Hop, R&B ect...).

Character

The cover photo is of the successful American singer ‘Katy Perry’.

Composition

She is posed in a very seductive ‘come and get me’ king of way. Her body language and clothes are very seductive and provocative.

Costume

Her clothing is a colourful bra which looks like she’s going to the beach and is very sexual, and her pants is of the same sort of material and is very short showing her thighs and is also very sexual. The costume has been chosen carefully to appeal the target audience who are most likely to be male as she is dressed very sexy. The costume has been used to promote her song ‘I kissed a girl’ which was produced by Dr. Luke.

NVC

Her non verbal communication is very seductive. Her hands touching her hips suggest she likes to be felt at that particular place; her lips slightly open showing her red lipstick, her eyes looking seductively at the camera.

Lighting

The lighting looks like its mid day.

Setting

There is very little setting, but the white background connotes heavenliness, purity and is not keeping to a set theme but makes Katy Perry look pure.

Cover-lines:

The main cover-line that relates to her photograph says: “Katy Perry: Kiss ‘n’ tell with Pop’s Bi-Curios babe”. This is making a reference to her song ‘I kissed a girl’ (released 2008) which was about her bi-sexual experience with a girl she kissed and as the song goes “I kissed a girl and a liked it” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks, becoming the 1000th chart-topper of the Rock Era and was the 10th best selling single in the 21st century. The song features a lot of women dressed in sexual clothes (including Katy Perry).  The different cover-line shows that the magazine has a mixture of different music genres and also doesn’t just focus on music but other interesting news and events, e.g. “Keeping it wheel: raps greatest rides”, “David Cook: Gets his fans wasted”. The cover-lines also consists of other music artist such as T-Pain who is an RnB singer and David cook who is an rock singer and Metallica which is a heavy metal band. All the cover-lines use a serif font.

Target Audience

Taking account of all the points above, the target audience is most likely to be male and female (more males then females) aged between16-40. The kind of people who would read this magazine would have a good knowledge on new artist and who listen to different genres of music. Also because mainly young people listen to pop, hip-hop and RnB and older people tend to listen to rock bands.

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Introduction

My name is Joshua Sem - Mintah, i am a student at Christ the King sixth form i study Maths, Media Stuidies, Psycology and Sociology. I created this blog to upload all of my Media Studies coursework so that my teachers and examiners to gain access to my work.