Music Magazine –

Contents Page and DPS Textual Analysis

Name: Abigail RonaldCandidate Number: 2121Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic SchoolCenter Number: 64135

OCR Media Studies – AS Level

Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio

Contents Title

SublineThis briefly ‘informs’ (Katz) the reader what each page contains, or what the stories are about, for example the verbal code.

Sub HeadingsThis outlines what is in the magazine and is something that I would look to replicate in my own magazine.

Page numberThis is discretely placed in the bottom right hand corner which is where I will be placing my page numbers.

Main Image –Star appeal The main image draws the reader in as it has star appeal, by adding an image of an artist on the contents page it makes the magazine appeal to a wider market who are a fan of the star featured.

Issue detailsThis verbal code ‘informs’ (Katz) the reader when the issue was released.

I was unable to analyze the contents page from my chosen magazine of inspiration(CLASH Magazine) as their contents page is too simplistic to analyze and didn’t have many interesting features.

Pull quote – This is used to entice the reader into reading the rest of the article by drawing out an interesting line and making it stand out by making it bold.

Magazine Credits – these are displaying the photographer and Editors name.

Drop Capital –By using a drop capital on the ‘F’ at the beginning of the main article it draws attention to the article.

Main image – this in black and white and its simplistic which fits in with the text boxes.

Writer of the article's photo is placed here along with a note from them to the reader.

The text boxes have a black font on top of a white background which makes them stand out from the plain black background.

ConclusionContents PageI wish to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale – 1980) the following features on my contents page:1. Main Image – I wish to have a large main image at the top of my contents page as it gives

the page star appeal which will make a wider variety of people want to buy the magazine. 2. Page Number in the bottom right hand corner – I wish to repeat this feature on my

contents page as it is discrete which will enable me to fit more text and images on the page.

3. Subheadings – I also want to repeat this feature on my own contents page as it gives a very brief insight in to what the reader should expect to find in my magazine.

Double Page SpreadI wish to ‘repeat’ (Steve Neale – 1980) the following features on my double page spread:4. Drop capital – I want repeat this feature as it draws more attention to the article and

makes the pages look more professional.5. Text boxes – I want to repeat the style of ‘CLASH’ magazines text boxes as it looks very

professional and is very unique compared to the styles of other music magazines.6. Main image – finally I want to incorporate the style of the main image used in many of

‘CLASH’ magazines double page spreads, usually the photos are well edited and black and white which is what I want to feature in my music magazine.