Music Magazine –

Contents Page and DPS Textual Analysis

Name: Emma WalkerCandidate Number: 1252Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic SchoolCenter Number: 64135

OCR Media Studies – AS Level

Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio

Issue detailsLets you know what issue you are reading.

Page numbersTells us what page each story is on.

SubtitlesGives you an insight.

Main imageWriting fills the shape of her body. More unique and unstructured.

Top ChartsTells us what songs are most popular right now.

Secondary imagesGives us an insight into what is to come.

Website informationThis tells the reader about their website and what is on there.

Cover stories & extra informationGives the reader more information.

Magazine LogoThis reminds the reader of what they are reading.

Pull QuoteMakes peopled intrigued into the story, they want to read it.

Magazine CreditsTells the reader who wrote this article.

Main ImageThis image has a star appeal (Richard Dyer), so the reader will want to read about this star.Writing is laid out in two columns, this gives it a

structural approach.

Bold ColoursThis makes the page eye catching and interesting to read.

Drop CapitalA drop capital is used to be eye-catching for the reader.

Questions in different styleThe questions have been put in bold writing, this means that they stand out against the rest of the writing and it makes it more clear for the reader what are the questions and what are the answers.

WrapThe writing is wrapped around the picture of the artist, this gives it a more fun and different look.

The picture of the artist goes over part of the writing, this also gives it a more fun look and unconventional look.

To create my own pop music magazine contents page I intend to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the top charts section which shows you what music is popular right now, this is so my readers can listen to the latest songs and know what they are. Also, I intend to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the secondary images used on the contents page as this element gives the reader an insight into what is to come in the magazine and so will make them want to read on. I will use star appeal (Richard Dyer) to draw the readers in as they will want to read about a popular star they know. Furthermore, I will use the bold, bright colours throughout my magazine so that it has a consistent theme and is eye catching.To create my double page spread in my pop music magazine, I intend to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the variation in font styles, because this gives it a more interesting look. Also, I intend to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the bold, bright colours as this makes the pages eye catching and makes the reader want to look at the page. Finally, I would like to repeat (Steve Neale – 1980) the use of a main image, this allows the reader to know who and what the story is about without having to read it, this will encourage the reader to indulge in the story as they want to find out more. If the image is of a current popular pop star then the image and story will appeal to the target audience.

Variation in font styles

Bright and Bold colours

Main Image

Top Charts section

Secondary imagesBold, Bright colours