Textual analysis of music

Magazine:contents page

I have a contents page that I found on Google which I thought was appealing to me, I found this contents page very attractive and wanted to analyse on the contents page and I know it will help to sell the magazine. The denotation in this contents page straight away is a known R&B artist ‘Ciara’ straight away this will engage her fans to want to buy the magazine, also in the way she is lying down and has her legs up with her heels near the text like her heels is dangling down, also makes the magazine sell because it is interesting, its different and they would want to buy the magazine. The magazine has used ‘star power’ to sell the magazine to a lot of potential fans and because ‘Ciara’ is successful it is a good idea to use her.

The lighting is used effectively, because with the lighting being high key on the image and low key on the edges gives a nice effect and makes the model stand out on the picture. This is trying to emphasis on the model and how sexy she looks especially since she is wearing a body suite and her legs are out, it makes her look sexy and casual at the same time and in this present time a lot of people want to be like celebrities and seeing this they will want to pick up the magazine and see what else the magazine has to offer.

In the non verbal communication shown we can see this sexy look that she is trying to perceive to the audience, she is not smiling but she is looking directly at her audience. There is not really any props that were intentionally used apart from the heels, the heels make a big effect on the image and makes it very exciting and appeals to the audience. I believe that the background used was chosen because it is relaxed and it shows what this casual yet sexy approach and having the sides fade into black also makes the magazine look attractive.    

The handwriting is modern and we can see a difference in the way they have styled their title ‘content’ it is levelled out in three rows which also gives a nice, casual effect to the picture because it is different and vibrant. Even though the handwriting is modern it still also adds to this sexy approach they are trying to perceive.