Monday, 14 October 2013
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Textual Analysis: Drake GQ Magazine&Oasis album
Masthead
The masthead on this magazine is big and bold and in the bright colour of orange so that it stands out to the fashion audience. The GQ stands for Gentleman's Quarterly which indicates the magazine is specified for a higher end audience, as the connotation of "Gentlemen" is a classy and sophisticated type of person who dresses in an expensive way, which is what the magazine advertises by including adverts for expensive clothing brands inside of the magazine. The Masthead itself is positioned in front of the main image as it is a special edition of the magazine, therefore the masthead has been placed in a way where the audience will see.
Main Image
The main image on the front of this magazine is an image of the rap artist 'Drake', as he is a rapper he is usually wearing street like clothing, however due to the class of GQ he is wearing a suit as it is appropriate for the higher class of audience the magazine is trying to appeal to. Drake in the image is not making direct eye contact and is looking away from the camera, this creates a sense of mystery within the audience as questions begin to be asked e.g. What is he looking at? He could also be looking away from the image so that the main attention is not drawn towards his eyes and drawn towards his smile instead as this is the main feature of his face that is on show, this gives the audience the impression of Drake being happy to appear on the cover of this particular magazine.
Cover lines
The cover lines on this magazine are positioned on both sides of the cover, but more are on the right hand side. The main cover line is the one that says "15th men of the year issue" by putting this at the top of the cover where people can see it, it will ensure that the audience will see it as an important copy of the magazine which will boost sales. By this being a special edition of the magazine it may appeal to an audience that is larger than usual, as people may think that they must buy it due to it being a special edition. In the cover lines other people are mentioned such as, James Franco, Jonathan Franzen and Scarlett Johansson. GQ have done this so that the magazine will still appeal to people that are not fans of drake as they can see who else is in the magazine which may enhance their decision of buying it.
On the cover of this Oasis album "Dig out your soul" the band have used their specific logo of the band in order to connect with the Oasis fans. People who are already into the bands music will see this logo and instantly recognize what it is and will purchase the product. The writing on the front of the album which says "Dig out your soul" is not neat orderly writing, it almost looks as if someone has just wrote it on the album, this is a way of showing the low budget, working class the band has portrayed since starting out. The album cover itself is quite busy and has a lot going on all around it, this represents the variety of different styled song songs the album itself. Also on this album cover a lyric from one of the singles from the album is shown as it says "come in come out" this is a way of connecting with the Oasis fans as they would of heard this song before purchasing the album.
Main Image
The main image on the front of this magazine is an image of the rap artist 'Drake', as he is a rapper he is usually wearing street like clothing, however due to the class of GQ he is wearing a suit as it is appropriate for the higher class of audience the magazine is trying to appeal to. Drake in the image is not making direct eye contact and is looking away from the camera, this creates a sense of mystery within the audience as questions begin to be asked e.g. What is he looking at? He could also be looking away from the image so that the main attention is not drawn towards his eyes and drawn towards his smile instead as this is the main feature of his face that is on show, this gives the audience the impression of Drake being happy to appear on the cover of this particular magazine.
Cover lines
The cover lines on this magazine are positioned on both sides of the cover, but more are on the right hand side. The main cover line is the one that says "15th men of the year issue" by putting this at the top of the cover where people can see it, it will ensure that the audience will see it as an important copy of the magazine which will boost sales. By this being a special edition of the magazine it may appeal to an audience that is larger than usual, as people may think that they must buy it due to it being a special edition. In the cover lines other people are mentioned such as, James Franco, Jonathan Franzen and Scarlett Johansson. GQ have done this so that the magazine will still appeal to people that are not fans of drake as they can see who else is in the magazine which may enhance their decision of buying it.
On the cover of this Oasis album "Dig out your soul" the band have used their specific logo of the band in order to connect with the Oasis fans. People who are already into the bands music will see this logo and instantly recognize what it is and will purchase the product. The writing on the front of the album which says "Dig out your soul" is not neat orderly writing, it almost looks as if someone has just wrote it on the album, this is a way of showing the low budget, working class the band has portrayed since starting out. The album cover itself is quite busy and has a lot going on all around it, this represents the variety of different styled song songs the album itself. Also on this album cover a lyric from one of the singles from the album is shown as it says "come in come out" this is a way of connecting with the Oasis fans as they would of heard this song before purchasing the album.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)