Textual Analyzsis


Denotation: This magazine consists of a coloured photograph of a well know successful singer Rihanna,The photograph is covering most of the magazines font cover. The woman is in a position of leaning but her face is facing the camera and she is also making eye contact with the camera. The photograph is a medium shot where only her upper body is showing.The photograph is the main focus in the picture but at the top of the magazine is the master head of 'Billboard' and along the left side is a list of the cover lines, Also there is a Really bold heading almost at the bottom stating the singers name 'Rihanna' there is also a bar code at the bottom left corner. I believe that the main colour theme on this magazine is mostly white which a touch of yellow and  red maybe to contrast the singers hair which is deliberately done so that the picture can stand out more.The background of the picture is not only colours but a scenery which by the looks of it seems to be roses although you cant really see allot of roses there is some on the right hand side which can also be used to contrast with her hair,

Master head: The master head in this font cover 'Billboard' is simple but very powerful because it just comes to show that although not very bold and not many colours used it can still be powerful, Also the master head it self is very unique in the way its been put in a medium font not to big and the only colour used is mostly white and a bit of yellow and red.The letters used in the master head are lowercase apart from the first letter.The words 'Billboard' is mostly used in the industry of music where it determines what singles make it to the top 40, another term for billboard will be billboards on highways or on the streets where its used to advertised anything, from food to musical artists.Both reasons might of been used to create a name for the magazine because have the same music definition.

Character: The photograph used in the magazine is of a well known, worldwide singer rihanna.

Composition: Rihanna is posed lying down and leaning exposing her side, and showing her face towards the camera, not much is showing but only her upper body, this might of been done deliberately to show off her face more than anything.
Costume: Her costume is not much but a crop top which shows some of her stomach and exposing on of her
and her tattoo of guns, i think that her hair wasn't really made to stand out but i think mostly her bright red hair.The costume worn in this photograph is also a costume she wears for her photo shoot for the 'Loud' Album also she wears exactly the same for her music video 'California King Bed.' Also the way her hair is put for example a part of her hair is covering her eye, might just mean that she trying to be mysterious which might be parreall for the coverline.

 NVC:Theres not much posture in the image but by her leaning into the ground and her face looking directly into the camera, and her red lips slightly open to give out a seductive vibe, maybe even to the target audience.
Lighting: There alot of light within all her body, the light is very luminoius to give it an eye catching effect also to potray that the magazine is about the artist on the front.the light behind is very faded, so you cant really see the background.
Setting: There is scenery in the picture alothough the background is faded, you can make out roses which might have been done on purpose to show some sort of meaning, For example roses are very ,mystrious and have alot of meaning, which might of been done delibratly to show that Rihanna is more than you think she is.

Cover lines: The cover lines on the front page consist of not only music but of TV and film as well. The main cover line in the whole of the  font cover is of Rihanna the artist who is very successful, It says 'The Re-REinvention  of Rihanna 'My fans dont know who i really am.' this could mean that shes wanting to show that shes more than what her fans think of her, also as Rihanna constantly changing her style, her fans were judging her and stating that she trying to be something shes not, but as the cover line says she wants to show to everyone that theres alot they dont know about her. The coverlines also include pitbull doing a take over on the magazine, also mentions different type of things from the tv. All the fonts used are serif fonts.

Target Audience: Looking at the magazine it just comes to show that  the target audience is adults probably 18 and over, and fans of big successful artists such as Rihanna, i think this because it shows little and a minimum of knowledge of something young people would want to read as its not fully made of gossip but about tv.