Front Cover textual analysis 3

Denotation

The magazine cover consists of coloured photography of a woman looking directly at the camera. It is a medium long shot showing her arms legs and head. She is sitting on a chair with her legs open, almost all her legs are visible within the shot. The background isn’t clear but we mainly see the head of the chair and what maybe another chair right next to it. Behind the woman is the blender masthead and in front of her are six cover lines in light blue, white, and yellow the barcode is on the bottom left and is visible.

Masthead

Blender’s masthead is written boldly in yellow with a faint shadow in the background of each letter. The font is Arial and each letter stands separately from the other, there is also a slight crack in the mast head which is straight this outlines the unique significance of this magazine, almost like its newest trade mark as research shows that they tend to change there masthead design shape and size according to the issue.

Character

The cover photograph is of the successful artist singer “Mariah carey”

Composition-she is posed in a provocative manner bearing all in the image. Her pose is very sexual and open. Her naughty night wear along with her pose and body language portrays her in a very sexy way.

Costume-there is a lack of clothing in this image, she is wearing what looks like a play suit all in one; it is very sexy and revealing. The black and pink supports the sexy image she is trying to portray as these colours is often used to for this. Her hair is worn down in order to tone down the sexy look.

NVC-Her non verbal communication displays her as very attractive, her mouth is slightly opened, she has natural lip wear and white teeth giving her a very subtle look around the face

Lighting-the lighting is rather high it is enhanced on areas such as her legs and face to highlight the main focuses on her body.

Setting- there is no clear setting but it is assumable that he is outside due to the white background.

Cover-lines

The main cover line associated with the celebrity is a big bold yellow writing of her name which is placed in the bottom right of the magazine below that is a little remark saying ‘and oh yeah she can sing too’ with sing underlined. The issue discusses Mariah’s life and up coming fame; at 18 she was spotted by Sony Music mogul Tommy Mottola. In 2001, shortly before the release of her movie ‘Glitter’, she had a very public breakdown, on MTV before checking herself into rehab, and many more different scenarios in the life of Mariah carey. The phrase and she sings too is to highlight and emphasize her many talents. She also features on this magazine to promote her new single. We then have a series of four different coverlines flushed left and right of the artist; discussing different aspects of the music industry for e.g.’ the 43 most unnecessary artists ever’ there is a rather harsh tone in the majority of the cover lines, rather insulting in some aspects but regardless it draws the audience in therefore serving its purpose.

Target audience

The likely target audience would be young adults aged 18 -26 male and female. They would love the latest gossip on stars and also love the trash talk about stars. They would have a wide knowledge stream on other genres. They are likely to be educated and have an interest in R n B.