I will be analysing XXLs DPS the image on the left takes up
the whole page showing 50cents and Souja boys importance they are both dressed
in a stereotypical gangster hip hop way which appeals to the genre of the magazine
Souja boy has his trousers low which is known as low backs this is seen as
fashion amongst Young males therefore it appeals to the target audience of
African American young males the are also both wearing chains around their neck
which is also seem as fashion. They are both posing in very masculine ways
50cent has his hands in his pockets with a stern facial expression Souja boy
less serious but still stern. The pull quote uses language to suit the target
audience for example ni**gs,f**k this appeals to the target audience of African
American young males who like rap/hip hop swearing also they would all be in
testing in rap beef who fighting or arguing with who they like to know the latest
gossip of their favourite artists is
typically uses and conversational words such as the n word is seen as
acceptable because if more formal language was used it would not appeal to them
as they do not Find it very interesting. Twitter is also mentioned because most
young people nowadays have social networking websites. The image links to the quote
because 50cent tells people to leave souja boy alone so the fact that he is
standing behind souja boy looking angry and protective relates to the text. Again
a dark masculine colour scheme used dull colours like black and grey however
this does make the writing also easier to read. This how xxl usually layout there dps there is usually a pull quote above the text and the image on the left usually takes up a whole page.

DPS: You are strong again on layout, image and genre.You do not analyse the journalistic language, style or structure used.
ReplyDeleteContents page (could not post comment on previous post): This is quite a strong analysis of the contents page and you understand genre, layout, and image. You could be clearer on the rather unusual way that XXL organises content, into categories (or not). VC