XXL Magazine Contents Page
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The masthead for this contents page is positioned centrally at
the top of the page and font wise it is the biggest on the page.
Having the masthead font the biggest on the page draws the
attention of the potential customers as it is the first thing they
see.
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The main image on this page is of Dr.Dre who is a globally
recognised rapper and producer. By using Dr.Dre XXL Magazine
guarantee sales as Dr.Dre is seen as the highest person in music
industry so this attracts interest. Dr.Dre looks very calm and
relaxed, we can also tell is quite laid back and he believes in his
confidence these can all be considered as connotations of the
image. We can also see Dr.Dre’s shadow in the background by
doing this the magazine have implied that Dr.Dre is much bigger
than he may come across especially reputation wise. It also
shows the high status that he has and his importance in the
music industry.
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The background is a dim grey colour with Dr.Dre’s shadow. They
use dim colour and not bright so the background doesn’t take
any attention away from the artist.
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The main cover story is highlighted and put above all the other
features within the magazine. This is done so the potential
customer knows apart the main story from the other side
features.
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The features are listed on the right hand side of the page and
takes up most of the page. They do this so as soon as the
potential buyer opens the page so they see what else is in the
magazine. Only the main stories they think will attract the
customer into buying will be put on the features list.