Main Task:Front Cover Textual Analysis

Denotation: This magazine cover is for Vibe magazine. It




Masthead:

Character: The character that is on the front cover of the magazine is Janet Jackson a well known singer that is a member of the Jacksons family. This is an R n B type of magazine and she fits the genre of music well.

Composition: Her non-verbal communication e.g. body language and facial expression is suductive.Her pose suggests that she is having fun. Her clothing is basic.

Costume: Her clothing is simple .she is wearing a white vest top, some fish net tights and a pair of jeans. This gives her a causal look .The accessories such as brackets and ring, work well with the camera because they are all metalic objects.

NVC: Janet Jackson’s non-verbal communication in this image comes across a little bit seductive because of the way she is posing .Her mouth is opened so her facial expressions seems surprised but thrilled at the same time this may connote how much she is enjoying life and being successful. Her lipstick is matching the colour of the font (peach). She is looking directly at the camera so it is an eye level shot but a medium shot as well. Janet is a well known singer and she is feisty so as an audience we get this from the way she is standing.

Lighting: The lighting of the image is high key lighting; it is bright so it implies that it was taken in the morning.

Setting: There is not much of a setting which suggests that the photograph was taken in a studio. The background is a white/creamy colour that brings out text and main head lines.

Props: There is only one prop in this image which is the camera.It has been used to cover one of her eyes.The camera may cannote an eye because the main cover line is 'Janet Jackson likes to watch' ,So in this case it may be that she is using the camera to represent her her eyes.


Cover-lines: The main cover line is 'Janet Jackson likes to watch'.This is telling us the reders a little bot about what we are going to be reading in the magazine.

Target Audience: The target audience for this magazine(Vibe) is most likely to be both males and females which are interested in RNB and Hip-Hop.They would normally be around the ages of 15-25.They should be able to understand and have some knowlegde on this type of music. Most importantly they should have a great interst in the music genre in this case RNB and Hip-Hop.They should be able to read .