Analysis of Cheryl Cole Contents Page

The purose of this essay is to identify how a singer is represented in a music magaine and how they also present themselves in there costume.

The magazine uses images of Cheryl Cole in a long shot, to show her body positioning, costume, and the colour she wears, this mise-en-scene constructs an image for the reader to think of what kind of artist they are and if they like them or dislike them.

      The same 4 colours are used to create a sense of professional theme; the colours are red, black, grey and white but the main colour that stands out is red, when we view Cheryl Cole in one of her music videos we always see her in red and always has red lipstick this colour could represent the singer and show her passion for music. It does support the style of the front cover as it also has a repetition of the colour red which is the same reoccurrence in the whole magazine. It does has a kind of house style as they constantly use these colours, and they use the same layout on all the4 articles and the are always at least two images on the page.

 

The paradigmatic of the layout of text is put this way as it is easier for the reader to access more information on Cheryl Cole just by clicking on the left hand side of the page which has the features contents and Cheryl Cole is one of the main headings so the layout of the article helps the reader find specific information very quickly. The different sections are on different pages which are useful as it tells you what page to go to instead of having to search for it yourself, which takes a lot of time to do, on page 12. The feature is 50 Cent, on page 38. A feature on Them Crooked Vultures, on page 46 the feature is Cheryl Cole and on page 72 there is a feature on John Lennon. It tells us that the magazine is about the music industry as all the features are music artists of a wide range, not just in one genre as we would associate 50 Cent with Cheryl Cole as they are both in the R’n’B genre but there is also a feature on The Beatles star John Lennon which is of a different decade of music and genre.

The magazine promotes all the artists it features like Cheryl Cole as they talk about her upcoming music and when it’s out etc, which is promoting her. Where she is a known artist every time she has an interview or an article is being wrote about her they mention her music otherwise you would only have gossip on her no truth, so it is almost constant that they talk about her music.

No the logo is placed on the top left hand corner of every page which gives a sense of repetition and reliability that the audience will know where it is constantly which also gives the magazine a sense of professionalism also. It is not very dominant but it stands out among the title of the page, which it is meant to do and the logo always stays the same size, font and colour. The promotional text on the article are topics like ‘ new to Q special’ which promotes new artists and there music and also ‘Q50’ promotes music that are the most requested and helps endorse the artist and its music.