Task Two: Contents Page Analysis - XXL

This is the contents page from XXL magazine.

Conventions of page layout:
There is no masthead but the title "The A-side" could act like a masthead. Although, the XXL masthead is used, again in the top left hand corner and this shows the importance of the magazine. The font sizes are the similar same however some of the words are in bold for example the title for the pages alongside the page numbers are in bold. This emphasizes what is going to be on that page and stands out for attention. There are two-three different fonts and sizes throughout this page. Teasers are a main part of a contents page since it shows snippets of texts and reveals briefly what is going on. Teasers are used to attracted people within their specific target audience to read on and find out more about a specific article. There is a order on the contents page and all the information is on the left hand side of the page and this is because there is another image of the 10 people including Fetty Wap however they are posing different and you can now see what they were leaning/standing on in the photograph. This is accurate since most people read from left to right and the picture would either be the first thing they look at or the last thing they at in detail. The page numbers are in different colours so they can stand out better and you can find it easily and go straight to that page. There is a 3-colour scheme of white, blue and black and a bit of red for the XXL logo. You can clearly see that there is a margin alongside the page which again makes everything neat although there is no pull quotes or puffs.

Language:
Sub-headings like "Year-End Report Card","It's Goin' Down", "Make A Scene", "Like My Style", "What's Goin' On" and "On That Level" are used to show the reader what is going on in the magazine and they can just jump to that page if they are intrigued by the topic. Informality is used to create familiarity for the reader and to create a relationship with them, this is shown through the use of dropping letters at the end of a word. Instead of using the "g" in "Going" the writer has just left it and this creates a different /n/ sound when saying the word. The informal words link with the Hip Hop genre since when artists rap or sing, they tend to use broken English and shortened words so this has been represented correctly.

Image:
Again, there is the same 10 people from the cover page in this image and it has the same shot (Long shot) as the cover page. The image is exactly the same however the people have posed differently to the first one.