Media XXL - The new wave

Media XXL
The  New wave
The shot type for this magazine is a wide shot and it capture the music artist full body. The lighting is pulled further away this produces a bold lighting and captures the faces of the music artist and the lighting goes elegantly with the shade they are wearing this emphasis the whole  group image. The clothing is  casual white clothing, this goes well with the whole magazine back cover image. The props that they used in the image is a lot of heavy gold chains and watches which is creates a image of power and wealth. The magazine shows a sense of individuality, as the artist are captured with their own unique poses and their hair style differ from one another.

Front cover Analysis

The main image has direct eye contact with the audience to attract them to the magazine. The music artist dominates the whole page. The main colour scheme is White, blue and black. The colours used clashes with one another.  The 'XXL' logo is featured top left on the page, intentionally, this is maybe done because everyone reads from the left to the right. Therefore this will be the first thing the reader would see, the logo is also bold with a vibrant red and white colour which dominants the magazine.

The magazine also list featured artist name on the right of the magazine, this to promote the magazine, as this is more likely to attract a wide range of people. Readers are likely to buy the magazine knowing that favourite artist is feature inside, so they can know more about them.

Content Page Analysis

MastHead: The main heading of XXL content page 'the A-SIDE' this is the name XXL gives their content page.  The magazine gives the magazine two contents page the second content page is know as the B-side. I will only be analyzing the A-Side magazine, as the A- side is the main content page, that contains the pages for most important information. The fact the magazine labels it content pages,  shows XXL uniqueness.

Crosshead: The content page has a bold subheading which highlights what the magazine features. The subheading is numbered this informs the reader what page their on and where to go to find what they are interesting in. The description underneath gives a summary of what page contains.

The XXL logo: This has been place on the left of the magazine in red and white to stand out and remind the readers what magazine they are reading.

Image: Is of group of popular artist posing, which is the largest image on the magazine, which would allow the magazine to attract their fans. The image shows a mise en scene of gangster look from the celebrities with all of them wearing huge gold jewellery.