Contents Page and DPS Analysis

Contents Page and DPS Analysis

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  Music Magazine – ContentsPage and DPS Textual Analysis Name: Charlie Batcheler Candidate Number: 1016 Center Name: St. Andrew’s Catholic School Center Number: 64135 OCR Media Studies – AS Level Unit G321: Advanced Portfolio
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  Content Title Sub line Thisexplains the content title and gives a preview of the story Sub Headings This tells the reader about a big story in the magazine Promotion Main Image Kasabian – a fairly well known band with a distinguished image, meaning a lot of people would recognize them and would want to read on. Issue details Band Index Tells the reader what bands are featured in the issue, and tells them which page they’re on. Editorial Often contents pages will have editorials by the editor so that people can get information on the magazine and the issue
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  Drop Capitals It makesit obvious that the sentence starts here Large Picture Its very eye catching, and gives you an image of who the article is about Large Title over Picture It looks aesthetically pleasing to the reader, and lets them know what the article is about Star Appeal When the readers sees someone they recognize and admire Brief Intro Lets the reader know what the article details Quote Keeps people interested and lets the reader know how someone feels about something I intend to repeat: - Star Appeal - Large Picture - A quote The reason for me repeating these are because I want my magazine, a lot like NME to focus more on the individual and their music
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  Steve Neale 1980– ‘Repeat’ Contents • I intend to repeat: - Band Index This is very typical of magazines of this style and id like to keep it to reinforce its identity among other magazines of this style. - Main Image This is needed for obvious reasons to link to the front cover, and create a sense of star appeal, but also so that readers can get a look at who they’re reading about, also aesthetically it looks pleasing to have a picture accompanied by information - Content title Synonymous with all magazines and helpful as it nicely separates the information on the page into segments