Rolling Stones double-page Spread
I am analysising a double page spread from the music magazine Rolling Stones. The denotations of the contents page are the main image, the articles, the page numbers, the small images, the quotes, and the top bar.
The man sitting has connotations of guilt as he looks like he is in deep thoughts with a body expression of guilt, also the colour scheme of black and white has connotations of deep thoughts therefore is brings more meaning to the man sitting. The colour scheme of black, white and red has connotations of crime and danger, and as R&B stereo-typically involves the majority of R&B artists that are in some way involved or have been involved with crime, the colour scheme fits with the genre. The main image of the artists has connotations of success through hard work, this is as he is wearing a chain which shows expense and stands with pride which shows his success. However, he has took of his shirt to show his tattoos; tattoos from his hard times of life and crime issues, this shows he has been successful through hard work.
The primary target audience would be females and males from the ages of 15-21. This is because boys would be inspired to read this as Tupac has a wide range of audiences and the boys would see him as a role model and would look up to him therefore they would read this magazine as it features Tupac. However, the would start at the age of 15 as his audience looks at older teens and it would end at 21 as most people don't really have time to read magazines as they get older and a majority of older people don't buy magazines. His audience also includes females therefore females would read this magazine to "fan girl" over him. This may also be the primary target audience as rolling stones is a extremely popular music magazine and therefore they would buy the magazine regardless. The primary target audience would also be R&B fans as Tupac is an hip hop/rap artist which is known to be R&B. Therefore people who listen to R&B may buy this magazine.
The secondary target audience would be parents as the target audience starts at 15 and people at this age don't tend to have jobs therefore they would not be able to pay for the magazine themselves, also some people above this age may not have a job therefore paying for this magazine would come out of their parents money.
The primary target audience would be females and males from the ages of 15-21. This is because boys would be inspired to read this as Tupac has a wide range of audiences and the boys would see him as a role model and would look up to him therefore they would read this magazine as it features Tupac. However, the would start at the age of 15 as his audience looks at older teens and it would end at 21 as most people don't really have time to read magazines as they get older and a majority of older people don't buy magazines. His audience also includes females therefore females would read this magazine to "fan girl" over him. This may also be the primary target audience as rolling stones is a extremely popular music magazine and therefore they would buy the magazine regardless. The primary target audience would also be R&B fans as Tupac is an hip hop/rap artist which is known to be R&B. Therefore people who listen to R&B may buy this magazine.
The secondary target audience would be parents as the target audience starts at 15 and people at this age don't tend to have jobs therefore they would not be able to pay for the magazine themselves, also some people above this age may not have a job therefore paying for this magazine would come out of their parents money.
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