Textual analysis of existing texts

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The sell lines situated at both sides of the magazine provide a snippet of what is to come further on in the magazine. The sell line ‘Katy Perry turns it up’ is to catch the attention of the reader and show that there is more included of Katy Perry inside. Moreover this could be conveyed as sexual along with the image of her on the front.

 

The masthead is partyl covered by the mid shot of Katy Perry. They are able to do this as the Rolling stones are a hugely populated in the market of music magazines. Although the colour of the Rolling stones masthead is consistently red where as they have changed the colour in to pink to convey the feministin Katy Perry and  to follow the girly theme. The colour pink may also represent pop music in this case,as she is a pop music artist.

In the main image Katy Perry is positioned in a sexual and provocative way. Her body to the side, hands behind her back and mouth open. Moreover the way she is dressed is guaranteed to grab the attention of men especially (shown through the male gaze)Her choice and style of clothing also represents the wild personality of Katy Perry and that it will be shown in the magazine.