Denotation: This shows a double spread of this music magazine ‘XXL’, showing three men behind bars wearing inmate clothes. Two of the men are holding onto the bars whilst the other man on the left is placing his hands on his chest. What seems to be like a drawing of the men instead of a photograph is taking the whole space of the double spread making it the first image you notice. The drawing of the men seems to be like a mid shot eventhough their legs are harder to see. In front of them, the next large image the readers can see is ‘STRAIGHT PATH’ as well as other typography. The second half to the double spread shows very long paragraphs and also different artist’s names who are in prison and then later followed by dots show in which the year they went to prison. At the very bottom of the first page shows who the articles were written by, the magazine it’s from and the month and year in which it was published.
The connotation of the drawing shows how serious the men are. Their image of being in prison is also highlighted through their facial expressions. They are not smiling and happy, reflecting the environment in which they live under. Therefore, this makes the double spread page about incarcerated MCs more realistic and makes the audience more interested to read it.
Although this is not a photograph of the inmates, the first page of the double spread page shows what the next few pages will be about due to the two lines showing ‘REAL I.D..’ This part is slightly larger then the first three lines ‘The list..’ and is in capital letters to again connote seriousness. The shot sentences shows what they are writing about is really ‘NO JOKE’
The font of the writing also looks like bars going down the writing linking to the theme of the double spread being about locked up MCs. The font also adds diversity to the double spread, again making it look real. All the typography is in white apart from the mail title ‘STRAIGHT PATH’ which is in a dirty green colour. The double spread has a very lonely and isolated feel to it. It looks very dull and shows low key tones of lighting.
On the second page of the double spread then opens up into the article explaining the track record of celebrities behind bars for numerous numbers of things. The paragraph is long again connoting seriousness because it is not all over the place. It is straight forward and to the point. It starts of with a capital ‘T’ again in the same font as the first page of the double spread.
The setting is obvious, it being in prison. The audience can tell because of the clothes the men are wearing. All of the men are wearing the same uniform in the same colour although the third man from the right looks lighter. This shows that the target audience may be for an older category of men or boys because we can immediately connote masculinity through the painting/ drawing. It shows that in prison everyone is pretty much treated the same, given the same clothes to wear, no one has their identity there like they would if they were in the out side world.
The double spread closely looks at gang culture and the reasons in which the artist went to prison. The target audience therefore even may be for younger audience to some how warn them of the affects of committing a crime
The connotation of the drawing shows how serious the men are. Their image of being in prison is also highlighted through their facial expressions. They are not smiling and happy, reflecting the environment in which they live under. Therefore, this makes the double spread page about incarcerated MCs more realistic and makes the audience more interested to read it.
Although this is not a photograph of the inmates, the first page of the double spread page shows what the next few pages will be about due to the two lines showing ‘REAL I.D..’ This part is slightly larger then the first three lines ‘The list..’ and is in capital letters to again connote seriousness. The shot sentences shows what they are writing about is really ‘NO JOKE’
The font of the writing also looks like bars going down the writing linking to the theme of the double spread being about locked up MCs. The font also adds diversity to the double spread, again making it look real. All the typography is in white apart from the mail title ‘STRAIGHT PATH’ which is in a dirty green colour. The double spread has a very lonely and isolated feel to it. It looks very dull and shows low key tones of lighting.
On the second page of the double spread then opens up into the article explaining the track record of celebrities behind bars for numerous numbers of things. The paragraph is long again connoting seriousness because it is not all over the place. It is straight forward and to the point. It starts of with a capital ‘T’ again in the same font as the first page of the double spread.
The setting is obvious, it being in prison. The audience can tell because of the clothes the men are wearing. All of the men are wearing the same uniform in the same colour although the third man from the right looks lighter. This shows that the target audience may be for an older category of men or boys because we can immediately connote masculinity through the painting/ drawing. It shows that in prison everyone is pretty much treated the same, given the same clothes to wear, no one has their identity there like they would if they were in the out side world.
The double spread closely looks at gang culture and the reasons in which the artist went to prison. The target audience therefore even may be for younger audience to some how warn them of the affects of committing a crime
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