double page spread analysis
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Double Page spread analysis of three double pages spreads of music magazines.TRANSCRIPT
Double Page Spread Analysis
This NME double page spread is similar to most as they all normally follow the same conventions. The heading ‘Radar’, suggests that this is an insight into the lives and new music from a band. The band would be an Indie style genre as that is the main theme for this music magazine. The main image depicts the band as ‘nerds’ in a science lab. They may be causing
trouble as the headline ‘Baddies’. This gives them a rebellious theme that people are attracted to.The colour scheme
is basic and simplistic. It
attracts mainly a male audience as
it is blue and black. The target
audience of mainly males aged 14-21 will relate to these colours and
this band All of the main quotes have a blue background
to make it stand out from the white
background. The text on these is
white which also makes it bolder.
The main pull quote is in the
middle of the text supported by and
image.
The main image is on the left hand side of the double page spread so it is the first thing you
see when you turn over the page. The text
supports the image and is quite small and
wordy. This is because the image takes up
most of the space to give the reader a break from constantly reading
and breaks up the article .The secondary image shows the band
playing, so that the audience can relate
with them. The image also breaks up the text making it easier to read and make it look more
attractive.
This R&B magazine features The Black Eyed Peas. They are a huge Hip Hop band and are world famous. The colour features some gold and silver which portrays they’re important people and maybe this is a special
edition magazine? The main lead singer Will. I. Am stands in front of the band. This signifies he is important and the main one this article will feature on. This is reinforced with the sub heading ‘Will He, Won’t He?’ The pun: ‘Will’ is to do with the lead singers name. Will. I. Am or William. The article we can assume is whether
he will pursue his solo career or stay with the band who are lurking behind him.
The background is very plain and
mainly white which gives a mysterious fell about it. The
layout is unusual as not all magazines
follow this convention. The gold represents good and the black represents bad which portrays that the article will be about Will.I.Am and not about the
other band members.
A pull quote from the article is written in
white text with a black background which
makes it bolder and standout to the
audience. This pull quote is usually
humorous or contains important and relevant information about the person or people being
interviewed. The use of columns keep to the standard
format of conventional music magazines. The band wear expensive
jewellery and clothes to portray to the audience their riches. This makes
the audience idolise them which is a good advertising campaign.
This NME double page spread is different to normal. It doesn’t conform to the typical conventions of a music magazine. It does not discuss music of such. Instead it talks about ‘THE MEDIA’S REPORTING OF SWINE FLU IS AN ACT OF TERRORISM.’ The headline looks and has the affect that it has been taken from a newspaper as it has jagged ages and has a newspaper like
font. The font is normal in the columns and conforms to the conventions of the magazine. However the pictures are scattered across the page, with big image with two band members, in
turn enticing the target audience of the band, in this case, Indie. The names of people are in orange to allow people to see them easily and read about someone
that they can relate to.
‘They want you to think Mexico is disease ridden and should be closed off’ suggests
that the article is about disease and the
stereotype surrounding poorer less
economically developed countries are full of diesease. This article defends
these countries using Mexico as an example
sue to the history between Americans
and Mexicans.
The images are of Mexican people and landmarks as well as
one animal. The article shows that
the media are using swine flu to scare the people and
making the Mexican public feel as is they
have released a world pandemic.
This is not the case and that is why they
say it is an act of ‘terrorism’.