Analysing Double Page Spread

NME

How does the choice of band featured in the article suggest who the target audience will be?

New Music Entertainment

(NME)Generally Indie

MarketRecently changed

to different genres,

Hip Hop, Rock, Pop, Indie.,

Girls Aloud who is a pop group

Front Cover Double Page Spread (Left Side)

What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine.

Informal and colloquialConversational tone

XENOMANIA HAVE NOW HAD MORE UK TOP 10 HITS THAN MADONNA, CHRISTINA AND BRITNEY PUT TOGETHER

THE HARD DRUM’N’BASS

RHYTHMS

And what was indie rock doing while this was going

on?

Black

RedWhite

How is colour used?

Consistent colour scheme throughout the whole magazine

What style of text (font type/colour/size) is used? Is it similar to any other pages? What does it say about the image of the magazine and the

audience?

The Article Title is a Sans Serif Font, as it used usually for large headlines to stand out.

The colour scheme of this title, is also consistent as black is being used.

The size of it, is generally quite big, so then it is easy to read as well as stand out.

The Article Title is similar to other pages, as NME, uses the same font and the same type, to make the magazine look consistent.

By having the same font and the type, says that the image of the magazine is consistent as well as keeping up with the same appearances

throughout.

How is the double page spread laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience?

What do they value?

A4 side taken up by a main image, the article title, and three images On the right is mainly text with a few imagesMinimum amount of text

What tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close friend, a member of an 'in' crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) - provide

evidence

Tone is a direct tone And what was indie rock doing while this was going on?

How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis.

The band is Girls AloudPresented as a rock group.Famous bandHit songs

How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover?

Represents the type of band Appeals to target audience

Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples.

Magazine gives you answers to questions

The readers are able to see how Girls Aloud become famous

Eye Flow...

EYE FLOW

Page number

Side bar

Slug Drop Cap

White space

Body Text

Article Title Pull quote

Leading Text

Caption

Labelling...