Double Page Spreads of Magazines

ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES- DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 1 NME

MISE EN SCENE The background is of Dizzee spraying graffiti on the wall, his pose is less dominating, but reflects the genre of music he produces. The graffiti style introduces the reader to what he perhaps came from, what he interested in. All these details portray an image that intrigues the reader, making them want to read this article.

MAIN IMAGEThe main image takes over the whole left hand side on the double spread, it is a medium close up of Dizzee, illustrating his music genre, and showing the reader what he is getting up to, visually. The bright colour graffiti and his sneaky pose imply quite a lot of impressions on his character.

PAGE NUMBER/DATEThe page number and date are placed as a footer on the left side of the article, there is a small NME logo edited as a layer on top of the main image to ensure there is order, and that the article is part of a well-known music company, it also advertises the music industry.

BY-LINE (credit for author and photographer)The by-line informs the reader of who interviewed/worded the article and who the pictures of Dizzee were took by. Credit needs to be given to the journalist and photographer to advertise their work and praise their ability.

SUBHEADINGThe subheading notifies the reader of what Dizzee will discuss, enlightening the music related gossip and what the artist has been up to. By using chatty language, it tells the reader that this year has being a good year for this particular hip-hop musician, it’s very personal.

MAIN HEADLINECompletely dominates and over

powers the textual page, the quotation takes a traditional ‘from

rags to riches’, producers have edited this to ‘from tags to riches’

which enhances the hip-hop mise en scene, tags perhaps connote the

lifestyle and the riches show how well Dizzee has done.

COLUMNSThe article is split into four columns, in quite small font, notice text wraps around the image of the radio, showing importance of both image and interview.

CAPTION In the right hand top corner, a caption says Dizzee, almost as a post-it-note formation, to make the article extra quirky which enforces the hip hop genre.

SECOND IMAGEThe second image of the beer bottles and radio player informs the reader, Dizzee is up for having a good time and enjoys his music career, small portrayals like these show insight into the article without reading anything.

COPY/TEXTThe copy begins with A large letter Y using Drops Capitals, makes it very obvious and noticeable to the reader of where to begin. The language is chatty, and informal which demonstrates that Dizzee is quite a relaxed musician and this photo shoot/interview had a hip-hop cool atmosphere.

BACKGROUND (RIGHT SIDE)Graffiti like background enforces the theme, splats of paint and fainter colours show it is fun and chatty. It is edited on Photoshop to tone down the colours making sure the text is readable.

ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN ARTICLE

The article itself is basically about Dizzee Rascal, telling the reader about how, recently, he has turned his life around enforcing his music career, getting involved in new albums and meeting fellow celebrities. The main headline places emphasis on how he has gone from an average guy to a well-known rich artist within the hip-hop genre.

The style of the article is written in four short columns each of approximately 75-100 words, explaining his life in short and chatty language. Typical of Dizzee’s background and genre of music that interests him, it relates to his type of fan, being the kind of guy he is.

The main heading/headline is quite dramatic in huge, dominating font style. Harsh, black font makes it stand out and catch the reader’s attention, much like Dizzee’s type of music. Using a traditional saying and adapting it to his lifestyle, makes it notable and easy to remember, yet quirky and cool for the target audience and the fans who may read this particular article.

ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES- DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 2

MISE EN SCENE The mise en scene of this double page spread is colourful and bright, typical for the target audience. The background is messy blue which may tell us about a pre-teens life, yellow, blue and orange link to the Jonas Brother album, also advertising them as a band on this article.

MAIN IMAGE The main image is portraying the band members who are interviewed in this band. This article is all about a film they featured in which was actually a teenage musical. The people are represented in their edgy clothes, holding instruments, this exaggerates the musical theme of the magazine.

BACKGROUND This background is very limited, much like the front cover and contents page, Top of the Pops has a very busy atmosphere, using text and images to cover it, something that the reader loves. Using different boxes, circles, colours and images interests the audience, making them want to read on and enjoy what is to offer.

LAYOUT Camp Rock spread is presented in a very young, cool way. The funky layout at the bottom with questions and answers from the characters in the musical automatically catches your eye as you look on the page. The dominating image is a first glance too, telling us exactly who would read this magazine in general. The use of the text boxes and logos enforces the younger theme. COLUMNS/TEXT

Columns are used to make the page neater, having the interview with the Jonas brothers presented like so, taking up the majority of the left side, ensures the reader has a read through, finding new information, the language is chatty with use of teenage abbreviations.

OTHER IMAGES For the type of audience, Top of the Pops always provides many images of famous stars or the best buys. This double page spread exaggerates this point, using elements of the DVD cover, ways of advertisement and the other cast members all looking very friendly.

MAIN HEADLINE Placed right along the top of both pages, in the bold colours of yellow, pink and orange, again very girly. Using four different fonts makes you look at what is happening, and enforces the busy, versatile theme that this magazine has going on.

SUBHEADINGS (next to headline)The camp rock report tells us this is an article/interview with the people who formed together to create the musical, the plots tells us what the story is about and the hello campers shows the part of the magazine at the bottom, we know the overall theme of these pages straight away through images, subheadings and colours.

CAPTION/QUOTEIn the centre of the magazine is a quotation mentioned in the article, informing minor details, putting it in contrasting yellow typography, and the location of the caption instantly makes the reader look. Giving insight helps interest the younger audience,

ANALYSIS OF WRITTEN ARTICLE

The article itself is basically about Camp Rock the Musical, advertising the characters, story and music in this film, and how the Jonas Brothers played part in the making, putting a huge main image attracts the reader and engages that a famous band is in a teenage movie.

The style of the article is written in two average columns each of approximately 75-100 words, the font isn’t too small, because for the target audience, too much written text isn’t wanted. The language used in this magazine is simple, informal and quite colloquial. For example there are slang words used on this front cover. "omg" "eew". This appeals to the audience because it is language they would use and so therefore they can relate to it and understand the use of this.

The main heading/headline is quite dramatic in huge, dominating font style. The bright colours of yellow, orange and pink justify the young girl reader. The overall theme lacks formality, and intrigues the reader.