Final double page analysis

Double Page Analysis

In this I will look at several double pages from magazines and analyse them.

This is a double page spread from Q magazine. The headline for this article is ‘got the love’, and these are lyrics from one of her songs. Using song lyrics makes the article more personal and unique. It also adds a sense of comedic value to it. The next thing you might see is the huge writing saying ‘USA’ at the back of the page. This is in a huge pale grey font, which almost blends in with the background. This emphasises on the USA and would entice American readers. Aside from the headlines and background the main body of text is found in the bottom right hand corner. They have used three columns, and as well as the article there is a small amount of text just above it which gives you an insight of what the main article is about. Back to the main text on the page, the whole article starts of with a huge letter, which is known as a drop cap. I think that this gives the article a higher quality to it, and also it stands out from the page, which could draw the reader in. Onto the content of the text, overall the interview is quite informal and the speech seems to be reported speech. What I mean by this is that its like a normal conversation and he has just added in quotes of what Florence said into the text, rather than having a question and answer, then question and answer.  The writer has not used any slang but they have used taboo language within this article, which I personally think is a good idea for certain artists, because using taboo language can show what type of personality the band has as a whole. Sometimes that can be good and sometimes it can be bad. I would say that Florence is someone, who does regularly use taboo language.

As I mentioned before, there are three columns of text for this article. The first two columns are much smaller than the last one, and you could say that they are just above half the size of the last one. But the first two columns are small, because of the background and what is

on the page. They did not want their text to overlap with other features on the page, so that’s why the first two columns are smaller. Furthermore, when reading the text we do not directly see the questions, as they have been embedded within the text. This gives us the idea of it being a normal conversation. Also thought-out the text there are a couple quotes which are in a bolder font. They have done this because they want them to stand out. One of the quotes involves swearing whereas the other one does not. Moreover, above the last

column is ahs written who wrote the article and who took the photos.

Now onto the image. There is only one image that has been used and

it takes up the whole first page of the double

page spread. This is a full body shot, however

instead of Florence standing up she is siting

down. The object that she is sitting down on

seems to be a box, but the box is covered by what seems to be the American flag. She as one leg up and one of

her arms is resting on it, along with the other arm

holding onto the box which is holding her upright. Her overall

outfit is all black and having this with her red

hair makes both of them stand out from each other. As well as this

Florence is using direct address, and what I

mean by this is that she is looking directly into

the camera lens. Doing this can make the

audience connect with the Florence. Also the

expression on her face emphasise on the

connection that might happen when looking at the image. Furthermore, the background for this

image has been taken in a studio. I know this

because they have used a plain white

background. Doing so means that everything else will stand out from

the background, because there is nothing

going on in it.

In the top right hand corner is Florence's name in white in a black box. I can not see anything else as part of it has been cut of, but at the bottom right hand corner there

seems to be a page number for that page.

This is a double page spread from the Rolling stones music magazine. The headline for this page is ‘The triumph of Adele’. This is in bold black writing and has the biggest font on the page. As I was reading through the text I noticed that the writer used taboo language within the article. Most of the language was quoted from Adele, and as we know Adele does  use quite a lot of foul language, but in a good way. Saying that most of the language was quoted by Adele, tells us that in the article the artist speaks directly and it is not reported. Each word of the phrase ‘The triumph of Adele’ is in a different size. Doing so makes it stand out more and also it brings your attention to the page, because the word Adele is in the biggest font and if you like her, then you would instantly pic up that magazine, as you would like to read about her. Furthermore Below the title is a sentence which give you an insight to what the article is about. Doing so is a very good idea because then it means the reader can already see what the article is about specially without having to read it. This means they can instantly see what articles they are interested in and which ones they are not. Below the short sentence, you then have the main article. Like most articles this one has started of with a drop cap. This is when they start a sentence with the first letter being in a larger font. Doing this grabs the readers attention.

Next to the text of the right hand side of the page, is a close up of Adele. This image takes of the whole right hand side of the page and possibly goes over the middle to the other side. Just like the writing and background the image in black and white. Looking at the background the location of the photoshoot seems to be within a studio. I personally think that a studio would best suit this shoot because we want everyone to concentrate on Adele and not what is going on behind her. Moreover, Adele's facial expression is like the majority of all her other expressions on magazines. It is hard to tell what type of expression it is but simply Adele is looking away from the camera but her face is facing towards the camera, her lips are slightly open and she seems to have a concentrated look but also relaxed look at the same time. She has minimal make up on and her hair has been brushed so it stands out.

There are smaller features that are

found on the page, such as page

numbers, websites etc.. At the very

bottom of the page you will find the page

number, which is in the same font as the

title. Next to the page number you will find the masthead of

the magazine ‘Rolling stone’. You will

generally find that most magazines put

their masthead at the bottom of the page. Also they have put

the link to their website at the

bottom of the page as well. They have

done this so people can easily get to the

website.

This is a double page spread for Q music magazine. Looking on the page there is no distinctive title for the double page, but there is a small title at the top of the page on the right hand corner which says ‘lady GAGA’. The use of the capitalisation of the word ‘gaga’ emphasises it and makes it stand out more. Doing this could imply that they are calling gaga which could mean crazy or something similar, (but in a good way). Below the title you then see the main article which takes up a whole A4 page. There are three columns for this article and the font seems to be very small. The article does use a drop cap but not at the very start of the article. It uses it half way down the first column, either way wherever it is placed it still stands out and adds effect to the article. Moreover, there is a huge letter ‘L’ that takes up the whole right hand page from top to bottom. As you can probably tell this stands for ‘Lady’. The letter ‘L’ is in the colour red, but it is not too dark as you can see the black writing behind it quite clearly. Furthermore, the writer has used taboo language, but as the writer has quoted Lady Gaga it is her who used the bad language. Personally this would be expected from her as I think she is someone who would use bad language often.

Next to the article on the left had side of the page is a medium shot of Lady Gaga. Just like the previous double page spread this image is in black and white, however only the page on the left is in black and white. The one on the right is in white, black and red. Back to the image, Gaga is looking directly into the camera. Doing so tells us that she is tying to connect with audience by looking direct at us, This is known as direct address. As well as this, within the picture Lady Gaga is topless, but she is covered up by using her hands and some very thick necklaces. Furthermore, You can tell by the background that this image has been take in a studio and does not have a certain location. I think that having a location could distract the reader from the image and can distract them from what they artist is trying to show.

At the very bottom of the page you

can see the following: The

page number, the masthead, date of

the issue and a web link. Having

the page number is important as

without them you might not know

what page you are on and you would

find it more difficult to find the page you want. As

well as that it is good idea to put

the date of the issue at the

bottom as even though it would be on the front cover, it is useful having it on every other page as you can

then easily see when the issue

came out. Also it is a good idea to

have a web link which tells you

where to start a subscription,

because firstly they would be

bringing in more money for

advertising their subscription and it

is also useful for the reader.