Double Page Analysis One

This double page spread is taken from the music magazine NME. The first thing that would catch the audience’s eyes is the main picture and the title of article, which is a floating quote from the article itself. The main image would attract the audience as it would allow them to see what the article is about without reading it fully, by doing this, the audience as able to see if they can recognise the artist and to see if they would want to read the article. The title has a rough newspaper look, which goes with Lily Allen’s features. As she is dressed in scruffy bold clothes and her make up being very dark, it shows major comparison with the title as it gives of the same affect. Her clothing is very masculine as she is wearing a fully covered tartan shirt; however she styles it out with the use of jewellery. Both the title and the main picture are taking up the majority of the double page spread stressing on the important of both of them. It is still eye catching as it is the main thing you can see. Her pose with her hands on her waist also allows the audience to see her tattoo on her wrist, this shows the audience that she stereotypes with other artists as many RNB and hip hop artists have tattoos. Her body language allows the audience to see that she is in control and has power. Lily Allen is looking straight at the audience showing them that she is addressing them directly and again stresses with the fact that she is very brave and strong, showing her masculinity.

The structure of the page is very simple and easy to read as the interview is shown in just the bottom left. The interview is very short, showing us that there is not much information in it.  The article is written in columns making it easier for the audience to read the magazine, and it is also a feature that is common to all magazines.

The language in the article is very simple and also shows colloquialism. This shows us that the target audience of the magazine itself is the ages 13 to 20. The type of language would make the reader feel more involved and interested in the article because they would be able to understand it and interpret it.

The colours used in this double page spread are very limited as it only uses red white and black. The black and white again stresses with the newspaper theme. The red shirt that Lily Allen is wearing is the only attractive colour on the page, this allows the audience to automatically look at her as it is the only form of contrast they can see, and it attracts them. The black boxed text contrasts the white background, making it very easy for the audience to read the interview and to focus on the main image.

The interview itself is written in black, as the name Lily Allen is written in bold red it allows the reader to see who the interview is about. If they couldn’t recognise the artist by the picture, they would automatically see the highlighted name Lily Allen and know that the interview is about her, without having to read it all first.