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’.