8/9/2019 Double Page Spread Dizzee Rascal

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The overall impression given to this double page spread is showing the past and

background to this celebrity and that music can often be a mixture of messy pasts. ‘From

tags to riches’ suggests that the text is about Dizzee ascals past before he became

famous. ‘From rags to riches’ also implies that Dizzee used to be poor and come from a

rough background! this is a stereotype and representational issue that is found as many

citizens see black mischievous males who commit crimes to automatically be bad people

which leads to stereotyping in general of black men"boys on the streets. Therefore Dizzee

could be opening this stereotype to tell his story of how he became rich from a

 The use of the s

pace on this

double page spread uses Is

useful as I think the target

audience will be a young

one and therefore will not

want to read a mass

amount, the main image and

title of this spread only

leaves a small amount for

the article. Therefore this

makes the audience feel like

they are not reading a mass

amount at a time.

 The scattered beer bottles at the bottom of this page also suggests to the

messy background of the main image and could also show that Dizzee is

representing a young and ‘care-free perception into the magazine and

could also give the audience an insight to what he might be like behind the

scenes, enticing us to read more. It also furthers the genre of rock and rap

Image of Dizzee rascal looking

mischievous with an over the

shoulder look while ‘spray

painting the background. This

shows the rebellious character

that he achieves to show in the

magazine. This character

relates to the rock genre of the

magazine as he personi!es the

rebellious stereotype rock

conveys, it is also a symbol in

rap sometimes which is where

Dizzee has adapted from which

merges the conventions of both

genres.

 There is no obvious grid layout

with the main image of this

spread but it is clearly placed in

the middle of the backgroundand it could be suggested that

The language of this double

spread, an e"ample of play on

words# ‘$rom rags to riches,

suggesting that he used to be

poor and has achieved a lot in

his life. %y replacing the word

‘rags for ‘tags this implies that

he used to use gra&ti before he

became famous, which shows

his ‘bad side to him and also

suggesting his is a regular guy.

'ot only this, but the language

in the main title ‘$rom tags to

riches integrates with the main

image because the gra&ti that

is in the main image is often

%

y choosing Dizzee to wear

a red (acket it also !ts in

with the colour scheme

from the magazine name

')* which is the same

colour red. This colour red

is used in all pages that I

have analysed. This iscalled brandin the

 The messy, unclear and

multi-coloured background

could also suggest the

genre of the magazine and

could e"press Dizzees

personality as he is the

centre of attention. %y

further choosing the

background to be gra&ti it

implies his rap

past+background.