Double Page Spread Analygsis
- 1. Double Page Spread analysis Theresa Jones
- 2. PARAMORE “ We've tried so hard to understand, but we can't “ “ I can feel the pressure” “ Maybe if my heart stops beating It won't hurt this much And never will I have to answer Again to anyone” “ I've hoped for change, and it gets better everyday I've hoped for change, but still I feel the same” “ Surrounded by uncertainty, I'm so unsure Tell me why I feel so alone” “ Once a whore you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change.” “ We've tied our pain below and no one ever has to know“ “ What must we do to restore Our innocence”
- 3. Pull quote Body text image Caption/slug BRIGHT RED HAIR Drop cap
- 4. How does the choice of band featured in the article suggest who the target audience will be? TEENAGERS BARELY IN THEIR TWENTIES GIRL, NOT BOY LOOKS DEPRESSED WILL ATTRACT “EMO” AUDIENCE
- 5. What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine “ Rob is out the song” “ Knocked awesome”
- 6. How is colour used? ORANGE
- 7. What style of text (font type/colour/size) is used? Is it similar to any other pages? What does it say about the image of the magazine and the audience? Represents the magazine’s informality serif Sans serif unimportant important
- 8. How is the double page spread laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience? What do they value? IMAGE GOES AGAINST CODES AND CONVENTIONS PULL QUOTE GOES ACROSS 2/3s OF THE PAGE MAJORITY OF PAGE TAKEN UP BY IMAGE
- 9. What tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close friend, a member of an ‘in’ crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) provide evidence “ Follow up to riot!” (like the audience were expected to know their album was called riot) “ We recorded decode with him” (people are expected to know that decode is one of their songs) “ Josh brought me the music” (people are expected to know that Josh is a band member)
- 10. How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis EMO LAIDBACK PRETTY GOOD FASHION SENSE (YOUNG BAND)
- 11. How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover? SANS SERIF FONTS PARAMORE
- 12. Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples “ Follow up to riot!” (like the audience were expected to know their album was called riot) “ We recorded decode with him” (people are expected to know that decode is one of their songs) “ Josh brought me the music” (people are expected to know that Josh is a band member) A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IS NEEDED