Unit 51: Analyzing Text for Ryan's Article
- 1. Task Choose one magazine article. It must be a double page spread. Try to make sure that it’s the same one you have already started to analyse. If this is unavailable, choose any. Read the article and fill in the table below Use the PowerPoint with a guide to the terms used on a double page spread to help you Language Proof Reading Content Style Photographs Headlines What examples of language stand out? Use the checklist above to help. Check the article for spelling, grammar and accuracy. Use spellcheck to do this. What is the story about? Is the purpose to inform/entertai n? Is the article chatty or formal? Serious or funny? How long are the sentences? Which shots have been chosen and why? What connotations/signifiers are expressed by the image? What kind of headline is it? What techniques are used? (Pun/Alliteration/Inf ormal language etc) Ryan uses music language,which relates to the article such as ‘four on the floor’ which is a electronic dance music term of rhythm pattern for the beats.The language is also a chatty tone which makes the interview flow, it also makes the artists sound very professional and well made, which makes the audience appreciate them more. Ryan justneeds to add a few full stops,few quotation marks, few connection words and a few commas here and there, only to make the sentences a little bit clearer and makes the long sentences, break up a little more so they’re easier to read. There are a few spelling mistakes that can easilybe changed.By changing all these,Ryan can have a easier flowing interview that makes the audience want to carry reading on. The purpose of this article, is to talk aboutthe artistand promote them as a whole.It is to also find out aboutthe artists rise to fame, how they deal with it. It also discuss the artists new up and coming work to promote there selves, such as an album.The article also talks abouta review from one of their shows,which promotes them even more as it tells the audience that they tour, which fans would love to see them live. The interview has a serious tone to it but in a chatty, relaxed way. The questions asked are questions that the readers would like to know answers. Its not a gossip style interview, its promotional for the artists. Some of the sentences are long but are in depth and have detail, others are short,snappy sentences which get to the point. N/A HOUSE OF ANIMUS _________________ the headline is ‘House ofAnimus’ which grabs the reader’s attention as when something has ‘House’ in frontof it, it is usuallywell formed and respected.It can also be a play on the artists genre of electronic dance music,which is referred to as ‘house’ music which really gives the interview a theme and also is suited to personallyfit the artistas well as the headline will stick in the readers mind. Also it intrigues the audience to find out who Animus are, which broadens their audience.