nme double page spread analysis

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The article title is extremely large bold. It takes up around half of the second page, which makes it one of the first things that the reader will see. It is in a black font, which hugely contrasts with the white of the background, making it very clad and easy to read. It is written in capitals which makes it feel as though the words are being shouted at the audience, thus making them seem more important. The words are not in ordered lines which makes the page seem busier. The subheading for this article is an introductory sentence, which gives the reader more of an insight into what the article is about. This allows them to decide whether or not they will be interested in reading the article, without having to read the whole thing. The subheading is designed to attract the target audience to the article, and does this by mentioning other celebrities such as Kate Moss, who they target audience would had heard of, thus drawing their attention. The subheading is also written in a black font, making it clear, and Dizzee Rascal’s name is in bold as it is him that the article is written about. The main image is a photo of Dizzee Rascal which takes up the whole of the first page. This photo is used as the article is about him, and the scale of the photo shows that this is one of the main features in the magazine. Dizzee’s clothing fits in with the colour scheme of the magazine, as he is wearing a red jacket, a white shirt, and dark jeans. This repetition of stereotypically masculine colours reinforces the focus on male readers. He is not looking at the camera which suggests that he is not welcoming the reader, and implies that he doesn’t want them to know about his secrets. This naturally makes the reader want to find out what he’s hiding. The other images placed underneath the article are also relevant to the content in the article, however these images will probably not help to attract the target audience to much, as without the article these images have no meaning. Because of this, these images are a lot smaller than the main image. The capital letter at the beginning of the article is very large and bold. This draws attention to the beginning of the article, which makes the reader more likely to read it. Columns are used to position the text for the article itself. The columns are equally sized, and so although these pages appear to be busy, they appear to be quite organised. This is more visually appealing for the audience, as they will be less overwhelmed by all of the content on one page. The font for all of the texts are written in black font, as this again contrasts with the white background. The font used for the main heading is sans serif, making it seem less sophisticated, and emphasising the

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The article title is extremely large bold. It takes up around half of the second page, which makes it one of the first things that the reader will see. It is in a black font, which hugely contrasts with the white of the background, making it very clad and easy to read. It is written in capitals which makes it feel as though the words are being shouted at the audience, thus making them seem more im-portant. The words are not in ordered lines which makes the page seem busier.

The subheading for this article is an introductory sentence, which gives the reader more of an in-sight into what the article is about. This allows them to decide whether or not they will be interested in reading the article, without having to read the whole thing. The subheading is designed to attract the target audience to the article, and does this by mentioning other celebrities such as Kate Moss, who they target audience would had heard of, thus drawing their attention. The subheading is also written in a black font, making it clear, and Dizzee Rascal’s name is in bold as it is him that the arti-cle is written about.

The main image is a photo of Dizzee Rascal which takes up the whole of the first page. This photo is used as the article is about him, and the scale of the photo shows that this is one of the main features in the magazine. Dizzee’s clothing fits in with the colour scheme of the magazine, as he is wearing a red jacket, a white shirt, and dark jeans. This repetition of stereotypically masculine colours reinforces the focus on male readers. He is not looking at the camera which suggests that he is not welcoming the reader, and implies that he doesn’t want them to know about his secrets. This naturally makes the reader want to find out what he’s hiding.

The other images placed underneath the article are also relevant to the content in the article, however these images will probably not help to attract the target audience to much, as without the article these images have no meaning. Because of this, these images are a lot smaller than the main image.

The capital letter at the beginning of the article is very large and bold. This draws attention to the beginning of the article, which makes the reader more likely to read it.

Columns are used to position the text for the article itself. The columns are equally sized, and so although these pages appear to be busy, they appear to be quite organised. This is more visually appealing for the audience, as they will be less overwhelmed by all of the content on one page.

The font for all of the texts are written in black font, as this again contrasts with the white back-ground. The font used for the main heading is sans serif, making it seem less sophisticated, and emphasising the fact that the magazine is targeted towards middle and working class men. How-ever a seri font has been chosen for the article itself, making it look more official, which implies that it is telling the truth.

Quotations will be used in the article to imply that it was Dizzee himself that said these things, making the audience more likely to believe that the information provided is a fact.

White space is mostly hidden as the background is covered in graffiti, which makes the pages seem busier. Graffiti has connotations of rebellion, which links to the target audience as men are stereotypically more rebellious than women.

The colour scheme for this double page spread is the same as the colour scheme for the front cover and the contents page, and includes reds, black and white. These colours appear to be more masculine and so will attract the target audience.

The language used again seems to be very informal. This is because colloquial language is used to make it seem to be more conversational and friendly.

Main image Article title Subheading

White space Capital letter Article Other images