NME Double
page textual analysis.
On this
double page spread of NME there is a man that is standing across the two pages.
He has columns neatly organised around him for the text. There are all neatly
aligned so there is a grid to the pattern. This has the effect that the article
is more formal as it may be about a famous important person. There is more text
to image on these two pages because the picture of the man is very big and
there are also other pictures on the page.
Your eye is drawn to the fact the large man has jet black hair and what
he is wearing stands out because it’s a blazer and purple shirt. Also because the
background is white and the heading is black it makes the males hair stand out
even more. There are a few sub-headings across the page, on is black in very
large letters and a normal font. The other is in a large blue box to stand out
more on the white and with white text so it looks like it’s been cut out of the
box. This font is being used because it looks neat and tidy and has connotations
with the look of the male.
The mode of
this text is to inform the audience on a certain artist so it interests a
certain target market. One language effect used is alliteration which is ‘Marr’s
magisterial’ which has given a person a lot of description in the article. This
articles has a headline that is a pun, it says ‘Johnny Marr ready for his
close-ups’ talking about his close up story’s and the picture that are taken.
It also has 3 facts to inform the reader more about this artist. The content of
the story is a basic evaluation of an old good artist’s career. The
sub-headings that are used both focus on the text or the picture they go with
well providing a good story so they are well written.
The images
are constructed well they fit together across the page well. Some of the images
are mounted on a blue box on the right hand corner of the double page they also
fit in well with the colour scheme. The large man is framed so that the amount
of him on each page is not equal and it is not exact. The camera angle is to
one side and it’s a medium close up so that the man looks like he is speaking
directly to you on the page from the angle. The dominant image would be the
large male due to the text column’s fitting around him on the 2 pages. This artist
represents the target audience by showing that people of a younger age would
probably not be interested in this particular artist.
The target
audience for this article is 16+ because the price of this magazine is £2.40
which is cheap but the content is complex. There is also a lot of writing in
the article which would not interest younger people as they like more pictures.
Overall all
of the devices used work together well to produce an article that tells the
story of an old famous artist in a formal but interesting layout.
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