Textual Analysis Of Double Page Spreads

This is a double page spread featured in the NME music magazine, along side of the NME front cover i analysed. The main focus of this double page spread is the image of Lilly Allen' and the quote, which has been pulled out of the interview which she has featured in underneathe the quote and image. The colours used on this double page spread,
The colours used, are plain and simple. However it gives an good aspect on the double page spread because it is bright and eyecatching, grabbing the readers attention. The background of the double page spread is all white. The pull out quote is much more eye catching, because the quote is placed on a black background with white font presented. The interted colours are used to catch the readers attention, make the page stand out, and the quote that has been pulled out of the interview, giving it it's importance. The main image, of Lily Allen is in colour which also makes a big contrast on the page, wearing red, it makes her stand out from the page, however makeup that is used on Lily makes her pale, making her face almost white. Lily's hair colour also appears much darker than it would be in natural lighting. By using her face and hair contrasting in black and white, it contines the colour scheme used on the page, making it much more matched therefore presented well.
The main image of Lily, is placed at the right hand side of the double page spread. The shot used of her is a medium shot, which shows Lily from her waist up. The way Lily is posing also suggests the attitude of the article, which in this case is her dominating the page, by Lily leaning forward towards the reader, shows she doesnt care about people think or the opions they have on her.
The costume Lily is wearing can also represent her attitude and personality. By using a red shirt, this could reflect her firery personality and her the fact that she wants to stand out from any other artist. Editing the image also makes it stand out from the page, therefore attracting the audiences attention to her and the quote beside her. The quote that is used 'People think I'm an attention seeker, but I'm just honest' dominates at least three quaters of the page which goes from the left hand side to the image of Lily at the right hand side. This quote has been picked out of the interview for a particular reason, in which it could represent and reflect Lily's attitude towards people who critsise her, and also shows her personality through this, therefore catching the readers attention so that they want to read more of the interview. The letters and font used varies in sizes. Some of the lettering are in upper case and some are in lower case, however not the the correct way they are supposed to be used. The upper case letters are dotted in each word randomly giving the quote an edge creating vartiety. It could also reflects Lily herself as a person, making her unique and different to other artists. By doing this it attracts the audience, they will want to see her other opionions and feelings on the media and the subject beein represented through the interview. All the features used are to make the magazine alot more sucessful by catching the audiences attention. The quote and picture bring the two pages together, by carring the quote on to the other page joins them together to make a well presented double page spread.
























This is a double page spread from the magazine 'Rolling Stone' which features the band, The Killers.
This double page spread is mainly, one big image, of all 4 members of the band. The image is in black and white which makes the band's faces whiter and makes them stick out from the page, it also does this with their hands, this is important because they are all making the same shame with their hands abit like a claw, this could symbolise there attitudes and feelings about music and the hand action could symbolise that they want to get out of the page, therefore could mean that they want to explore music. All the members of the band are looking in different directions however the singer of the band (3rd from the left) is looking diredctly into the camera, and is more towards the camera than the others behind him. This tells the audience who the singer is and also the eye contact would catch the eyes of the audience therefore bringing them to there attention so that they would read the article.
They is very little text on this page, the main headline reads 'The Killers' and 'Inside' below in smaller text. The headline 'The Killers' is the name of the band, which informs the reader about what and who the article is going to be about. It is in big blocked lettering, and is the biggest text on the page, and the most important.