Double Page Spread Analysis

Slug

Gutter

Pull quote

Caption

Main Image

Enter Shikari

Teenagers love them

Young band with fast, upbeat songs

WILD PARTIES

How does the choice of band featured in the article suggest who the target audience will be?

TEENAGERS

LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG

PARTYING HARD

What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine

COLLOQUIAL

INFORMAL

“Enter Shikari kick off their tour”

How is colour used?RED BLACK

SIGNATURE COLOURS

RAVE

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?

grungy sans serif font

Slug

Pull Quote

Article

SANS SERIF

Article uses a serif font

Sans serif header

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?

LEFT THIRD RULE

EYE FLOW RULE

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

FRIEND/INFORMED READER

“2009 has been pretty memorable for Hertfordshire dance rockers Enter Shikari”

How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images?You may wish to carry out a textual analysis

PARTYHARD

RELATES TO TEENAGE ATTITUDE

How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover?

Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples

NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE NEEDED