Sunday, 1 February 2009

Textual Analysis of "NME" double page spread


This double page spread is from NME music magazine. There are two main focuses of this double page spread. One is the focus image of "Lily Allen" and the pull quote from her interview that is shown underneath.

The colour scheme used throughout is black and white. The background is pure white with black font presented throughout. The pull quote however is in inverted colours as the text is in a white font, outlined in black. This stands out from the page and grabs the audiences attention. However the image of Lily herself is in colour but her face appears to be pale, almost white and her black hair continues the black and white colour scheme that is used throughout. Lil however is wearing a bold, checked red shirt that attracts the readers attention to the article.


The image of the artist is placed at the right hand side of the page with a medium shot of her as we can see her from her waist up. The pose in which Lily is dominating shows attitude to the specific article and shows like she doesn't care about people opinions on her. The statement shirt also reflects this attitude as she wants to stand out and make a statement of her self, and her personality. The image has been edited so it will stand out from the page and attract the audiences attention onto her. This links in with the pull quote which dominates three quarters of the page starting from the left hand side.

It says "People think I'm an attention seeker, but I'm just honest". This reflects the message she wants to give the audience and the attitude in which she wants people to see her. The font used is a mixture of sizes for all the letters together. They are all in upper case and present power of specific letters depending on their sizes. This represents Lily herself as a person and shows a quirky side to the article and makes Lily seem different to other artists. This attracts the audience to the article itself as they want to see why Lily has made this quote and what her other opinions and feeling are towards the subject being represented.

The article represents Lily's own opinions on herself and the way in which the media changes her to have a different outcome to the one in which she actually has. The text starts off with a capital "I" which dominates most of the first column of text. This letter has been made bigger so the audience knows that the article is a personal account from Lily but also draws the readers attention the the article itself as it stands out from the pure white background.

All these features make the page seem like one page rather than two. This is because the pull quote dominates part of both the pages and the article also flows slightly over to the other page. The layout is appealing to the audience because a lot of the features stand out and grab the readers attention.