Double Page Spread

Lily Allen; double page spread Analysis; the main focal point of the double page spread is the large image used of Lily Allen the medium long shot shows confidence and a dominate stance. Lily’s hands are placed on her hips this highlights a confident body image, and illustrates that she is in control. The facial position being slight to the left enhances a defence mechanism which is highlighted through the text besides her “People think I’m an attention seeker, But I’m just honest”. The image shows Lily’s tattoo located on her arm, this portrays a rebellious side to Lily and enhances the attitude. The checked shirt stands out against the bland background, illustrating Lily’s vibrant personality, the colour red is associated with danger and loudness, and this conveys Lily’s sharp attitude and loud personality. The rolled up sleeves on the shirt portray the “boyfriend image” and illustrate a laid back, calm but confident image; this is secondly evidenced by the short messy hair it portrays that she is easy going and considers her carer more than her personal appearance.

The white capitalised font stands out in contrast against the black bordering background, the imagery illustrates a newspaper style, where each individual letter duplicates the image of a newspaper, this is a simple effect to use however illustrates professionalism. The capitals used relate to her personality, capital letters show excitement which relates to her fun filled lifestyle, as well as conveying a loud character and bubbly personality. Thirdly they show a powerful perception of Lily, as well as being next to the dominating defensive image.

The text used is simple and limited, which illustrates that within interviews she gets straight to the point, and the text language shows honestly which illustrates her honest and nice personality. This emphasises on that ideology that Lily Allen is a normal person and shouldn’t just be viewed within the star light but as a human being, who can say what she wants regardless of being famous. The quotation subtracted from the interview “People think I’m an attention seeker, But I’m just honest” evidences the defence mechanism, and illustrates she gets to the point and instantly says the truth regardless of what other people think. This illustrates a strong confidence as well as introducing the dominance she portrays.

The magazine will attract a different range of audiences from both sex genders and ages, however Lily Allen’s music relates further to a younger audience due to the taboo language used, the taboo language would shock an older generation where as a younger audience wouldn’t be surprised due to media influences. Lily Allen being young and “sexy” would attract a male audience however her strong and passionate dominance would attract a female’s audience as a role model. The magazine will attract an audience from between the ages 17 and 35.

The main focal point of the second double page spread is the wide shot eye level image; the imagery allows us to see the vocalist in full perspective, looking down away from the camera this is highlighted due to the microphone being taller than what he is, this illustrates a shy image, which allows an audience viewing the magazine to feel emotion for him. The image contrasts with a stereotypical band however the photograph taken could be an establishing shot and shows the band member in action. He’s portrayed in black and white conveying a mysterious effect which also juxtapositions against the shy ideology. The Artist having a strong hold on the microphone portrays seriousness and in effect shows him clutching a dream; the reality of a busy musical lifestyle is portrayed due to the establishing shot used. The busy lifestyle is also evidenced due to the use of numerous images, a wide shot and two medium close up shots are used, the difference in photography structure show the busy levels from different angles, and show a variety for the audience.

“WERE BEING THE BEST MCR WE CAN BE” The capital letters used evidence the seriousness of the interview, and the motivation of the band; it secondly illustrates excitement which instantly attracts the reader’s attention and encourages them to read the interview and further into the magazine, when creating my final piece I will chose to take a quotation from the interview and highlight it in capitals influence from this magazine. The front of the text used is cracked and decayed illustrating the effect and outcome of loud music; this highlights the genre of music and shows an Indie/rock band genre.

The white font of the interview contrasts against the black background, the white text stands out and again immediately attracts the reader’s attention; the text is small and detailed highlighting a typical convention of a double page spread. The text is detailed conveying a serious and busy lifestyle, evidencing the stereotype of a rock/indie band. The repeat use of red adds a flash of colour to the black and white image, introducing a danger or sex appeal image.

The world exclusive banner portrays a repeat use of stars representing the musician’s status within music society, which secondly emphasises a famous lifestyle and stardom which evidences on the “busy” imagery used. The banner located to the right of the double page spread stands out due to the white background, the red used contrasts with the background which establishes an instant recognition mode. The repeat of the colour scheme emphasises on the genre of music as well as the images portrayed, an audience of 16 + and people who enjoy the genre indie/pop music are targeted.

Double Page Spread Analysis; The large serif “A” font stands out amongst the small black font and the black and white imagery and colour scheme. The capitalised A illustrates excitement which emphasises on the busy lifestyle the band in the image lead. The font used within the section changes half way through, the top section of the text is larger than the bottom section, this shows the change in importance, and emphasises on the amount of text which has been displayed, the amount of text illustrates a keen audience who show a strong interest in the band being published.

The large wide shot image displays 5 different images which evidences the busy lifestyles the artists lead. The Mise en scene of “The Independent” newspaper illustrates on the ideology of an intellectual audience this is evidence by the amount of information used within the magazine and the choice of lexis portrayed. The use of black and white imagery creates a mysterious effect, as well as the black creating a serious strong image to an audience. The audience portrayed would be people with a keen interest in that particular genre of music, An audience of eighteen plus.