Tuesday 22 March 2011

Analysis Of Double Page Spread - NME

The main image is of a woman and the two men on the outside of her. This tells us that she is protected by these two men and so weaker than them. This portrays the stereotypical image of a woman in rock or indie. The background is a greyish fading away colour with a silhoette kind of effect. This shows us a more mysterious side to the main image. Also if you see what they are wearing they are wearing all black and nothing else. This appeals to their targeted audience and makes them look interesting to read about.
Also by having the female placed there they are able to attract a larger audience both female and male. However, the women looks quite manly this could be quite of putting. With the female in the middle of the two men this shows male dominance which is much portrayed in rock and indie magazines.

The main title "Art of Darkness" goes well with the background as the background is partially white and grey. The font is bold with a fairly simple font which attracts the audiences attention greatly. Also because the main title is so simple it would get the audience to want to read on more and find out what the magazine has to offer. This is a good technique to use.

The type of language used in this article is formal which gives the idea that it is aimed at a more older, sophisticated audience usually this applies to the rock and indie type of market as appose to a rap or pop type of market audience. The article is also written in a constant format with quotes. The text itself looks fairly sophisticated as it is in its own little section of the page rather than all over it. The colour of the font is white making it stand out and therefore easier to read.  The letter ‘X’ is repeated in the background and to separate paragraphs, this is been done so audiences remember the bands name for future references.

Saturday 19 March 2011

Feedback

Chike you are making some progress now with the research and planning work but again there are a few items that you need to add (see checklist). In addition you must now start to add a running commentary in which you add screen shots of your work in progress with a short commentary. You must also speed up with constructing the front page.