1. House Style- the house styleof the articleis very simplecompared to other articles thatare
in magazines such as NME and Kerrang. The colours used areconsistent to those used on the
other pages of the magazine, which makes iteasily recognizableto the reader. Another
feature of this is the two white lines which run parallel to each other on the top and bottom of
the page. This small detail gives thearticlea formal,structured look.
Colour- the colour scheme of this double page spread is red, which and black,somethingthat
is kept consistentthrough ‘Q’ magazine. This gives the articlea sophisticated,formal look and
would probably attractthe type of people that listen to Adele’s music.These three colours are
effective as they contrastwell with each other and with the grey, shadowy background used,
meaning all text stands out clearly.
Textcontent- the font used for the article‘girl UNINTERRUPTED’ is simpleand sophisticated
(comparingitto the image) which matches the type of music Adele releases and would a ppeal
to the older audiences that listen to her music. This portrays a semantic field of music as sheis
an upcoming singer at this age . The headlineis “Girl Uninterrupted” which spread right across
the page and also uses the colours red and white to make it stand out to the reader. As well as
that, this suggests that this magazine articleis when Adele was younger and how she has
gotten through her process of becoming noticed by fans without havingto change who she is
or stop in her tracks for anyone else. People may enjoy this article(mainly her fans) as itgives
them an insightto how Adele really is which may promote her more to new fans due to her
personality beingportrayed and how sheacts when the main cameras aren’t on her anymore;
linkingto the fact that she doesn’t really careatwhat people think of her personality wiseby
the way she has spoken in the interviews with Q but also howshe justgets on with itanyway
in which her fans maybe inspired by this and how confident she is which will promote her
music to an even wider range of an audience. Generally,the articlefocuses on Adele’s huge
achievements over the past year and someinformation is given about her next album, in order
to pleaseher fans as they will wantto know what is next from her in her career as a
singer/artist.
Main Image- the only image used is of Adele, who is the main feature of the article.The
image stretches across a largeproportion of the pages and is one of the main focuses on the
pages, drawingthe readers attention to that page. She is wearinga black top and is holdinga
cigarette, this creates a very sophisticated,formal tone , therefore appealingto an older
demographic.
DesignPrinciples-Thegutenberg Design priciplehas been put into effect with this page, as the
primary optical area includes theimage of Adele and her cigarette, therefore this would be the
firstthingseen by the reader. In the terminal area,it shows the text which would be the second
thing the reader will look at,therefore the main two features of the articlearein the two places
the reader will look atfirst.However, the headlineis in the weak fallowarea which is different
tp the original guttenberg design becauseit’s the lastplacethe reader is suppoesed to look but
the headlineis very eyecatchingdue to its sizeand colour.The double page is also informally
balanced as all thetext is focused on the righthand sideof the page. This allows themain focus
of the page to be on the image.
Masthead- the masthead of this doublepage spread stretches across both pages and fillsa
largeproportion of the page. It reads ‘Girl ‘Uninterrupted’, which is shortand simpleand puts
a twist on the famous saying,therefore makingit memorable. The word ‘girl’is in lowercase
letters and appears to be scripted,whereas the word ‘uninterrupted’ is in uppercaseand a
sans serif fonthas been used. This creates an effective contract between the two.
Target Audience-theprimary target audienceof this is most likely older 16’s of any age,
mainly females,as these are the type of people that listen to Adele’s music and will havean
interest in readingthis article.This is shown through the colour scheme used and
sophisticated,formal imageused which may show her as a rolemodel to the readers.
Double Page Spread
