Double Page Spread

2. This double page spread is different
to the other’s I have analysed. This is
the ‘OMG!’ page that is usually in pop
magazines; it reflects the fun genre,
and the young readership. Bright
colours are used, mostly yellow and
pink, reflecting the target audience,
and drawing attention to the page.
‘OMG!’ suggests excitement, and
makes the readers want to read the
article; the exclamation mark
emphasises this. The title of the page
‘OMG!’ is written in pink capital letters
with yellow dots in it; this reflects the
age of the readers, and the funky and
qwerky genre of pop as a whole.
‘OMG’ is also a phrase that the target
audience would use.
The mode of address also links to the target audience such as ‘cringe’, ‘shame-otter-meter’ and ‘txt ur
lolz’. The subheading for each of the of the different ‘cringe confessions’ attract the audience by using
either alliteration or a pun. ‘Plane stupid’ is a pun on ‘plain’ because the person talking about it was
talking about an experience on a plane. ‘Pool Panic’ uses alliteration, just like ‘Towel tragedy’, ‘Teacher
trauma’ and ‘Flying footwear’. ‘Beau-d luck’ is a pun on ‘bad luck’ because the ‘cringe’ mentions the
celebrity Beau. ‘Silly Filly’ and ‘Pooper scooper’ use rhyme to attract the audience. ‘Dad dance’ also uses
alliteration, however, it is also a well-known ‘dance’. Some of these confessions have been sent in by
celebrities, which reassures the readership that they’re not the only ones who do embarrassing things,
and this creates a link between the celebrity and the readership.

3. The images around the page use humour to appeal to the readership, for example, a picture of a lipstick
with eyes, a bikini top with eyes, and a horse with cartoon eyes with a speech bubble coming out. At the
top of the page, images are used with the ‘shame-otter-meter’ to rate whose confession is the cringiest.
Images are placed all around this page, including Ariana Grande looking embarrassed; this makes the
page more visually attractive for the young audience, and makes it more interesting.
At the bottom of the page is a pink stripe with more brief confessions. Having confessions from other
readers of the magazines creates a link between all the readership, and creates a sense of friendship as
they all relate to the same things.

4. The page is laid out so the reader starts by looking at one confession from a celebrity, then
confessions of other readers, and then finds themselves ending with the celebrities confessions;
this is so they can finish with the celebrities ones, and realise that they’re just like the readers.
Famous celebrities like Nick Jonas and Ariana Grande are featured because they’re famous within
the pop genre, and are young like the audience for this magazine.
The font used is the same font that is seen throughout the magazine, reinforcing brand identity and
reminding the audience of the genre, and magazine they’re reading. With the names of the people
who are giving their confessions, it is written in a script font, as if they’re signing off; this shows that
it is accurate information, meaning the target audience can trust the magazine.