Double Page Spread Analysis

1. There isonlyone maincolouron thispage,and it dominates
the whole double page spread.The backgroundtothe textand
image ispink,Nicki Minaj’sname iswritteninbigcapital
lettersthisisalsoinpink,andin the photoof Nicki she is
wearingbrightpinklipstickwhichmatchesasimilarshade of
pinkto the colourin whichhername iswrittenin.The reason
inwhichthisis done isto match the identityandreputationof
Nicki.She isknownasa verygirlyartistand oftenis
photographedinasexual way.The brightpinkmatchesthis
perfectlyasof course pinkisrecognisedasa girlscolour.
The title of the text‘The Gospel accordingto Nicki
Minaj’doesn’tfitthe personalitythatshe often
portrays.As I have previouslymentionedshe often
portraysherself as sexyandiscommonlyseenwearing
minimal/revealingclothing.Thiscertainlydoesn’tfit
the title due tothe fact the work‘gospel’has
connotationsof religion.Thismaydrawa potential
readerto readthe textafteronlyreadingthe title.This
isbecause theymayhave seenthe wayNicki Minaj
presentherselftothe mediaandwill be intriguedto
findoutwhat she feelsis‘the gospel’asthe title
indicatedthiswill be revealedwithinthe text.
Thispull quote isseparatedupintotwoseparate
colours,blackand white thiscreatesacontrast and
makesthe quote standout a lotmore.It is also
highlightedinadarkershade of pinkwhichis
anotherwayin whichitmakesitstand out even
more.The font usedisalsodifferenttothe main
bodyof textandis a lotbolder,boththese
techniqueswill gainthe reader’sattentionand
effectivelyforce themtoreaditas itwill standout,
evenif theyare justglancingat the page.This pull
quote mayinterestthemthereforemakingthem
wantto read the bodyof textbelow.
The ring inwhichNicki iswearinghasletteringonit
whichspellsout‘ICON’thiswillsuggestthatNicki
herself isaniconwithinthe musicindustry.Someone
whomay not knowa lotabout hermay feel inclined
to readthe texttodiscovermore aboutthisicon
withinthe musicindustry.The ringisalsoblackand
white andisa similarfonttothe letteringusedinthe
pull quote justtothe leftof Nicki.
The colouringonthispage is
extremelysimple,consistingof pretty
much 3 colours,pink,black and white.
The pinkbeingthe background,a
darkershade for the title which
matchesthe shade of pinkof her
lipstick.Andthe blackandwhite
theme inthe pull quotesresemble the
blackand white inherdress,ring,eyes
and false eye lashes.
The bodiesof textare all splitup
intosmall sectionsandtheyall have
titlesinformingthe readeronwhat
the bodyof textbelowisabout.This
will allowthe readertoknowrealise
if theyare interestinreaderthe
paragraph below.Theycanpickand
choose whichpartsof the textthey
wantto read ratherthan readerthe
whole page.
The title ‘the gospel accordingtoNicki Minaj’isbroken
intotwo bythe use of twodifferenttypesof fontand
fontcolour. Thisensuresthatthe firstthingthat the
viewerwillreadwhenthe openthe page,is hername
whichI usedto lure the readerin, theywill thenread
the whole title whichisabove hername insmaller
font.
Althoughthe maincolouronthe page ispinkthere is
alsoa lotof boldblack onthe page as well,for
example the subtitles,herring,dressandhair.The
emphasisonthe thinkblackcouldbe there to reflect
the divaside to Nicki’spersonalityandthe factthat
she isalso sometimesseenasabad girl.
Nicki ismakingdirectaddresswiththe readerwithis
usedto lure the readerinand make themfeel a
connectiontothe magazine. The highkeylighting
ensuresthatthe picture of her isbrightand reflecting
the fact alt of her musiccouldbe consideredaspop
music.
There isa kickerbelowthe main
title,itisina smallerfonthoweverit
still standsoutdue to the fact that is
isin a blacktextand has some
selectedwordsinbold.The words,
‘queenof hiphopi ssandingbefore
you’inin boldwhichwill ensure the
readernoticesitafterreadingthe
title,thiswill intrigue themtoread
the mainbody of text.Also,the
words’10 commandments’isinbold
whichagainhas connotationsof
religion,muchlike the wordgospel
that featuresinthe title aswell.

2. Otherthan the picture the firstthingmyeye was
drawnto on the double page spreadwasthe pull
quote “It keepsdraggingme back”.The artist
featuredisDavidBowie one of the mostrecognised,
iconicand successful artistsever.Andthe pull quote
isclearlya quote fromhim.He has a huge amountof
fansthat wouldbe interestedinwhathe had to say,
so by usinga quote like that,will intriguethe reader,
theywill wanttoknowexactlywhatitis that is
dragginghimback, andfrom whathe isbeing
draggedback from.It’sa cleverpull quote andwill
certainlymake the readerwantto readthe textto
see whathe has to say.
The title of the textwhichalsodoublesupas a pull quote “Itkeepsdraggingme back..”iswell linkedwith the image onBowie
on the lefthandside.If somethingwasdraggingyouback,thiswouldbe frustratingasyouare notable to reach whatyou
shouldbe able to.The picture on the leftshowsa stressedoutfrustratedlookingBowie withhisheadinhishandsandglumly
usingdirectaddress.The readerwill automaticallybe able tolinkthe factthatBowie looksdestressedwiththe quoteonthe
rightand will wanttofindout exactlywhyhe feelsthisway,andof course,thiswill feature inthe text,drawingthe readerto
readit. Also,the factthat there isno colourin the image makesitlookdull andsombre,thiscoupleswiththe factthatthe title
suggeststhathe is frustrated,the title andimage reflectasimilaridea.
The black and white thatisnot onlyusedin
the image of bowie butalsoin the whole
page,there isno colourat all on the whole
page,thisrepresentsthe factthatbowie is
icon– he is a prominentBritishartistwhois
extremely well knownin Britishindierock
and general musicculture.The blackand
white theme mayalsorelate tothe fact that
althoughhismusicislistenedtomymanyin
thismoderndayan age, hismusicwas
writtenandproducedmainlyin70s. the
blackand white couldreflectthe factthat
hismusicwas releasedyearsagoandisnot
consideredtobe modernmusic.
There isalso a standfirstwhichisjust 4 lines
of textbelowthe maintitle.Thisisan
introductiontothe textandis justa small
previewtowhatmaybe featuredwithinthe
text.Thiswill allowthe readertodecide if
theywantto read the article withouthaving
to start readingthe maintextitself.
The majorityof the musicinwhichBowie
producedfallsunderthe ‘rock’genre.Inthe
image of him,whichisa mediumclose up,
the onlyitemof clothingvisibleof David’s
bodyis a blackleatherjacket.The black
leatherisa popularclothingitemwithinthe
rock industryandcouldbe seenas reflecting
hisgenre of music.
WhenDavidwas producingmusiche wascommonly
featuredinthe media,howeverusuallywithbrightcolours
aroundhimor wearingbrightclothes.The colourredwasa
commontheme witha lotof the photographstakenof him.
Thisis whyseeinghiminblackandwhite mayintrigue the
reader,theymaywonderwhyhe isin blackand white and
whythere isno colourwithinthe image,itdoesn’tsuitthe
standardimage portrayedof Bowie mythe media,thismy
make the readerwant to readthe textto findout.
At the start of each article a
drop cap isused,the font
size isa lot biggerthanthe
restof the textand the
lettersare a lotbolderthis
will drawattentiontothe
start of eacharticle and will
encourage the readerto
readthe text.
The image usedof bowie
isone of himwhenhe was
a lot younger,inhisprime.
Thisis to intrigue the
readerand make them
wonderwhyan oldimage
of bowie hasbeenused,
therefore makingthem
wantto read the text.

3. Thisdouble page spreadisfroman issue of an NME magazine.The
colouringof the photousedgoesagainstregularconventionsof an
NME magazine due tothe fact itis inblack andwhite.Thiscreates
a huge colourcontrast on the page due to the fact the texthas
brightblue andorange coloursaround it.
The photo of Lana Del Rey isinblack and
white,there isareasonbehindthisother
than to lookaestheticallypleasing.The
majorityof Lana Del Reysmusicis slow,
sad music,whichiswhythe dull,blackand
white photoof herfitsappropriately.The
dull image reflectshermusicaswhatshe
producesisn’t‘vibrant’or‘popgenre’her
musicisa lotmore traditional.Hermusic
ismore jazzand bluesreflectiverather
than contemporary.
The use of blue andorange also reflectsheras
an artist.Due tothe fact he brightcoloursand
reflectherage as she is a youngerartist.Orange
isseenas a rich colour,so the orange on the
page couldbe usedtosuggestthe fact her music
issophisticated.Thesecoloursalsohelpadabit
of colourto the page,usuallyona double page
spreadthe most colourful partof the page is the
picture,howeverasthispicture isblack and
white youlose thiscolour.Soinorderfor the
page to looksomewhatinterestingandvibrant
the textmusthave some kindof colourto it.
The title of the article and the fact that
Lana Del Reyis winkinginthe photograph is
cleverlythoughtthrough.The title is
‘MissionAccomplished’thisautomatically
makesthe readerwonderwhatmissionhas
beenaccomplishedandmaywantto make
themreadthe article tofindout,it isused
to pull the readerin,the title doublesupas
not onlya title butalsoa pull quote.
Althoughitisn’ta quote assuch it still
relatestothe textbeneathandto the
image,makingthe readerwantto readthe
text.The readermay looktothe picture for
cluesof what she hasaccomplishedandas
she iswinkingitmayintrigue the reader
evenmore. Sometimeswinkingis
associatedwithsomethingnaughtyor
doingsomethingyoushouldn’thave,soby
titlingthe text‘missionaccomplished’ and
pairingthisupwitha image of herwinking,
it maysuggestthat the ‘mission’wasone
that she wasn’tsupposedto take part in, it
maybe suggeststhatshe wasn’t allowedto
do whatevershe hasaccomplished,and
thiswill definitely intriguethe readerto
readthe text.
In the middle of the texttheyhave includedabox featuringstatisticson
Lanas Success.The box is a brightblue box whichstandsouton the
surroundingcoloursof white backgroundandblack text.The box will
catch the reader’sattentionandthe statsfeaturinginthe box will inform
the readerabout Lana del rey.Thismay drawpeople whodon’tusually
listentohermusicto read the article.Theymaysee howsuccessful she
has beenbyquicklyreadingthe statsandthenwantto read the article
on herafterthis.
The indie rockgenre isone that is generallyseen
as veryBritish.The fact that Lana Del Rey
appearswiththe Americanflaginthe
backgroundand the headerforthe DPS is
‘missionaccomplished’suggeststhathermission
may have possiblybeentobe recognisedinthe
UK and that’swhy the magazine iscelebratingit
withthe Americanflag.