This document provides an analysis of a double page spread from an NME magazine. It summarizes the key elements of the layout and articles. The main elements included are captions, bylines, headlines, images, columns of text, and drops caps. It analyzes two articles, one about the artist Dizzee Rascal and how his life has changed with success. The other article is about the band My Chemical Romance and their new album.
1. ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES- DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 1 NME
Background
image, Mise En Caption- says the
name of the artist the
Scene of Graffiti article is about.
Wall- The way that the
graffiti has been used on Byline- this just
the wall supports to says who took the
image that the editor is photograph and is
trying to create within the normally next to the
article, a rough, urban images.
kind of image.
Main headline-
Main Image- This this has been used as
image is used to a way of saying what
support the text in the the text is going to be
article that has been about and gives the
written alongside it, it readers an idea of
also catches the what it will be on, it
attention of the also draws them in to
audience as well with it read it more.
be being in the
background.
Page number Sub heading- this
and is used to support the
Drops Cap in the copy- this Second image in main headline, saying a
Date- this is has been used as a way of putting Background- these bit more of what the
something that is in all emphasis on the text and draws the text will be about.
have been put into the
of the music articles as attention of the reader to read it. article as a way of
it must be there to say
supporting them and linking
the number of the page.
with the text.
2. Analysis of written article
The article itself is basically about-
It is about how Dizzee Rascal’s life has changed
since he has become an artist, how it has changed
him and how he is now gaining a lot of money from
the music that he is making and that he is happy as
well with what he is doing.
The style of the article is-
The style of the article is written by somebody who
has looked at the rise of Dizzee Rascal, it is not an
interview it is just somebody who is writing about
how his life is changing and how it is different to
how his life was before the music.
It is written in 4 short columns each of
approx. 75-100 words-
Yes it is, the structure has been used as it is easy to
read and easy to understand.
The main heading/headline is quite
dramatic-
It is quite dramatic but it has been made dramatic
for as reason as is it a play on words but it is also
used as a way to grab the attention of the people
that may be viewing is also.
3. ANALYSIS - DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 2
Drops Cap in the copy- this has been used Caption- says the
as a way of putting emphasis on the text and draws name of the artist the Sub
article is about.
the attention of the reader to read it. Articles- this
is on the side of
the articles, can
link into more
Main Image- information about
This image is the article or
used to support about other things
the text in the that are in the
article that has other pages of
been written the magazine.
alongside, in this
case they are
pictures of the
band recording Main
music which has headline-
been cleverly the colour
used to relate to scheme of the
the article. article is still
running through
this headline, it
Page number catches the
attention of the
and audience, the
Date- this is headline says
something that is in all Sub heading- it is used to support the main what the article
of the music articles as headline of the article, normally links in with it; gives is about.
it must be there to say more explanation.
the number of the page.
4. Analysis of written article 2
The article itself is basically about-
The article is about the band ‘My Chemical Romance’ it is
about the new album that they are recording, it is about the
new songs that are recording and also talk about the band
members and what they have been doing since the last
record.
The style of the article is-
The style of the magazine is one that is written in column
and is just written about a general chat that somebody had
with the band about the new album.
The main heading/headline is quite dramatic-
It is quite dramatic but it has been made dramatic for as
reason as is it used to grab the audience the use of
different colours is used to link in with the colour scheme of
the magazine, it is all used as a way of drawing in the
audience and catching there attention.