2. The spread is almost half taken up by a
landscape, panoramic style group of
images of the same artist, the way in
which the editor has made this suggests
an aura of individuality and attracts the
readers attention straight away
Vibe
The producer of the
magazine has gone with a
blue colour onto the artist‟s
name on this bold font, which
is bigger than the main article
to grab the readers
eye, particularly making her
name „Solange Knowles‟ a
contrasting blue to
immediately tell the reader
who this article is on
effectively, and the audience
expects this bit of
information, complying with
the codes and conventions
Particularly using the bright red
on her dress contrasting with the
grey background images is the
first thing the reader will be
attracted to, its bold and is a way
of luring the reader in
3. Lady Gaga is featured wearing an
outfit and posing in a way which
would entice readers who find the
female form attractive.
Q
The page contains no title only a
full A4 photograph of the main
focus of the article, and her
name, displayed in the upper
right hand corner. This intrigues
the viewer as they must read on
further if they‟re to find out what
exclusive information Q has on
one of the most famous women
of the moment
Note that the medium close up
of Lady Gaga featured on the
left hand side of the double
paged spread takes up half the
article, which shows that this
photo has significance.
The vibrant enlarged
red L which is
featured behind the
text links not only to
Lady Gaga‟s alas but
also the colour
anchors Q‟s house
style
4. The magazine lets the artists arm intrude the
next page and overlap the title, creating a
unique and eye catching effect. This will attract
readers because of its creativity and makes
them believe the article should follow suit in
being original and innovative.
XXL
This capsule of text is a selling
point on the page, because it
is briefly describing what is to
follow in the article, and does
this using some exaggeration
and makes it look at attractive
as possible of course. It
describes the artists
firstly, bigging him up as
such, then goes on to say he
is “growing old gracefully”. To
fans of the artist they will like
this article as the editor
compliments “Styles P”.
The article from an overall perspective
takes up a old-skool housestyle, particularly displaying the one
page filling image on the left in black
and white along with the rest of the
article, apart from the title “Trilla” which
comes up in red. This makes the
article look very vintage and therefore
aesthetically pleasing, but the
contrasting red sticks out on the page
and catches the readers eye.
5. The house style is consistent on this spread. This is
shown through the use of the Kerrang institutional logo
(at the bottom corner of each page)
Website of the magazine can
be used as an institutional
logo
Kerrang
Quote: the use of a quote of
an artist on this page, makes
the page personal and
because it is used as the
heading of the page, it
instantly attains the readers
focus, engages them and
urges them to read on. Three
words within the quote are a
different colour to the rest of
the sentence- emphasising
these words and presenting
them as important.
The use of these house
colours, Black and
White, the Kerrang logo is
black and white and the
use of similar typefaces;
the magazine logo and the
text on this spread have
similar fonts
6. The artists name is bold in a pink
font, contrasting the black to justify the
information that it is his name. This therefore
provides the reader with information they
expect when starting on an article, fulfilling the
expectations of the needs and gratifications
theory
MixMag
The quote is also unique and
powerful, bold and individual- it
has to be to say to the reader that
this interview is going to be
intriguing in some sense.
The magazine contains a
page-filling image on the left
of an artist. This is important
to the spread because
accompanying the page full
of words essentially, there
needs to be an
image, otherwise it has a
feel that it‟s a dry, book or
newspaper style text.
The editor feels the
need to include a quote
from the centrepiece of
the article, the artist
being interviewed as a
sell point of the
spread, its placed on
the main image and
before the reader will
read the article, they will
look at the quote to get
a gist of what‟s to come
