The document analyzes two double page spreads from NME magazine. [1] The first spread features an interview with Dizzee Rascal. It uses graffiti as a backdrop to link him to the grime music scene. The article discusses Dizzee Rascal's progression from his origins in the streets to mainstream success over the past year. [2] The second spread features Johnny Marr, former guitarist of The Smiths. It analyzes how the repeated solo images of Marr reinforce the theme of the Smiths' music appealing to lonely people. The article is written in an informal interview style where Marr speaks casually, linking him to his working class roots and the target NME audience.

1. ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES- DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 1 NME
Caption saying Dizzee
shows how big a part
Mise en scene he is to this issue and
created by graffiti how he is the main
wall background feature
because it links
back to the Grime
scene that he
started in and is
linked because
The sub heading is
the origin place of
grime is filled with a basic description
graffiti and links to the article and
dizze rascal to what its main focus
the streets is about
Main Image
The look on dizze
rascals face links
himself to the The main
perceived bad boy heading/headline is not
image he had about dizze rascal but
gained and that he
about his progress from
always someone
looking over his his start in life , this
shoulder because connects to the target
of this audience , who many
Page number probably have
aspirations similar to
NME title 4 columns –notice text wraps around the image
dizzee rascal
of the radio this is because the double page
Date this is the spread is more image based and although its in a
continuing theme magazine the words themselves take a back seat
through out the to the images
magazine

2. Analysis of written article
The article itself is about the past year (2009) when
he got accepted in the mainstream music scene ,
winning awards and also talks about himself and a
bit about his life so far
The style of the article is an informal sense , its as if
what ever Dizzee Rascal had said was written down
such as slang words like “Man” , this style also
relates to the young target audience who most
probably use the same slang terms
It is written in 4 short columns each of approx75-
100 words so that it does not alienate the young
target audience who have grown up with a dis-
content for reading and don’t want to be sat reading
a long article when they could be going out
The main heading/headline is quite dramatic and is
also a play on the phrase from rags to riches as
“Tags to riches” this links Dizzee Rascal Back to his
hip-hop/Grime origins and the youth target audience
that comes from the lower working class areas
who’s surrondings are filled with tags and shows
them that they can achieve success in any area
they compete in

3. ANALYSIS OF ARTICLES-
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 2
The main image is
of the same
person 4 times
(Johnny Marr
former guitarist of
The Smiths) this
links to the
description of the
smiths music that
it is for lonely
people and in this
picture the only
people Johnny
Marr is seen with
are himself
More pictures show
The text is the main feature of the article and Johnny Marr as being
the image is the second thing to the article , on his own again re-
as the images don’t encroach on the space affirming the thought
of the article showing its special of him being lonely
like his music

4. Analysis of written article 2
The article is written in a generic
interview style with the writer
asking Johnny Marr questions and
him answering them in his
comeback , the article is informal
and throughout the article Marr
speaks like he is speaking to
someone in a pub ,which links him
back to his working class roots
and to the target audience of NME
magazine , who aim to target
young lower social class males .