This is my third analysis of a 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.
The language 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.