This double-page magazine spread focuses on Nicki Minaj. The dominant color is pink, matching Nicki Minaj's known girly public persona. Her name and a photo of her wearing pink lipstick are featured. The simple color scheme of pink, black, and white matches elements of Nicki Minaj's identity and style. Sections of text have titles to allow readers to choose which parts to read. Imagery, fonts, and pull quotes are designed to draw the reader in and encourage reading the full article.

1. There isonlyone maincolouron thispage,and it dominatesthe wholedoublepage spread.
The backgroundto the textandimage ispink,Nicki Minaj’sname iswritteninbigcapital
lettersthisisalsoinpink,andin the photoof Nicki she iswearingbrightpinklipstickwhich
matchesa similarshade of pinktothe colourinwhichhername iswrittenin.the reasonin
whichthisisdone isto match the identityandreputationof Nicki.She isknownasa verygirly
artistand oftenisphotographedinasexual way.The brightpinkmatchesthisperfectlyasof
course pinkisrecognisedasa girlscolour.
The title of the text‘The Gospel
accordingto Nicki Minaj’
doesn’tfitthe personalitythat
she oftenportrays.AsI have
previouslymentionedshe often
portraysherself asa verysexy
and iscommonlyseenwearing
minimal clothing.Thiscertainly
doesn’tfitthe title due tothe
fact the work ‘gospel’has
connotationsof religion.This
may drawa potential readerto
readthe textafteronlyreading
the title.Thisisbecause they
may have seenthe wayNicki
Minaj presentherself tothe
mediaandwill be intriguedto
findoutwhat she feelsis‘the
gospel’asthe title indicated
thiswill be revealedwithinthe
text.
Thispull quote isseparatedup
intotwo separate colours,
blackand white thiscreatesa
contrast andmakesthe quote
standout a lot more.It isalso
highlightedinadarkershade
of pinkwhichisanotherwayin
whichitmakesit standout
evenmore.The fontusedis
alsodifferenttothe main
bodyof textandis a lot
bolder,boththese techniques
will gainthe reader’sattention
and effectivelyforce themto
readit as it will standout,
evenif theyare justglancing
at the page.Thispull quote
may interestthemtherefore
makingthemwantto read the
bodyof textbelow.
The ring inwhichNicki iswearinghasletteringonitwhich
spellsout‘ICON’ thiswill suggestthatNicki herself isanicon
withinthe musicindustry.Someone whomaynotknowa lot
abouther may feel inclinedtoreadthe textto discovermore
aboutthisicon withinthe musicindustry.The ringisalso
blackand white andisa similarfonttothe letteringusedin
the pull quote justto the leftof Nicki.
The colouringonthispage isextremelysimple,
consistingof prettymuch3 colours,pink,blackand
white.The pinkbeingthe background,adarkershade
for the title whichmatchesthe shade of pinkof her
lipstick.Andthe blackandwhite theme inthe pull
quotesresemblethe blackandwhite inherdress,ring,
eyesandfalse eye lashes.
The bodiesof textare all splitup
intosmall sectionsandtheyall
have titlesinformingthe readeron
whatthe bodyof textbelowis
about.Thiswill allowthe readerto
knowrealise if theyare interestin
readerthe paragraph below.They
can pick and choose whichparts of
the texttheywantto read rather
than readerthe whole page.

2. Otherthan the picture the firstthingmy
eye wasdrawn toon the double page
spreadwasthe pull quote “Itkeeps
draggingme back”. The artistfeatured
isDavid Bowie one of the most
recognised,iconicandsuccessful artists
ever.Andthe pull quote isclearlya
quote fromhim.He hasa huge amount
of fansthat wouldbe interestedinwhat
he had to say,so m usinga quote like
that, will intriguethe reader,theywill
wantto knowexactlywhatit isthat is
dragginghimback, andfrom whathe is
beingdraggedbackfrom.It’s a clever
pull quote andwill certainlymake the
readerwantto read the textto see
whathe has to say.
The title of the textwhichalsodoublesupas a pull quote “Itkeepsdraggingme
back..”is well linkedwiththe image onBowie onthe leftyhandside.If something
was draggingyouback, thiswouldbe frustratingasyouare not able toreach what
youshouldbe able to.The picture onthe leftshowsastressedoutfrustrated
lookingBowie withhisheadinhishandsandglumlylookingintothe camera.The
readerwill automaticallybe able tolinkthe factthat Bowie looksdestressedwith
the quote on the rightand will wanttofindout exactlywhyhe feelsthisway,and
of course,thiswill featureinthe text,drawingthe readertoreadthe ext.
Bowie wasbornin the 40s, his
musiccouldbe classedas relatively
old.Blackand white isan effect
usedinmoderndayphotography
to give a vintage of edgylooktoan
image.There isnocolour onthis
page at all,itisall in blackand
white,thiscould link/portraythe
fact mostof hismusicwas
produceda while ago,it symbolises
hisoldstyle of music.
There isalso a separate subheader,just
3 or 4 linesof textbelowthe maintitle.
Thisis an introductiontothe textandis
justa small previewtowhatmaybe
featuredwithinthe text.Thiswill allow
the readerto decide if theywantto
readthe article withouthavingtostart
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 wascommonlyfeaturedinthe
media,howeverusuallywithbrightcoloursaroundhimorwearing
brightclothes.The colourredwas a commontheme witha lotof the
photographstakenof him.Thisiswhy seeinghiminblackandwhite
may intrigue the reader,theymaywonder whyhe isinblackand white
and whythere isno colourwithinthe image,itdoesn’tsuitthe
standardimage portrayedof Bowie mythe media,thismymake the
readerwantto read the textto findout.
At the start of eacharticle bigbold
capital lettersare used,the fontsize isa
lotbiggerthan the restof the textand
the lettersare a lot bolderthiswill draw
attentiontothe start of each article and
will encourage the readertoreadthe
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 Ray is inblackand white,
there isa reasonbehindthisotherthanto look
aestheticallypleasing.The majorityof LanaDel Rays
musicisslow,sad music,whichiswhythe dull,black
and white photoof herfitsappropriately.The dull
image reflectshermusicaswhatshe producesisn’t
‘vibrant’or‘popgenre’hermusicis a lotmore
traditional.Hermusicismore jazzand blues
reflectiveratherthancontemporary
The use of blue andorange also
reflectsherasan artist. Due to the
fact he brightcoloursand reflect
herage as she is a youngerartist.
Orange is seenasa rich colour,so
the orange on the page couldbe
usedto suggestthe facther music
issophisticated.Thesecoloursalso
helpada bitof colourto the page,
usuallyona double page spread the
mostcolourful partof the page is
the picture,howeverasthispicture
isblack andwhite youlose this
colour.So inorderfor the page to
looksomewhatinterestingand
vibrantthe textmusthave some
kindof colourto it.
The title of the article and the fact that
Lana Del Ray is winkinginthe
photographyiscleverlythought
through.The title is‘Mission
Accomplished’thisautomatically
makesthe readerwonderwhat
missionhasbeenaccomplishedand
may wantto make themread the
article to findout,itdraw inthe reader
effectively.The readermaylooktothe
picture forcluesof what she has
accomplishedandasshe is winkingit
may intrigue the readerevenmore.
Sometimeswinkingisassociatedwith
somethingnaughtyordoing
somethingyoushouldn’thave,soby
titlingthe text‘missionaccomplished’
and pairingthisupwitha picture of
herwinking,itmaysuggestthatthe
‘mission’wasone thatshe wasn’t
supposedtotake part in, it maybe
suggeststhatshe wasn’t allowedtodo
whatevershe hasaccomplished,and
thiswill definitely intriguethe reader
to readthe text.
In the middle of the texttheyhave includedabox
featuringstatisticsonLanas Success.The box is a
brightblue box whichstandsouton the surrounding
coloursof white background andblack text.The box
will catchthe reader’sattentionandthe stats
featuringinthe box will informthe readerabout
Lana del ray. Thismay drawpeople whodon’t
usuallylistentohermusictoread the article.They
may see howsuccessful she hasbeenbyquickly
readingthe statsand thenwant to readthe article
on herafterthis.