Double page analysis

1. Target Audience and genre
The genre of this music is heavy
metal which is mainly targeted at
teenagers and middle aged people.
Double Page
This double page features
information on the band. The main
image on this page is one of the
band members and his drum kit at
a performance. It also features
cover lines in white writing which
are quotes from the band.
Colours/Typefaces/House style
The colours on this page spread are
white, black and yellow. These
colours also stand out and are bright
colours which can be described as
loud which heavy metal music is.
Masthead
The main title on the double page is saying
“LIFE IS CRAZIER THAN EVER FOR
METALLICA”.
This is written in two different colours
which both stand out from the page. The
yellow of the bad name helps to establish
this and also the M and the A are written in
a different way to the rest of the name
which shows a more rock way of putting
this.
The Gutenberg Design Principle
On the first page in the primary
optical area there is a badge saying
“NEWS SEVEN DAYS OF ROCK”. In the
terminal area there is part of the
artists drum kit. On the strong fallow
area there is part of the main title. In
the weak fallow area there is also
part of the drum kit.
On the second page in the primary
optical area there is the main title. In
the terminal optical area there is part
of the “drum diaries”. The strong
fallow area shows the beginning of
the article and the weak fallow area
show the “drum diaries” produced by
the band.
Text
This article is using quotes from
members of the band, and also is
talking about how things have
changed for the band. The article
is quite formal however does
include informal text also. There is
also a subheading underneath the
mast head and on the image.
There is an image of one of the
band members raising his hand.
Some of sentences are quite long
and mostly include quotes. The
headline is in two different
colours: white and yellow as these
stand out from the image.