The document provides details on the layout and design of magazine articles. It summarizes three articles about musicians: Dizzee Rascal, Pete Doherty, and Noel Gallagher. For each article, it describes the visual elements like backgrounds, images, and colors used; the organization of text; and gives a brief overview of the content and tone of the article. These summaries help orient the reader to the key information presented in the magazine spreads about each musician's career and style.

1. Mise en scene created by graffiti wall background, reflects the hip-hop lifestyle. Main Image is of the same artist on the cover, wearing a bold red jacket which also matches the colour scheme. Page number to link the cover to the article + NME masthead + Date Byline (credit for author and photographer Sub heading Main heading/headline - Slanted 4 columns –notice text wraps around the image of the radio Caption saying Dizzee – Names the artist pictured Second image used is of empty bottles and a stereo to fit the theme of rebellious hip-hop music Background is mostly plain white Copy (text) begins with A large letter Y using Drops Cap

2. The article itself is basically about Dizzee Rascal’s rise to fame through a life of growing up on the streets doing graffiti, to selling albums and getting onto the hip-hop charts. The style of the article is quite informal and comical, using quotes from the artists himself to add a little ‘life’ to the print. It is written in 4 short columns each of approx75-100 words. The main heading/headline is quite dramatic which could reflect the artist’s dramatic rise to fame; how get went ‘from tags to riches’.

3. Grunge font used for the main heading, to reflect the messy indie culture Blue banner with white text (subheading) to appear contrasting and bold Use of drops cap with the copy, which is also split into 2 columns Copy is of a small font size, and is white. All of the colours match exactly what Pete Doherty is wearing. Background is simple and white. It conforms to the colour scheme too which makes it fit in better. Doherty is pictured with his eyes closed, with scruffy hair and an open collar and looking almost drugged – this sums up his rock and roll lifestyle of music and booze. Page number and ‘MOJO’ printed at the bottom corner to indicate where the article is located

4. The article is basically about the drugged up indie lifestyle of crazy antics that Pete Doherty performs on a daily basis. It highlights his particularly bad habits that could be a potential threat to his life. The style of the article is quite informative, yet light-hearted and humorous about the life of Pete Doherty It is written in 2 short columns each of approx75-100 words The main heading/headline is quite dramatic reading “A matter of life and death” which sums up the risks of Doherty’s actions.

5. The artist’s full name – allows to content to shorten his name and tells reader exactly who the article is about Play on words from their track “The Importance of Being Idle” – Brings engaging humour to the magazine By-line- introduces the article in a sentence. Use of drops cap, marks the beginning of the article Page number, masthead/logo and date/issue, to note the time of publication Article organised into 4 columns Use of a pull quote and image to tell the reader who is talking to who. A ‘Top Five’ for a legendary artist, including information and an image for each one Camera shot – low angle with Noel actually holding the camera – gives him authority and importance All of the colours (Noel’s clothing, the background, headings, text etc) fit the red, black and white colour scheme to keep the magazine uniform.

6. The article itself is basically about Noel, a member of the band ‘Oasis’, talking about their reign of indie music. The style of the article is very humorous as Noel is constantly quoted saying amusing things such as his dig at Jack White. It is written in 4 quite long columns each of approx150-200 words. The main heading/headline is quite dramatic as it uses humour in the play on words for the Oasis track ‘The Importance of Being Idle’ and this engages the reader, especially if they understand the origin of the play on words.