The document summarizes a magazine article spread. It features a medium long shot of a band member as the main image across two pages. His serious expression and tattoos reflect the target audience of young males. The article uses design elements like a drop cap, headline in bold white font, and pull quote in white against black to draw attention and encourage readers to learn more. The color scheme and layout create a neat, professional appearance.

1. The main image is a Medium Long Shot of the
same model that was on the front cover; a band
member from ‘Asking Alexandria’. This is a familiar
face for the target audience so the reader will stop
to see what it’s about. The model has sunglasses on
so we can’t see his eyes or whether he’s giving
direct address. His facial expression is quite serious
because he has a straight face, which could be
because the article is quite serious too.
The mise-en-scene reflects the target audience a lot. For example, the
models clothing is the sort of clothing that the targeted readers would wear
mainly because its dark coloured. Furthermore, he has tattoos all over his
arms which reflects young males because tattoos are seen to be youthful.
He’s also holding a beer in his hand which is the kind of thing the target
audience would be associated with at their age. The model himself is young
which helps the target audience relate to him because they are of similar age
and have a similar lifestyle and hobbies.
A drop-cap has been added to the
start of the articles text. This
shows the reader that it is the
start of a new article. It also helps
draw attention to it because of it
being the biggest letter against
really small letters. They put it
there to set the scene too. This double paged spread has a basic layout to it
and its laid out in a grid. The main image goes
across both 2 pages but the actual article text stays
on the left page. This has the headline across the
top and then the text underneath split into two
combs which makes it look neat and professional.
This enables the reader to find it easier to read the
text and look at the page as a whole.
The headline is the main thing
that stands out when you look at
the page as a whole. This is
because t’s the biggest text on the
page in a bold white font resting
against a black background making
it catch the viewers eye. It is called
‘Moment of Truth’ which straight
away gives the reader questions
wondering what its about because
the title doesn’t give away exactly
what it’s about. Therefore, this
encourages the reader to carry on
reading the actual article to find
out.
A pull quote is added next to the
model. This piece of text is
stranded from the rest of the text
on the opposite page which really
bring attention to it. This is
effective because the quote
anchors the main image and text
and encourages the viewer into
reading it. By giving the reader an
insight into what a snippet of the
text is saying, it can make them
want to find out more because it
draws them in. What helps this is
the fact that it is in white font
placed against a black background
which contrasts helping it stand
out again.
Once again they have been
consistent with the colour scheme
being plain colours; mainly black
and white. However, this double
page spread has bits of purple.
The keeps a theme to the whole
magazine and makes it seem very
professional and neat.