The document provides an analysis of a double page spread (DPS) interview with musician Kid Rock in Q Magazine. It examines the target audience, language, use of color, text styles, layout, tone used to address readers, how the artist is presented through images, how the style matches the front cover, and any prior knowledge demanded of readers. The analysis finds the DPS uses an informal tone and references to appeal to fans of the musician by asking specific questions they would want to know and including profanity, with a layout focused more on images than text to engage the intended audience.

1. Double Page spread analysis Q Magazine

2. DPS – Q Magazine Interview with Kid Rock

3. K I D R O C K

4. 1) How does the choice of artistfeatured in the article suggest who the target audience will be? American singer-songwriter

5. 2) What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine Colloquial “That was kinda fresh” Profanity/Uncensored “I thought the movie was fucking hilarious”

6. 3) How is colour used? BLACK – ‘bad boy’=untrustworthy WHITE - easier to read RED - Boldness, passion, eyecatching GOLD – Wealth and value but in context can be seen as trashy.

7. 4) What style of text (font type/colour/size) is used? Is it similar to any other pages? What does it say about the image of the magazine and the audience? Serif Font – Times New Roman Same sort of fonts for Main Body Text Black, white and red

8. 5) How is the double page spread laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience? What do they value? Eye Flow Rule of Thirds

9. Caption Slug White Space Article Title Leading Text Main Image Body Text Pull Quote Page Number Gutter

10. 6) What tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close friend, a member of an 'in' crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) - provide evidence Close friend A fan of the artist Asks specific questions that fans Want to know such as controversial Information. E.g.“Would you recommend dating a Stripper?”

11. 7) How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis. XXX

12. 8) How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover? Black, white, blue and red. Image – composition Serif Font

13. 9) Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples. “Did you think Pamela was good in the Borat movie” “First time was for fighting in a strip club [ he was arrested after punching a DJ in Nashville Tennessee in 2005”