Double Page Spread Analysis

This double page spread has a main article about a band called ‘The Teenagers’, which is near the top centre of the page in big black bold letters on a bright blue background, this stands out from the rest of the page and shows this is the main article. The main image is of the band ‘The Teenagers’ and takes up all of the left page of the spread and is the main focus point of the double page spread. The image makes the band members look very normal and ordinary, just like any teenagers, which plays on their band name ‘The Teenagers’. Just to the left hand side where it says 'The Teenagers' it reads 'NME LOVES'. This important because the NME is a big music magazine which most people would recognise. All three members are lying on a bed surrounded by posters and images; mainly of young women. The room looks quite old with floral bed sheets and old looking wall paper. The posters create a cluttered messy effect which makes use of the stereotype that teenagers are messy and untidy. In the top left hand corner of the same page is a bright blue box with the word ‘Radar’ in bold white letters and under that in a small black box is the text ‘The best new music’. This informs the reader that these are a new band and the ‘best’ in new music. The word radar implies that the magazine writers have searched for the ‘best’ new music for their audience which makes the audience feel that the writers and editors of this magazine care about their satisfaction, which may prompt them to continue buying the magazine. In the bottom left hand corner is a small fact box about the band which is in a blue box. This gives the audience some basic knowledge of the band before they even read the article and is an ‘extra’ for the reader. The main colour scheme of this double page spread is blue, white and black. The important pieces of text the editors want to stand out are in bright blue boxes as this highlights and attracts the audience to these parts and shows their importance. On the opposite page is the article about the band with a small image of one of the members performing live. The article is laid out in two vertical columns and is broken up by a small quote by one of the band members, which is highlighted in a bright blue box. The article itself is not in-depth as it is only a small feature of the magazine about new bands so it does not have to be; it mainly relies on the image and the highlighted text to engage the audience. Next to this is a small column containing an article about three new bands, each with an image of the band and a small paragraph about them. This column is black to separate it from the main article on the spread which has a white background. The text in this column is white which contrasts to the black background so that it stands out and can be easily read. The target audience for this magazine based on this double page spread is probably teenagers and people in their early 20′s as the band the double page spread features is even called ‘The Teenagers’ and all the bands mentioned seem to be relatively new bands, the language used is also quite informal and chatty suggesting that an audience around this age reads it.