This is a double page spread featured NME music magazine. The main focus of the spread is the extreme close up shot of Graham Coxon along with the large pullout quote taken from the interview below it. The artist is portrayed to look glum and miserable, this is executed through Graham's facial expression, the fact that it's an extreme close up shot showing facial expression in great depth, and also the dim lighting that barely sheds any of the artificial light onto his face. The dull colour, remains the theme on the second page of the double spread, particularly in the subtle vomit enducing shade of green that interchanges with a bold black of the font, both contrast greatly against the clean and purity of the white. The interesting layout of the text, in it's quirky altering of font size of each letter, draws the reader into almost the same as image might do, it looks to be in the semantic field of punk rock and roll, which would relate to the content of the text, in quite literally saying drugs, sex, and rock and roll, although worded with more integrity. The plain and drab colour scheme of the double page does have quite a homely feel to it, and comes as a welcome change from bright colours and loud photographs. The change of font size and font colour of individual lettering is designed to catch the readers attention, resulting in the pullout quote being of more success to the comercial market. The main photograph, features an unsavoury looking Graham Coxon, addressing the reader directly through eye contact, this also pulls the reader towards the article, using such a bold and contrasting image is no uncommon trait, the added factor that allows this particular double page spread success is the combination of facial expression, extreme close up shot, and use of white space, allowing the reader to really feel sympathy for and empathise with Graham before even reading the article. Also the combination of complicated text arrangement and bold photograph help stitch the two individual pages to become one, and make for a visually exciting and stylishly presented double page spread.
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Textual Analysis - NME : DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
This is a double page spread featured NME music magazine. The main focus of the spread is the extreme close up shot of Graham Coxon along with the large pullout quote taken from the interview below it. The artist is portrayed to look glum and miserable, this is executed through Graham's facial expression, the fact that it's an extreme close up shot showing facial expression in great depth, and also the dim lighting that barely sheds any of the artificial light onto his face. The dull colour, remains the theme on the second page of the double spread, particularly in the subtle vomit enducing shade of green that interchanges with a bold black of the font, both contrast greatly against the clean and purity of the white. The interesting layout of the text, in it's quirky altering of font size of each letter, draws the reader into almost the same as image might do, it looks to be in the semantic field of punk rock and roll, which would relate to the content of the text, in quite literally saying drugs, sex, and rock and roll, although worded with more integrity. The plain and drab colour scheme of the double page does have quite a homely feel to it, and comes as a welcome change from bright colours and loud photographs. The change of font size and font colour of individual lettering is designed to catch the readers attention, resulting in the pullout quote being of more success to the comercial market. The main photograph, features an unsavoury looking Graham Coxon, addressing the reader directly through eye contact, this also pulls the reader towards the article, using such a bold and contrasting image is no uncommon trait, the added factor that allows this particular double page spread success is the combination of facial expression, extreme close up shot, and use of white space, allowing the reader to really feel sympathy for and empathise with Graham before even reading the article. Also the combination of complicated text arrangement and bold photograph help stitch the two individual pages to become one, and make for a visually exciting and stylishly presented double page spread.
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