Monday, 5 November 2012

Textual analysis, Double page spread 2

Initially, it's obvious that the two pages are a double page spread as the image, text and heading spreads over the both pages and lets your eyes flow well. The image is cut so some of the arm of the model is half on the left page and the rest of her body is in the right page.
   On the right page, most of the space is used for the image of singer, Lily Allen. She's wearing casual clothes in a pose that isn't dramatic. The overall appearance of the spread is quite homely and real which links to the heading about her being honest.
   The heading isn't what the article is about, but a quote from something that the artist has said in the article. It's made to look as if the letters are individually stuck from a magazine/newspaper which makes it look more interesting.
   The colour scheme of the double page spread is black white and red. The spread involves a lot of blacks- the title, the text, her hair colour, in her clothing and her smokey eye make up. I think that the overall look is quite indie rock but casual in that way that it's dressed up. The two names in red stand out but go with the reds in the clothing as well. In the background, there are faded images which make the background not completely white and give it an interesting look. However, it's not opaque so you can hardly notice it.
   There are 4 columns of writing which makes it enough to read but not too much to put someone off from reading it.
   Overall, the presentation of the double page spread is good and it tells a story about a well-known artist in music. There isn't anything extremely special about the page but it gives edgy look and as it's quite casual, that could indicate that the article will be more personal to Lily Allen.

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