Research: Double page spread #2

This magazine name is Classic rock and was issued on August 2013. The double page spread starts on page 50. There are three columns of text. The text does not fill the page width and the space width between the columns is about 1cm, the text is also left aligned. The body of the text is serif and is black, which is very simplistic and natural, which I feel links to the image as he is in a natural setting. The headline of the font is serif and is navy blue and is extremely large.

There is a pull quote and Drop capitals are present twice in this article, the “J” takes up 13 lines, and the “I” takes up less of 5 lines. There is also a stand first on which is located on the left side. The size of the body of the text is 10. The shot of the image is a medium long shot, and all the colours are very muted and simplistic. This image compliments the article as Stephen Stills is described as the “highest paid rock stars on the planet” which is very ironic as we expect rock artists to be dressed in black and have make up and show anger and individuality, however this artist looks very normal and regular and is dressed in casual clothing of blue jeans and isn’t wearing any make up to look false.

So therefore this image doesn’t particularly suit the target audience of rock fans as they will not expect this in a rock magazine. This shows Neales genre theory or “repetition and difference as this image and article is challenging conventions and is spicing it up. The image shot is also out doors in natural scenery and normal rock shots are usually in studios with artificial lighting, and in this image there is no noticeable editing from photo shop. There is nothing on this page that indicates housestyle. A detail I noticed is how the blue jeans matches perfectly to the title, and this is the only editing I have noticed at the bottom of the left side of the page, I feel pull quotes are very effective and intriguing so I will certainly be using one on my double page spread. The font is the same on the pull quote however is bold and enlarged to make it more noticeable. The speech marks are the same size as the quote.

There is quite a lot of white space present, as there is a big amount of space between the stand first and pull quote. The article is about the artist Stephen Hills and his latest opinion and being reflective, the language relates to the target audience as it is casual register and has complex sentences which links to an older audience which are educated. However the article also consists of bad language which suggests younger audience too.

This has influenced my creativity planning as I feel the article layout is very effective and the standfirst and pull quotes make the reader want to read the article. I will use these features when it comes to my article however link it to my own genre of bhangra and my target audience of young adults and use a brighter image similar to this.