Thursday, 25 March 2010


This is a double page spread out of the music magazine NME. People who know who the artist is on this double page spread (lily Allen) have an advantage however readers who may not be familiar have to read into more depth to know whether to read on or not, Lily Allen’s name is highlighted in a bright red which does stand out to the other text surrounding it however is not noticeable when you first look at the page.

This double page spread is easy to read as the background is white and very plain(not cluttered) which drags the readers attention to the picture and text, especially with the text being jet black and Lilly Allen dressed in red with jet black hair. The colour of her hair and shirt also is very similar to the text, she could be seen as more of a masculine character in this photo as her tartan shirt makes her look more manly than womanly, also her wrists are pointed up which shows off her tattoo on her wrist, this makes her look more rebellious which tells the reader a bit more about her without even reading into the text.

The text in this article is written in columns and is separated by gutters. This is a convention of a double page spread as is the image on the right hand side of the page. There is a big clear subtitle on the left page at the top which says ‘people think I’m an attention seeker, but I’m just honest’ the colour of this text works really well with the black against white. This is also a quote from inside the article which covers yet another convention of a double page spread. There is also a page number at the bottom of the pages, another convention obeyed.

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