Analysis of Double page spreads for Music Mag

Music magazine double page spread analysis

Target audience

The target audience of the magazine XXL is mostly men and some women who love hip hop and rap music. They would be aged between 14-25 because the older generation tend to not like rap or hip hop music. From the image in the Double page spread the reader can see that it is 50 Cent and therefore automatically associate his genre of music in relation to the double page spread and the magazine itself. Furthermore, other giveaways is the language such as “hustlin’” shows the slang words used which is what the target audience of the magazine are likely to use.

Colour

The colour of the DPS is plain and there is a lot of white space used, however this makes it look good because of the skin colour of 50 cent contrasting with the background looks very powerful. The continuity of the colours black and white makes the DPS look eye catching and professional. The fonts used are sans serif and the title is big and bold which makes it stand out to the reader. The sans serif fonts bodes well with the DPS in relation to the genre because sans serif fonts look more casual which is what the DPS is – casual.

Image

The image is very striking because of the contrasting colours used. Although the image is quite plain and simple, and there isn't a lot of mise-en-scene, in this case less is more and because of the colour scheme and the fact the image is on one full page makes the image look very powerful and striking. The models pose is simple too however it still manages to catch the readers eye. This attracts the readers attention and makes them want to read the article.

Language and Tone

The Language in the article is quite informal as its an interview so its more like a chatty conversation. This is shown in the quote I picked out, 50 cent’s replies are informal as he says things like “you know what im sayin’”. The tone is friendly and chatty which makes the reader enjoy the article more because its not boring and its like the artist is talking to you himself. Other slang words are used like “hustlin’” which is slang for “making money” which makes the mode of address more of a casual register and informal.

Music magazine double page spread analysis

Image

The image is related with the article just like the front page image was related to the sell line. In this DPS they call Nelly “iron man” and he is wearing a tank to show off his big built arms  to show he is iron man.  In the image he is coordinating his tank to with his hat to catch peoples eyes . In fact the image is on one full page makes the image look very powerful and strong and he is showing us how rich he is by holding his belt which is Louis Vuitton  and he is also wearing a bling g-shock watch.

Target audience

The target audience of the magazine would be mostly for men and for some women .The reader can tell its a hip hop magazine because you can see an image of Nelly  who is a hip hop artist. Also behind Nelly there are large speakers  and speakers and boom boxes are also associated with Hip hop as well

Colour

The colour of the DPS is a iron texture grey and sliver it makes the paper  look like a metal iron stage and with the title in white which make the title stand out.

Language and Tone

The Language in the article is quite descriptive about what’s going on with Nelly  and they also talk about his new album coming up and the songs that are going to be in the album. The artist is described as being rich and stylish. Also they describe what Nelly is wearing .