This is a double spread from a magazine. One side has an image of a person, whilst the other side is an article about the person in the image.It looks as if it is set in a studio with a white background.
From reading this article, i can tell that it belongs to a hip-hop magazine. I can tell this because the person shown is a famous rapper called GZA. The artist is talking about the hip-hop music he does. I think this is mainly aimed at young people probably between the age of 16-24yrs old. This is because many people between this ae will be familar with with his music and interested in what he has to say, also he is wearing clothing that appears to be bagy connoting that he still has a bit of youth in him even though he is quite old . Gza is wearing baggy trousers and top, an trainers. This type of clothing is what young adults/youths are wearing nowadays, so by him wearing this he is appealing to that audience so tey can realate to him.
From reading this article, i can tell that it belongs to a hip-hop magazine. I can tell this because the person shown is a famous rapper called GZA. The artist is talking about the hip-hop music he does. I think this is mainly aimed at young people probably between the age of 16-24yrs old. This is because many people between this ae will be familar with with his music and interested in what he has to say, also he is wearing clothing that appears to be bagy connoting that he still has a bit of youth in him even though he is quite old . Gza is wearing baggy trousers and top, an trainers. This type of clothing is what young adults/youths are wearing nowadays, so by him wearing this he is appealing to that audience so tey can realate to him.
Moreover the language used also tells us which age group this article is aimed at, asc there is certain words that young children should not know such as swear words 'shit'. Also there are certain words in this article lets us know that it is aimed at the hip-hop genre For example in hip-hop world there are certain slang phrases that people use for example he said "he ain't my boy" by this he means he is not my friend this connotes that only people that are familar with the hip=hop genre will be able to understand what is meant & be able to relate to what is being said. Also a connection may build up between Gza and the audience.
In the photo the lighting is high key which allows the audience to see ully what he is doing and what he has on.The colours used in the article matches the costume worn by GZA and are very simple, using simple colours allows it to appeal to the targeted audience as it looks a bit childish but serious at the same time. If alot of colourful and bright colours were used than the interview would not look very serious.
The image is a long shot of the artist showing us his full body, connotation is used showin that he is serious an this relates in the interview with him. He is also not smiling and facial expression appears to be dull and serious connoting that he is a serious man.GZA has one arm folded whislt the other is on his chin, this is a pose often used by artists which connotes that he determined and strong .He does not appear to have any props.
The way the double spread is laid out is, with the article on one page and the image on the other, this is good as it makes the interview look less boring and long so therefore the reader will be bothered to read it whereas if it was on two pages the reader may think it is to much to read so therefore becomes less intrested and as the image is on a whole page by itself it allows the photo to be used as a poster.
The style of writing is plain and simple allowing it to be easy to read.In the article there are parts that stand out from the rest of the article for example phrases an interestin parts, this is very effective as it becomes eye-catching and will be the first things that draws the reader attention which will make them read on. I would definatly use this for my double spread magazine as it makes it look more appealing.
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