NME music magazine
Denotative
· At the top of the left page from left to right is the title. It is in yellow and yellow, and is the biggest text on the 2 pages. The title over laps slightly on to the right page.
· Under this is a subheading in a smaller font. The names are in bold, but the same sans serif font, the same text as the title. It is in white. There is no full stop at the end of it.
· The text starts on the left with a large yellow “i” the same text as the title as well.
· The text in the columns is small, in size 9 and white it is a different text. There are 4 columns, 3 on the left page and 1 on the right. 3 of them have a drop cap, the same size, font and colour.
· At the bottom of the 2nd column is a pull quote. It is in capitals and the same font as the columns but in size 18.
· At the end of the whole story, underneath it is some text advertising the magazine. It is in the same font the text above it but bold. The website address in the text is in capitals.
· In the centre of the right page taking up half or portion of the page is a picture of Robyn.
She is in a large thrown like chair. She is wearing a blue and yellow sash, which is held together by a large gold heart broach with pears on, large earrings and a big, lace bracelet, like queen would wear. She has a cream corset, blue and white shorts, thin lace tights, long thing back socks, a tartan coat, and large maroon clumpy wedges. She has one hand on her hip
· On the right of her is some yellow text, which is still small. It takes up the whole height of the page.
Connotative
· The title is the biggest text, and is big and bright as it captures the audience when they are flicking thought the magazine. It is white and yellow as it stands out on the black background It over laps the gutter to pull the two pages together, this is a good use of cohesion.
· This is introduction to the interview. It introduces the artists and what the interview is about. The names are in bold so they stand out so if you like that artist or writer you will want to read the article. There is no full stop so the audience will read on.
· The text starts with a drop cap so the reader knows where to start and it draws there attention to it.
· The text is in columns to break it up and make it easier to read. The font is in white as it has a black background and it makes it standout. All the text is the same as it makes the article look neater.
· The pull quote also breaks up the text; it also makes the reader interested as they will read it and wonder how it came up, and what it means.
· The advertisement is at the end of the text because the reader will have read the interview and might want to find out more about the artist and the magazine. It is in a bolder font to make it stand out, the website is also in a capitals for this reason, and it helps the reader remember it, or find the website address easily again.
· The picture is very big as the audience looking at the magazine may get drawn in by the picture due to likening the artist or wanting to know more about it.
· She is sat in a thrown and dressed as a queen to tie the picture in with the title
“Queen of cred-pop”. She also looks important and glamorous.
· The text to the right of the page is just to fill up the page and to add extra information.
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