Analysis of a double page spread of a music magazine 'NME'

This double page spread from 'NME' features the main article name, which is also a pull quote ‘People think I’m an Attention Seeker, but I’m just honest’, it is an interview with the singer Lily Allen, and features one picture of Lily. This image takes up most of the pages making her the most noticeable and eye-catching piece on the page. By using a popular face, Lily Allen, many potential readers could be interest in this magazine even if the music genre this magazine covers in not the type of music they are interested in, as many people will recognise Lily Allen and therefore be interested in the article written about and published about her within this magazine, as she has caused very controversial stories within the media. Her casual clothes and dark eye shadow reflects her personality and the title of the article. Her stance is also very casual and forward, aslo linking in with the title of the article. Her stance could suggest that she doesn't care about acquisitions people are making about her. The picture of Lily Allen covers the whole of the right hand side of the page, leaving the left page for all of the text. The picture of Lily shows her standing confidently with her hands on her hips, which works with the article itself that is showing her as outspoken and confident in herself. The style of the title of the article is very intriguing. The font is sans serif and made to look like cut-outs from newspapers, it’s black and white in colour. Each letter is in the style of a letter from a newspaper, but each letter is a different size, making it different and quirky. It also reflects the rebellious attitude that the magazine often portrays in other articles. The title of the article takes up more room than the image and the article itself. This shows that the magazine is trying to grab the attention of a reader that is maybe just flicking through the magazine. The font in the article itself is all sans serif and black in colour except Lily’s name at the top which is in bold red and also looks as though it has been cut from newspapers. The fact that the article title is a pull-quote helps the audience to see what the basis of the interview is about and whether they would enjoy it or not. The colour scheme on this spread is very simple and clean with it being black and white aside from Lily herself who is dressed in red which makes her really stand out and eye-catching. The colours on this double page spread is used to good effect. Her red shirt stands out amongst the plain white and black that is used on the rest of the double page spread. This helps to attract the readers attention and invite them to read the article.