Analysis of Double Page Spread

I also wanted to analyse a double page spread from the same magazine to see if they carry on with the house style and to see what sorts of things are included within a music magazine article.
 

 The band chosen for the double page spread is evanescence, which was a band that was quite popular but then disappeared for a while and is coming back. This suggests that this is for people who have been into rock music for a while and are fans of the rock sound evanescence have.  The article uses phrases such as ‘I’m about to rip you a new one!’ to tie into the whole rock image, as saying something like that is quite edgy and sounds as if its meant to be shouted rather than said, and rock music is very loud and exciting, which is the image that they want to put across. However as this is an article about all the bad things that has happened to the bad , the writer tries to make us empathise with her by making the whole ordeal seem sad, ‘ went through a painfully public split/spat with seethe singer Shaun Morgan’. This is different to the main idea of the magazine as it is much more sad, but the article as a whole is about there new music, so it talks about the rock music genre a lot. The colour is very different to the contents and cover page as its pink, black and white which gives off a more girly and excited feel. This suggests that maybe this article is targeted more towards the women who read this article as pink is a feminine colour. However the text font is still the same bold edgy font, which shows the consistency of the magazine and ties it all together.

                The pages are laid out with a lot of large images and the text boxes surrounding them that link to what they are talking about. The text box that talks about all the negative things has a picture of the lead singer Amy Lee singing but she looks rough and worn down, where as on the other page where it talks about what has changed and how it has become better, we has an mage of her with a direct mode of address looking strong, therefore it shows contrast. The article addresses the reader as a fan, as they are telling them all the facts but not having much interaction with them, as they are telling them the story of what happened. They are treated them as an intellectual fan and answering the questions they want to know. The article doesn’t really demand much prior knowledge as it tells us the basic background story of what happened with the band in the past, ‘Amy entered a legal battle with ex manager.. ‘, so you don’t need to know a lot but if the reader really wanted to understand what had happened they would have to read the articles on these matters as it only gives brief information on them.