Sunday, 13 November 2011

Main Task: Double Page Spread Textual Analysis



The subject's costume here is pretty simple. She is wearing a black tie with a white shirt and this goes well with the background as it is also white. The way she is posing is quite intriguing as she is looking towards the camera with her head slightly tilted up.

As the shot taken here is a medium close up there aren't really any props in this image apart from the ring that she is wearing. It goes well in the double page spread as it is silver and fits in with the background image and colour scheme.

Setting here is not used as there is just a white background. I think this white background goes good with the double page spread as the readers would not get distracted by a huge image in the background. Instead there are a few images that go with the text.

The lighting is high key because it is all bright and there are no dark areas on this double page spread.

NVC-The subject's body language draws the readers in as it is not easy to tell what she is doing.
Her facial expression connotes as if she wants to tell the readers something and her hand signals are drawing in the readers more as she is pulling her tie.

The colour scheme on this double page spread goes very well together because there are only a few colours that are used. These colours are black and white.
The images on the picture are used well on this because there is one main large image on one side of the double page spread, then there are small images on the other side to go along with the text.

Subject's name is written in big at the top of the right hand side of the double page spread. It is written in serif fonts.
There is also a quote from the subject's interview which is placed over the image. A stand-first is also used on this page as they are most usually used on double page spreads.


A drop capital is always used on magazine double page spreads at the start of the first paragraph. The connotation of this is used for emphasis as the reader can know where the paragraph starts. I think it also gives it a good look as the drop capital on this double page spread matches the large font used.

The headline on this double page spread is on one side of the page as the other side's main use is for the main image. It takes up quite a lot of room on this page. There are also by lines but on this page it is placed at the bottom of the page.
This double page spread has only two columns which is usual for a double page spread which consists from 2-4 columns. Also there is a strap line which connotes to the readers what the subject's matter is about.

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