1) How does the choice of band featured in the article suggest who the target audience will be?
The artist mentioned is kid rock, showing him attracts his fans, the target audience therefore are people who want to know more about him but also people who are interested in people who have survived in the business for as long as he has.
2) What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine
Informal language, verbatim. The language is as if they are just writing down what happened in a conversation. “It’s Q’s round. What are you having?” The interview is very conversational.
3) How is colour used?
The colours are very simplistic. It uses blue and white as its main colours. The picture is a bit darker adding in black. The blue and white give the impression that this is just a normal conversation and pretty standard. The black in the picture is to show that there is a darker side to this seemingly nice interview.
4) What style of text is used? Is it similar to any other pages? What does it say about the image of the magazine and the audience?
5) How is the double page spread laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience? What do they value?
The double page spread breaks conventions. It has the text on the left and the picture on the right. Eye flow for a double page spread says we follow a c line from the right hand side to the middle of the left hand side then back to the bottom of the right hand side. This double page spread does not do this. The reader will naturally look at the right hand side first which is the image. The left hand side doesn’t do anything to try and drag the reader over there so the magazine must want the reader to mainly be focused on the image. The image has kid rock surrounded by two girls, this shows that he does like ladies and that added with the pull quote “If you date a pornstar, watch their movies. It’s like having a teacher’s notes in class.” This shows that a lot of the interview will be about that.
6) What tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close friend, a member of an 'in' crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) - provide evidence
The magazine is addressing the reader as a close friend, it is inviting tem to listen in to the conversation that they had. “Isn’t it hard to perform with another man in the room?” “well he wasn’t blowing me.” The text is very conversational.
7) How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis.
The artist is portrayed as a ladies man who REALLY likes girls around him and often has girls around him
8) How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover?
The photo’s are all both professionally taken and have the artist or lead singer as in the centre as the main attraction with their “supporting cast” surrounding them.
9) Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples.
It does help if you know about kid rock beforehand but it is not needed as the article tells you enough about him anyway.
The artist mentioned is kid rock, showing him attracts his fans, the target audience therefore are people who want to know more about him but also people who are interested in people who have survived in the business for as long as he has.
2) What type of language is used in the article? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine
Informal language, verbatim. The language is as if they are just writing down what happened in a conversation. “It’s Q’s round. What are you having?” The interview is very conversational.
3) How is colour used?
The colours are very simplistic. It uses blue and white as its main colours. The picture is a bit darker adding in black. The blue and white give the impression that this is just a normal conversation and pretty standard. The black in the picture is to show that there is a darker side to this seemingly nice interview.
4) What style of text is used? Is it similar to any other pages? What does it say about the image of the magazine and the audience?
5) How is the double page spread laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience? What do they value?
The double page spread breaks conventions. It has the text on the left and the picture on the right. Eye flow for a double page spread says we follow a c line from the right hand side to the middle of the left hand side then back to the bottom of the right hand side. This double page spread does not do this. The reader will naturally look at the right hand side first which is the image. The left hand side doesn’t do anything to try and drag the reader over there so the magazine must want the reader to mainly be focused on the image. The image has kid rock surrounded by two girls, this shows that he does like ladies and that added with the pull quote “If you date a pornstar, watch their movies. It’s like having a teacher’s notes in class.” This shows that a lot of the interview will be about that.
6) What tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close friend, a member of an 'in' crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) - provide evidence
The magazine is addressing the reader as a close friend, it is inviting tem to listen in to the conversation that they had. “Isn’t it hard to perform with another man in the room?” “well he wasn’t blowing me.” The text is very conversational.
7) How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis.
The artist is portrayed as a ladies man who REALLY likes girls around him and often has girls around him
8) How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover?
The photo’s are all both professionally taken and have the artist or lead singer as in the centre as the main attraction with their “supporting cast” surrounding them.
9) Does the article demand any prior knowledge? Give examples.
It does help if you know about kid rock beforehand but it is not needed as the article tells you enough about him anyway.
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