Main Task: Double Page Spread Textual Analysis

Denotation

The denotation of this double page spread is of man 'Dr dre' with a medium close shot showing his head and arms. He is sitting on something that is not visible in the picture with his arm resting. there is a dull background as it doesnt give us a clue of a outside surrounding but most probly taken in a studio. The photograph takes over half of the double page spread with his hand going over into the first page. Beside him is title of 'Good things come to those who wait' and the rest is text.

Colour scheme

The colours of this double page spread are very simple and this is basically not having alot of different colours, this is so that it gives the magazine a modern and contemporary look. The colour scheme is just a normal Grey, black and white. This is also gives the feeling of the genre of music that the magazine is being aimed at being that the stories to most rappers is only a certain lifestyle and this is the life that they speak about and it doesnt change relating the the colour scheme which is just bland.



Image

This double page spread has a large image taking up a whole page and his hand goes over into the first part of the double page spread. This is used to break up the page in this case it is positioned beside the text which is quite rare as most are normally under the headline or placed between the colomns of text.



Stand-First

A stand first is used at the start of a article which is a slight introductory paragraph in bold writing. So that the reader is able to understand what is actually going on in the magazine.

Headline

The head line for this article is over the top of the first page and this is in a different font to the rest of the article and is also a very large size. this is used to draw the reader in.

Collumns

A double page spread has a typical way of being laid out and this is normally having collumns where the writing is instead of having the writing going all the way across. This is more of a traditional way of having the writing in a magazine and people are used to it but it also looks more professional than having text taking over the whole page.