NME have created a very effective double page spread here
featuring artist Lily Allen. A quote from the artist herself takes up a large
amount of the page, standing out and instantly grasping the reader’s attention.
The font and size of the text has been chosen carefully relating to the quote,
stating “people think I’m an attention seeker”, this seeks immediate attention from
the reader, whilst making the quote stand out in block capitals and a variety
of font sizes in the form of a newspaper headline cut outs. The text for the
article is in four equal width columns, opened with a drop capital to stand
out. I prefer text like this in magazines as it tells you information that you
want to hear about the artist but it doesn’t bombard you with too much text and
columns, discouraging you from reading on. I will try and incorporate this into
my double page spread, ensuring I don’t use too little or too much text to
create the same effect that NME has done here.
The image
of artist Lily Allen is extremely striking and whilst the colours link in with
the magazines colour scheme we can instantly tell her personality from the
image. Her hands are on her hips suggesting that she can be quite stubborn and
bossy, relating to the quote about attention seeking, then her head is tilted
with her eyes still focussed on the reader, drawing us in. I like the eye
contact between artist and reader and think it works effectively in drawing the
reader in and making it feel personal to them, so I will therefore utilise this
technique in my double page spread.
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