Analysing Music Magazine Article

Questions to guide you with analysing the article:

1. Who do you think the target audience for the article is?

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.

3. How is colour used?

4. What style of text is used?

5. How is the double page spread laid out?

6. What sort of tone is the magazine using when addressing the reader (as a close
friend, a member of an “in” crowd or an informed intelligent fan)?

7. How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images?

8. How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover of the
magazine?
9. Does the article demand any prior knowledge when reading the article? Give
examples?

I think the audience would any type of music as they are mentioning the most
important people in the industry at the current moment. In the second picture, it is an
artist called Brandon Flowers talking about his own personal experiences before and
during a singer and a band member. It is very formal as the interviewer is takes up
most of the pages. But feels like as if it is a normal conversation, rather a professional
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interview. He uses phrases “like something out of a movie” and “what are the chances
of that” as if he is addressing a friend rather than a stranger. Colour is used to
interested the audience and make the text look dynamic. This is seen in the capital
letters used above. Standard text style apart from the capital letters which are in a
bigger font. That makes it visually appealing to read. How much of the pages are
taken up by images and how much by text? The pages are mostly taken up by text
which is all in a single colour. Only three pages are taken by pictures, while the rest
have at least some text. It does ‘not actually address the reader as it more informs the
reader on the interview and on the artist himself. The artist himself is presented as
very deep and thoughtful as the images do ‘not actually show him doing much at all.
As there are mainly shots of him up close or at an angle with other props around.
Yes, as both the cover and the page inside are both quite simplistic. do ‘not have a
spectrum of colours. Not really, as it is not focusing all about his working life, more
about how he feels and what type of person he is especially in his personal life. The
reader is not addressed by “you” or any others.