Double page analysis 2

This double page spread is again from the classical magazine ‘music’ and sticks to the typical conventions you are likely to see in a music magazine. Although the magazine spreads over four pages, I will be concentrating more on the second double page spread of this article. On this page we see the main image which is of Jacqueline Du Pré, this image relates back to the main image on the front cover and in the contents page. This allows the audience to identify with her and suggests she’s an important feature for the month’s magazine. The main picture of her on the double page spread is very casual, and shows her when she was young. This suggests the article may almost be a biography of her life. The mise-en-scene shows she’s wearing a comfortable striped top, the fact that the picture is in black and white reinforces the oldness of the picture. However, on the second page of the article we see her at her current age playing a cello in a dress, which is more formal and fits into the classical genre. The font on the first page is very elegant this again fitting the genre. Helen Wallace is the name of the interviewer, her name is highlight in a bolder black font and is slightly italic, and this is a typical convention and makes the name stand out. The first letter of the article is bigger than the rest of the written content and is in a different colour this is known as a ‘drop cap’ and is typically seen in magazine articles. The floating quote ‘she walked in with huge strides, yet she was actually very shy’ attracts the audience as they want to find out more about what is said. On top of this floating quote is a close up of a male, this could connote the quote is from this male. Typical conventions such as additional images, formal style of writing and the copy written in paragraphs and in columns is used to attract the targeted audience, it also allows the readers of the magazine to be draw into reading an article as the page is not bombarded with too much information. A separate box with a greenish back ground on the right hand side of the page stands out from the rest of the article. Its titles ‘Recording the Elgar’ this suggest it’s about one of Jacqueline’s recordings, once reading the article its clear it’s about Edward Greenfield talking about being at the sessions of her recordings. This allows the readers to know what it’s like being around Jacqueline and what she’s like when doing what she does best. Again an interesting floating quote is used, in order to attract the readers into reading the column. The use of page numbers, the name of the magazine and the title of the article are usual conventions.

Considering Jacqueline Du Pré’s age, she is stereotypically represented. In the main picture where we see her as a young girl growing up in London, the picture is black and white which emphasize how old the picture is. As she is seen as a young girl in this picture, it’s conventional that she’s smiling and very causal. However, the picture of her at her current age in the smaller picture looks like she’s now grown and mature. She looks very concentrated in her conversation. Same goes for the larger picture taking up one whole page on the second page. She has an intense face, whilst playing the violin, showing she takes pride in what she does. The music genre classical that she specialises in is also stereotypically represented. I say this because, the pictures are black and white and this connotes a calm atmosphere, as the pictures are not overpowered by many colours. A calm atmosphere is conventional for the classical genre as most of the music is normally peaceful.

The target audience who are both males and females of an older generation are attracted to the magazine by the interesting formal written text and the images. The relaxed articles make them easy to read without the page looking overcrowded, as normally there are only a couple of pictures featured.