Double page spread NME 1

The double paged spread here is mainly picture led; this is too be over emphasising the man’s anger of what

he is trying to tell his audience. The double page spread is neatly laid out which is better for its audience as it’s

easier to read where the text is concerned. I say the (DPS) is mostly picture led because one whole page is off

the man that is being talked about, instead of a smaller image and more text. There are 3 columns of text that

is placed under a bold and rather large main title. The 3 columns of text are neatly laid out next to each other,

they are relatively small, but there is quite a lot of information in them. The maim image in the DPS,

is of the singer Carl Barat, it’s a medium close-up of him pulling a rather deranged and angry facial expression,

he is also holding a gun which is pointing towards the audience, this is symbolic of the main headline, and pull

quote which is on the front of the magazine. It’s emphasising his anger in a violent manner, also being very

forceful upon his audience in what point he is trying to get across. He is portrayed in some aspects as

someone that has lost his way almost, as he looks quite crazed; giving the impression he has given up on life.

Speaking in a connotative tone, through looking deeper into the picture, we are drawn into his eyes as they are

narrow and deep, portraying his anger very boldly. The headline is very bold and has been coloured in

black, the dark coloured text may have been used not only to stand out, but black is a dull and deep colour,

symbolising again the theme of anger relating to the image of Carl. The headline has used formal language but

a use of indirect speech. Its headline is almost like a shout out, ‘Carl Takes Aim’ it’s very effective on the reader

because it has that read it now approach. The journalist that wrote this article, started it by using a direct

quote from Carl, this is probably to draw his readers in so they can see what Carl said just for themselves. It’s

also a very formal way to start an article, in a way where it’s still interesting. The journalist uses a lot of direct

quotes from Carl, maybe suggesting he had a lot to say about this issue he rising. His direct quotes are more

passive that some of the pull quotes that are attached to his images and main headlines. We do not learn too

much about Carl through the journalist we learn a vague amount about his career, and his music life at the

moment. We learn that he has a laid back approach on life right now, he’s been busy but he’s taking each day

as it comes. I think the artist Carl wouldn’t be happy with the article because its portrayed him to come across

as an angry character, even the picture attached to the article is very violent. The pull quote from Carl is

attached to the main image, it states ‘it wouldn’t work if there weren’t frictions- it’s the fucking libertines’ this

perfectly matches the image, just in complete focus of aggression. That fact that there is the work ‘fucking’ in

there itself just portrays him as he doesn’t care, and this is not a good image.