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.