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Artice analysis 1
1. The font styles used in this music magazine article is a The layout of the magazine is ordered as everything is put in a
sans serif font. The effect this has on the audience is that certain place and not all cramped together or placed over the
it shows it is professional and makes it a lot clearer to top of each other. The effect this has on the audience is that it
read. The fonts are quite in your face and bold. The shows the magazine is professional and also it make it a lot
effect these have on the audience is that it makes it easier for them to read the article as it is all in a certain order.
more noticeable to see them, and they stand out a lot The layout follows the root of the eye, as it shows you the main
better. These font types were most properly chosen heading firstly which stands out, and then goes through to the
because they match what effect the article is trying to article and the picture. Although the image is very large and
give across, which is a kind of rock, heavy metal music stands out a lot.
genre and the title is quite messy and a kind of in your The colours that are used in this article are red, white and
face font. black. These colours connote that the black shows power
and darkness and creates a mysterious atmosphere. This
The shot type used in the images is a wide shot, and colour is good to use, because it is a heavy metal article
there is a close up shot used in some images as well. you would expect them to be dark. They also used colours
The angles used are a slight low angle shot. They used like red, which connote blood and fire, but also passion. So
a wide shot, because it shows the person in the image this colour almost represents death with the blood, and
and what they are wearing as well as they back ground also with the black background colour. They would use
where they are, which is important as the back ground white because it is a very good colour to stand out,
represents what the magazine is, as in the back ground especially when on a black colour as black contrasts
is a musicians on a stage and that would represent the colours like white. These colours have been chosen
music part. They would use a shot type like close up because they add an effect on the article and what it is
because it shows the emotion on the person in the representing, and the colours also go really well together
images face. For example in this article he is holding his and all stand out.
ears, and singing in to a microphone, so using a close The mise – en – scene used in the article are things like
up shot shows this a lot easier, and also represents the props which are the microphones, which show they are The language used in the article is UN formal
music magazine. The effect the low angle shot has is it singers and the magazine is a music magazine, as the as it says things like ‘MCR’ which is short for
creates dominance and makes the person in the image articles are about the artists. The effect the props have is another word, so there shortening things. The
seem a lot more powerful than the people reading the that it shows us the job of the person in the image and magazine speaks to the audience in a positive
article, and makes them look big. helps the audience understand the scene better. The effect as they say things like ‘We’re being the
costume of the people are quite modern and normal every best MCR we can be!’ which would draw
day clothes, but because the image has been tinted a black people in to find out more, especially if they
colour you can’t really see the colours of the peoples like the artists used in the articles, as they
clothes, but from the tint it shows that they are quite dark. have used a celebrity endorsement.