This double page spread uses a typical convention such as page numbers, along with the month and year of issue. In this double page spread the main image consist of the artist Saif Ali Khan is sitting in a leather seated convertible car, wearing an expensive watch and pair sunglasses. He appears to be driving into a ranch; this all connotes wealth and success as a ranch is a large piece land which is very expensive, along with his convertible car, expensive watch and sunglasses which are all luxuries. This in the Asian community shows status and stereotypical Asian are status conscious.
This image of the artist is taken at an angle, this shot has been used so the reader appears to be looking up at Saif Ali Khan, reinforcing his higher status. This image is staged and not a natural image showing his fame and significance in the film and music industry. The introduction informs us that Saif Ali Khan is a producer, actor and musician, showing how diverse and skilled he is as an artist. The name blender means a mix; therefore they use artists with a variety of skills like Saif Ali Khan in association with the magazine title showing a blend of different media from movies to music. The copy uses language devices such as alliteration to engage the reader an example of this is “sweet song of success.” The alliteration also sticks in the readers mind.
Page 44 and 45 is the main article, it begins with a large speech mark this shows the reader that the article will be a question and answer interview. The article is structured in columns along with division lines helping to organise the page and making it more readable, this typical convention is used in magazines. The questions in the article are highlighted in bold to help them stand out which is used to capture the reader. The background on page 44 is white where as on page 45 it is black these two colours are contrasting helping them both to stand out and catch the reader’s eye. This page also follows other conventions such as the page number, month and year of issue on the bottom of both pages.
On page 44 the caption above the image reads “this is my Tom Cruise look” these types of quotes are used to show the audience that they have a western side to them. This method is used to cater for a larger market audience and to a variety of media interests. There is a floating quote on page 45 which reads “I enjoy playing the guitar it’s a wonderful feeling” this shows the artist is very diverse, as in the interview it asks him questions about his new film. Floating quote’s are used to attract the reader into reading the whole article. The interviewee also asks about his activities on social networking sites for instance Twitter and his Facebook page, social networking sites are a growing industry, where artist promote themselves for free on these sites. The use of IT has increased, during the interviewing the artist suggest social networking sites which shows that the magazine is adapting and changing to the modern technological world.
The article continues onto the next page, here the interview continues, it also consist of a timeline of Saif Ali khan’s career this highlights the key points in his career showing the most significant epoch such as when he stared in the hit movie “Kal Ho Naa Ho” in 2003. This was imperative as the movie was such a big hit, he also won many awards for Best Supporting Actor in the Zee Cine Awards, National Film Awards, Star Screen Awards and the Filmfare Awards. This was a huge turning point of his career as it led to many movies as well as him finding out about his passion in others arts such as music and producing. The images on this page are more natural than the previous pages this connotes realism helping the audience to relate to him.
Having thoroughly analysed the 6 pages spreads the pages were detailed enough, this is something I hope not to do in my own magazine. Overall by analysing this double page spread I have learnt about the conventions of a double page spread, which I should incorporate when constructing my own double page spared such as the page number, month and year of issue. I also hope to have more copy than this blender issue; I would also lay it out in a differently as this layout is very plain and not so eye catching like some of the other spreads.
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