Textual Analysis: Double Page Spread

This page spread consists of three young gentlemen lying down on a bed, looking directly into the camera, slouched back comfortably. At the back of the three men lay posters of different people, girls in particular. The house style of this double page spread is black, white and blue, and there are three other images at the right hand side of the page spread that show different, well known, topics that “everyone is talking about”. All the main texts, that are written, are in bold san serif fonts to appeal to a young audience and attract the audience into reading on.

There is a logo at the top left corner of the page spread which says ”RADAR”  in bold, white capital letters, to indicate what name the magazine belongs to. The mini blue box at the bottom left corner of the page spread says “need to know” , this is very eye catching because it big and bold so that as soon as you turn to this page your curious to know what you “ need to know”. This is a very good technique to catch the audiences because it persuades the audience to read on. The NVC of the three young men is a stereotypical expression of normal teenagers and the props of a bed easily back up this point because young teenagers are stereotyped as lazy people who are always slouched on their beds. Furthermore the props of the posters on the wall connote different identities that these people are looking for or want in life, it also connotes a dream because usually if someone was determined to get to a place in the future, whether a position or a car that would like to be in one day, they would write it on their wall to remind themselves of it everyday until they get to that place.

The costumes that the three young boys are wearing show a stereotypical image of young boys. The man in the middle of the bed is posing with his arm over his head. This connotes relaxation and freedom to do what you want to do, it also shows the audience the freedom of young people and how it like to be relaxed so that they are drawn into the magazine and the next thing they know they are starting to read interesting parts of the double page spread. Furthermore the heading “ Teenagers” supports the setting on the main image because it looks like they are on a bed relaxing and enjoying each others companies which connotes what the majority of teenagers do on a regular day, relax with friends.  Considering all of these features leads me to the conclusion that this double page spread is targeted to teenagers from the ages of 16-25, who are interested in popular pop artists, and also young people who are interested in the trendy, new and modern music of today. The target audience are male and female however males are more likely, on average, to read this.

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