Week 4...analysing articles...

I have the NME magazine that i analysed the front cover of. I am interested in the Brandon Flowers interview as this is what i want to do for my article for my portfolio. Starting with the first page of the interview, the very large photo of Brandon is taking up most of the page. There is the title which says, "CAN YOU READ MY MIND?", this is one of The Killers' lyrics, but also links with the main subject of the article. It is in black, and works well with the photo of Brandon, with his dark hair and clothing. The text starts with a short amount of information about Brandon, his band and who the interviewer is. I will try and include this in my article too. On the next double page spread, there is also anther photo of Brandon in the same outfit, but in a different pose. This is showing different parts of his personality. The white background of the photo bleeds to the edge of the page. There is alot of text about Brandons career to get the interview started and a few comments he has said. Then the interview starts in a question and answer style. I don't think i will do the question or answer style, i hope to just write about the conversaion i'm having with the interviewee, where the interview is being held, what we are doing..etc. These style interviews are normally used in up market fashion magazines such as ELLE or Vogue. On the opposite page there are a few photos of each of the band members. I like the way the photos are slightly scattered down the side of the page. This is what i will be having on my front cover. I think i would like to use this technique on my article as well. Itis a good way of putting them on the page if you want alot of photos on the page. They are also in black and white, which is a nice touch, especially because the main photo of Brandon is in colour. On the last page it has a slightly different layout. All the photos are in the top right of the page. A large one and then two other small ones. The rest of the page is text. I think if this was my article i would have layed it out slightly differently. Firstly, the photos all squished up in the corner makes the article look like alot of text, which could make the reader skip it, becasue thye cant be bothered to read it. I would have spread the photos out evenly on the page. This is one thing that i will take with me onto my article. One final thing is, as every other magazine does, they include quotes from the interview scattered over the article. These ones for instance, at in yellow writing and with a red background to them. I will definately use this in my article.