The main focus on this double page spread is to introduce
the main story about Noel Gallagher. You know that it’s him straight away as
you can relate the two images too each other before you read anything on the
page to confirm who the artist is. He’s positioned in a very similar way to the
image on the front cover. His name isn't actually stated in the title on the
page that relates to a quote from Noel Gallagher or a fragment of speech that
he would use. There isn't a lot of text on the double page spread it’s mainly
taken up by the image, background and title. It’s only an introduction into a large
text about Noel Gallagher following onto the next few pages in the magazine.
The text on the double page spread gives you an insight into the story that
it’s about to tell you about Noel Gallagher and his continuous fight with work
to be successful and his true love for music that he will never give up on it.
The title says ‘job’s a good un’ it’s spelt in slang like this reflecting Noel
Gallagher’s accent and the dialect he delivers. This is to show off his
personality through image and text rather than meeting him in person. The
writing is in big bold print relating to his personality being bold and him
standing out from the crowd.
Q magazine is published by Bauer media group. It is
originally from Germany but sells in 15 different countries worldwide including
the UK. The company was founded in 1875 and has been privately owned and run by
the Bauer family for generations. It is know that 38 million magazines are sold
per week of Q magazine’s weekly edition. From this information I can tell that
Q magazine is hugely liked by the public and is a favorite music magazine
worldwide.
The ideology of this double page spread is to entice the
reader to read more into the story about Noel Gallagher. This is brought to the
reader’s attention due to the iconic image of Noel Gallagher himself and the
catchy heading. The article will appeal to most Q magazine readers and
specifically people that are a big fan of Noel Gallagher himself or the band
Oasis he split from in 2009. The image has been taken of him from a straight
angle he’s looking right into the camera almost as if he’s looking at you as a
reader. There are no real implicit values all explicit directly telling us what
the article is all about and who it’s about because of the image of Noel
Gallagher. The small amount of writing gives a lot away about the article but
not too much it leaves you wanting to read on more into the article about his
life since 2009 when Oasis split up. Because Noel Gallagher has kept his career
quiet since Oasis I think this edition of Q magazine will be valuable to his
biggest fans as one of the biggest things he’s done for a long time relating to
the public and being in the public eye. He talks about his fans on this page
saying ‘Nobody’s got the formula, it’s the
people who decide’ this relates hugely to his fans and sort of praising them in
a way saying thank you for getting him where he is today because it’s certainly
not easy.
Q magazine is known to be suitable for an older audience and
mainly bought by older generations I think that younger people more recently
will have started to buy Q magazine more. This is partly because I know people
that read Q magazine that are my age and I have bought the magazine myself in
the past. The magazine is becoming more suited to the younger generation as
well as the old. Because the magazine is expensive social class is important
when buying Q magazine people with little money are not going to buy the
magazine as it is not a necessity. People in a higher social class will be more
likely to buy the magazine as a luxury as they will be able to afford it much
more generously. This also stops the magazine been main stream and separates it
from the average music magazine out there on the market.
The image of Noel Gallagher on the double page spread brings
so much emotion to the article before you even begin to read it. The way he is
stood and the position he is stood in insinuates a lot of attitude. He is
wearing the same clothes as on the contents page image and on the front cover
image. This is so that readers recognize him without reading the article
encouraging them to stop and read about him more. The colors he is wearing are
browns, blacks and blues. Theses dark colors link in with the deep emotion he
shows. You can see his wedding ring clearly on this image this could be to
introduce the readers to his life just by looking at the imagine and to tell us
that he is married before you read on more into the story and discover this for
yourself. The fact that there is a huge article on him in Q magazine in the
first place shows that he is a well-loved iconic music artist that people do
look up to and want to know more about his life. If this wasn't the case he
wouldn't be on the main pages of this music magazine like the front cover, the
contents page and a whole other 9 pages about him including more writing and
images. In all of these images he is
featured on his own and not with anybody else this relates to the story inside
the magazine about him splitting from the rest of the band Oasis and carrying
on as a solo artist and not giving up on the dream he lived and loved for so
many years previously.
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