Double Page Spread Analysis 2: NME

**Please note, the text on this image is almost unreadable due to being a low resolution image. This analysis will, therefore, be shorter and inaccurate because of this reason**

• From the text on this page we can tell that the band are called the Teenagers.
• The room, in which they are sitting in, is very messy. Perhaps they are trying to link the name of the band to the state of a teenager's room.
• The band look very relaxed and chilled out.
• The page uses the colour blue, which is normally associated with men.
• The blue also highlights the most important parts of the page.
• There is a small notepad on the bottom left hand side of the page with the words "Need to know: the Teenagers". On this notepad, there is short information on what readers need to know about this new band.
• We can tell that the article belongs to an NME issue as there is a button above the title which says "NME loves". In addition, we can see the NME website logo at the bottom of the page.
• The page has a pull quote "Of course we're a sexual band. We're the Teenagers and that's all they think about".
• Colloquial terms like "dumb" are used. This gives the page a informal, conversational tone as most people would use colloquial terms while they talk to their friends.
• The key image is placed on the left, consuming the whole left hand side of the double page spread. Little text is used on the left. Most of the article text is placed on the right hand side.
• There is some non-article related text and images on the right hand side. Indie artist names are taken: Asobi Seksu, Crystal Castles and the Rascals.
• The band are looking directly at the camera: a direct mode of address is used.
• The beginning of the article uses a drop cap, which is conventional for double page spreads.
• Other colours that the spread uses are black and white. This gives the spread a newspaper like feel. This is accompanied by the column layout of the text.
• The band are wearing very casual clothes, something that teenagers would wear.
• There are many posters on the wall in which the band are sitting in. This could show that teenagers are very messy people.
• The band look like stereotypical teenagers with their casual clothes and messy hair. We can see several representations of teenage boys shown here: the one in the middle looks like a nerdy teen, the one on the right represents teens that grow their hair to long lengths and the one on the left looks like the typical good looking, popular teen.
• The word "sexual", which is found in the pull quote, relates to teenage life. Teenagers are often curious and attracted to sex and this quote suggests that this article and the band's music are aimed at teenagers.
• Overall the page has a lot of teenage connoted symbols and language. However the layout of the article itself is very neat and tidy. The words are well placed with the exception of the left had page, where the text is put anywhere.