This double page spread from issue number 296 of Kerrang focus' on the main feature of the front cover of Liam Gallagher from Oasis. It is the second double page of the interview. The top left hand corner states 'Beady Eye' which is a caption taken from the front cover 'Liam's beady eye kick off.'The image is based at the top of the page and spreads across both pages. It is of Liam Gallagher and 3 of his band mates from his new band, Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Chris Sharrock. These 3 artists are artists that were also in the band 'Oasis' with him. The image has an antique look about it with very dull, neutral colours. I think this is to add a sense of 'preppy-ness' to the image and could portray an image of 'old school.' This is a very current look, therefore will attract readers that are younger. The image has Liam sat further forward on his own chair, whereas the rest of the band members are sat all on one sofa together and are less prominant in the picture. This creates a sense of dominance from Liam, which is reminds us of how he is the only band member shown on the front cover. This could lead to the reader assuming the interview is most probably mainly about him and focuses on him and his percpective and opinion. All 4 of the band members have very serious, stern looks on their faces. The reader could interpret from this that they mean 'business' and the reader would wonder as to why they look so serious and therefore read on to find out what the image is showing.
There is the caption in a white text box quoting ''What eye once was'' and then ''Liam's bandmates and their pre-Oasis pasts.' The first part is a play on words with the use of 'eye' instead of 'I.' They have done this because the new name of their band is 'Beady eye.' And this will remind the reader of this, allowing them to remeber the band name, this will help promote the new formed band. The use of mentioning 'pre-Oasis past' also draws the reader in as they will probably be most familiar with these artists because of Oasis therefore, by talking about before then it shows it is an attempt to foreground the artists as individuals rather than the well known band they were previously in.
The text just uses one drop cap in the first column of the double page spread. It uses 'P' for the word 'Paris.' The word is a plosive sound therefore is strong and will catch the readers attention with the phonetics of the letter.
The text is split up in 6 columns as the text is wrapped underneath the image and each line is alligned to the left. This breaks up the text significantly and makes it more attractive to look at and also more welcoming to read as by splitting it up into smaller parts it looks like less text. It is also split into question and answer. The question is in a bolder font and then the initials of the artist that is answering the question. This will allow the reader to scan read and find with ease what questions they are interested in reading the answer to giving them the option to skip the questions answer if they are not interested in the question. Also, if they have a particular band member they prefer they will be able to scan for their initials and pick out questions they have answered. This again breaks up the text, the reader will remember this and also remember how the magazine was, because of this, therefore easier to read and find information they are interested in.
The language used in the interview shows dominance from both questioner and answerer. For example, at one point Q say 'Give me an impression of the atmosphere in Oasis in the first six months of 2009.' This is an imperative sentance ordering the band members to 'give an impression' rather than them asking to. This will have been to get the answer they need rather than leaving an open question to which the band member may not answer sucsinctly enough. However there is a time when Liam Gallagher answers a question 'Without a doubt' this is a closed answer without much elaboration. Q also address Liam by his name showing that their is a casual relationship. This almost brings the barriers down for the reader as they will feel relaxed by the atmosphere the interview is giving and allowing themselves to be interested in the interview.
The house style is continued through to the double page spread. It uses the colours red and black with a very neutral almost off white background. This familiarises the style with the reader by constantly using the same look. This allows the reader to remember this look and when seeing something red be reminded of the magazine. It also uses red text boxes to foreground background information from each bandmember, this is very similar to the use of a red text box on the front cover to foreground the magazine name 'Q.' The use of red text boxes on this page will remind the reader of this feature on the front cover, therefore reminding them of the name of the magazine. It also, alike the front cover, uses very simple fonts such as times new roman and what looks like arial. This reminds us of the continuous simplistic sophisticated style of the magazine, making it very attractive to the reader with an ease about it.
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