NME double page spread analysis

This is a double page spread from an NME magazine interviewing the band 'the teenagers'. The double page spread is always about the main band featured in the magazine, and that is usually the band who are on the cover. One half of the double page spread is a high angle shot of the band 'the teenagers'. The image is the band lying on a bed looking up to the camera and there are posters on the wall behind them and it looks like a teenagers bedroom. The way they are laid back could also represent the nature of the band.The other half of the double page spread is the article about the band. The important bits of the double page spread are highlited in a light blue colour, this draws attention to them. Down the right hand side of the page there is a completely seperate part telling the reader about other bands featured in the magazine.

The institution of this double page spread would be the same as the front cover and the whole of NME magazine, IPC media.

The idieology of this double page spread is that thet want the band to look laid back and cool, this also gives out a positive message about the band.

The target audience would be the same as the rest of NME magazine, mainly teens and fans of indie rock music.

The double page spread represents the target audience, ironicly, teenagers or fans of indie rock music. It also represents the nature of the band by the way they are just laid back slouched on a bed, this suggests the band is laid back.