Textual analysis of double page spread

Denotation of this shows a double page spread with the background being three men, with guitars looking like they are playing a live show it is a wide angle shot, stretching over the two pages. In the top left hand of the left page there is a title which says "Anything Could Happen" this is written in a bold, upper case, sans serif font. The biggest word is the first, "Anything" which is half red and half white which looks a bit like blood dripping down the word. Under this "could happen" is written in the same font, just slightly smaller and all white. This title is in quote marks, therefore suggesting that someone had said it. There is then a subtitle below which says "Exclusive: Fall Out Boy to Play intimate K!-sponsored show" this is written in a slightly unusual font, it is quite jagged along the edges which looks like it is moving, giving the impression of music and sound. The word "exclusive" is written in red and the rest is written in white, therefore "exclusive" stands out, grabbing your attention, making it look special.

Other than the traditional Kerrang yellow which is only used stated the section of the magazine. The only colour they use is red which denotes anger, love, energy etc. This is appropriate for rock as opposed to a calm blue. There is also a box in the bottom right saying ‘Win a pair of Fall Out Boy tickets’, it is the only writing on this side of the page so stands out the word win is bigger than the rest of the writing so stands out and catches your eye and people always like to win things.

The background picture is of Fall Out Boy in concert. It is not a posed shot; they are not looking at the camera or even seem to be aware of it being there, they are just showing them looking at their instruments showing that they care about the music they are playing, giving a good impression of the band. It looks quite personal and close as though the reader is at the concert front row which kind of makes you want to be in that position for real.

Kerrang have used their colour well on this spread it is all in black and white. And the picture is in grey scale it looks very cool and personal which is the impression they wanted to give with Fall Out Boy, but also they use bits of colour to draw eyes to different things but are still very subtle about it, to keep the background the main focus point.