From first glance of the double page spread, the reader would be drawn to the large, bold title 'MARK RONSON'. The title stands out from the white background due to the contrasting colour palette of black and white. Black and white are used as they are corporate colours of double page spreads and they convey the formality of the magazine. Mark Ronson is appropriately used in this example due to his growing fame in the genre of funk music. However, I feel that the double page spread does not accurately represent the genre of funk. Stereotyping 'Funk' music would evoke the idea of classy and vibrant artists the USA. Due to the simple colour scheme and the outfit that the model is wearing, the ideologies of the funk genre is not accurately represented to the audience. Despite this, the use of the mise en scene with the broken trumpet connotes that Ronson may be destroying or changing the look of the genre. This is supported by the secondary title 'THE REVENGE OF'. Due to the narrative, the funk audience may be confused as to why Mark Ronson is depicted to be changing the look of the genre and will read the article to find out more about this. The structure of the magazine agrees with the forms and conventions of a music magazine double page spread as explored in my last post. The article is structured in to two columns which are broken by the use of a quote by the celebrity. The quote is probably from an interview by the magazine so the audience would see the quote and due to the fact that it probably would be the first time they had seen the artist say this, the narrative encourages the reader to read on and find out more about the celebrity. The tagline under the mast head is placed there so that the reader, after reading the mast head, will be inclined to read this section. It contains information that inclines the reader to read the rest of the article and commonly contains puns and comedy to create the feel that the editor creates a relationship with the reader.
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