Article Analysis for Rocksound

I picked an article out of Rocksound magazine called “The Two of Us” which they have every month. It’s a double page spread, and it always contains an interview with siblings that are in bands together. There is a border around the outside, and the text “the two of us” is always in that font.

The picture is a black background with the two brothers from metal core band Architects, and they’re in the middle next to each other. The interviews of them are individual, and the photo of Dan is on the left, as is the interview with him, and the interview with tom is on the right page, like his photo.

There is a very small lead paragraph that says who they are and has a bit of humour in when it says that they’re often mistaken for each other. In the photo, Dan’s body language is very happy and jokey, whereas Tom’s is a very serious face, but done in a way that seems to have humour. In the bottom there is a photo of both of them doing silly poses with silly faces. It shows the audience that they can have a good time, and it also tells the reader that it’s going to be quite a light heart hearted humorous article.

The text is split into two halves and both halves talk about the guys individually. The language used in the article is very light-hearted. They ask questions that would interest the target audience of Rock Sound magazine, which are male adolescents from 15 to about 18 years old.

They break up the text a lot with all the different questions which makes it easier for young people to read, as it is spread out so much. It’s much easier to take in the page when it’s split up. They also have the questions in a bolder, larger font which makes the questions stand out from the audience so it’s clear what text is Rock Sound asking the questions and the brothers answering them.

The byline of the article is just underneath the title in small font, which breaks up the article title with the main sections of text. It’s good because it makes the page clear and a lot more broken up.

They also have a large quote that breaks up some of the text, and it’s quite humorous so you know the tone of the article before reading it.