Three Paged Article Analysis

The choice of band featured in this article suggests that the audience are likely to be fans of ‘Bring me the horizon’ as well as people who enjoy listening to rock and metal. We know this too because of the theme of the article, it is rather gothic and dark. The type of language used in this article is rather depressing, foul and yet makes the reader feel upset. One of the quotes was ‘I was p**sed off, upset, angry, I couldn’t enjoy anything’, the group probably had done something to get on the bad side of the media industry or their fans, or just general complications. The words angry and upset, tells us that this relates to the style of the magazine, as a lot of rock artists tend to do something negative and ends up in a bad situation, also can represent how the rock genre gives the sense of rudeness and frustration. The colours used in this magazine are mainly dark, and also white, maybe those two nurses are his conscious, like the ‘Devil and Angel’, telling them what to do, the one in the dark seems more dominant and persuading them to do something bad (The second photo shows how she’s wrapping him in a seductive way) whilst the white nurse is comforting him (as shown in the third picture, telling him to light up). They used these colours to try and explain, or give a vague idea of what has been going on with their lives, as if everything has been rough and rather depressive. The text are placed mostly by the sides of the article, it’s a long set of information so they laid it out veritcally, because of the amount of images used. For my article, there are 3 Pages involved; they laid out in a presentable way. On the left hand side, they put news to inform the reader of what it is about; they added quotes to explain to the reader of his thoughts. Furthermore they added images next to the information and at the top to feature those who are involved in the article and who they are talking about. The amount of images and texts are evened out because there is a great amount of information given to the user.

I believe the sort of tone that the magazine is addressing towards the reader is a friendly tone, because most of the quotes used and the information given explains to the reader of how the lead singer as well as the band feels, and a typical friend would go and tell you why he/she is upset. Bring me the Horizon is presented to the audience through the images as this depressed, confused people, because of their facial expression as well as their make-up, its rather gothic and upsetting. I believe it doesn’t style the magazine, because rock is supposed to be a rather loud, dominating and exciting genre for most people. The article is very different compared to the front cover, it’s really dull and gloomy, although, then again it tells us how they got back up in their feet after a let down, and continued on with their career ‘I Hope we stay the same’, which is motivating and moving when the audience reads it. I don’t think the article demands any prior knowledge, as it tells you everything in detailed information of the band.