This is just an example of a feature article. You should use your own example for the magazine you have been analysing. If you have a magazine I can scan the images in for your before next lesson. Use the questions below to help you to analyse the feature article. If your article is longer than 2 pages just use 2:
1) What does the choice of artist featured in the article suggest who the target audience is?
2) What type of language is used in the article? Is the language used informal (e.g.slang that the audience will understand) or does it have a more academic quality? Give examples of words or phrases which are specific to the style of the magazine.
3) What tone does the magazine use to address the reader (as a close friend, a member of an 'in' crowd or an informed intelligent fan?) - provide evidence
4) What style of text is used? What font do you think it is (Sans Serif is commonly used)
5) How is the interview laid out? Are various entry points used and why?
6) How are the pages laid out? How much of the pages are taken up by images and how much by text? How does this reflect the audience?
7) How is the artist/band presented to the audience through the images? How is meaning achored through the caption? You may wish to carry out a textual analysis looking at mise-en-scene and camera shot used. Are they posed images in a studio or are they live shots at a concert or sports event?
8) How does the style of the article match the style of the front cover? Is a house style being developed across all the pages you have analysed?
