Feature article analysis

1. Feature article analysis

2. As seeninthisfirstfeature article,thisisanarticle onthe rock group‘My Chemical Romance’inthe
magazine ‘Kerrang’.Asseenthe compositionandstructure hasa unique touchtoit whichdoesand
doesn’tfollow mediaconventionsof othermagazines. Unusuallythisfeature articleusesmany
imageswhichare vibrantand full of life.Usuallywe wouldexpectthere tobe one image onone side
of the page and textonthe other.Thishasbeenfollowedhoweverthe use of more than2 imagesis
not.This hasmade the textforthe article smallerandlookmore detailed.The titleof the article
followsconventionsasclearlyseen,itisbigboldandalsousesdifferentfonttextthenfromthe main
text.The photoannotationsonthe imagesalsofollow conventions of magazine feature articles.The
maintexthas beensortedintocolumnswhichonce more follow conventions.The imagesused
effectivelyrepresentthe musicgenre type,through‘mise enscene’suchascostume andportrays
the energyandlife thismusicgenre acquires.The page backgroundcolourisblack,whichmayonce
more portray the musicgenre as well asexpressingthe charactersof thisgroup.There is
conventionallypage andpage numberwhichisideal forcollectors.
Thisnextfeature article isfromthe musicmagazine NMEon ‘LiamGallagher’.Inthismagazine the
differencesare cleartothe previous‘Kerrang’feature article.The backgroundcolourandhouse
scheme isclearlywhite andblack.Thisconnotesasimple,informative piece of textunlike Kerrang’s
where the coloursare more intimidatingandportraythe style of the musicgenre. Here conventions
of musicmagazinesare more followedthenchallengedwiththe structure andstyle.Thisisseen
throughthe layout of the image.The image isplacedonthe lefthandside andthe textonthe right.
Here the textis more evenlydistributedandmayportraythe opennesscharacterinthe interview
given.Anotherconventionisfollowedthroughthe increase of the quotation inthe interview.“You
didstir the Blurthingup...I thoughttheywere pansiesIhatedthem”.Thisemphasisesthe quotation
by Liamin the interview. The Increasedletterof the initial wordinthe openingtextalsofollows
conventionsinmusicmagazines whichare alsodone in‘Kerrangs’magazine.Annotationsof the
image are also usedasin the othermagazine toshow the similaritiesbetweenthe two.The
positioningof the title isalsoplacedverysimilarlywhichrepresentsthe importance of the artist (s)
quotationandthe meaningof the text.The texthoweverinNME’sfeature article iscontinuousand
the same throughout,unlike Kerrangsfeature article whichuses2to 3 whichmayportray the
unique,vibrantand mixedpersonalitiesof the group. Justlike NME’sthe feature article alsohasan
openingintroduction,whichsetsthe storybehindthe textorthe artists.Inconclusionthe structure
and compositionof the twofeature article have beenchange tosuitthe style andreflectthe music
genre.The usesof dark vibrantcoloursportraysthe energyandthe rock androll musicgenre as well
as the use of imagesin‘NME’s’feature article whereasthe ‘Kerrang’have usedasimple transcript
layoutto presentandinterviewratherthanportraythe music genre itsself.