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Magazine article text

I am researching into the different article text in double page spreads that appear in magazines like NME and Q since im aiming to replicate their style in my own magazine 'Ignite'.

This double page spread has its article in the form of an interview, the questions are distinguished by a white background whilst the rest is common black text.
The questions are all personal to the artist/band and in the answers they are often honest but try and get a cross their personality and their image as a band/ artist of a particular genre.
This type of article text is effective as often the questions asked are very revealing and are most frequently asked by the artist's fans the readers get satisfaction knowing the answers come straight from the mouths of the band/ artist.

This article text is a third person perspective of the featured band in which the focus is on the band's new album. The writer consistently uses quotes form the band to support his points and to interest the reader as they can see what the band themselves have to say about it. Its also a common convention that one or two of the quotes are picked out and made larger because they are of most interest/ importance to the reader which could hook them in to read more
This type of article text is effective because a third person writer is generally very informative in comparison to first person, (the band itself) because there's likely to be more fact than opinion.

This article text is also third person but is in the present tense so to the readers it feels as though the event being described is happening right now which is more appealing for th readers because its like a story. Through the story the writer gives an insight into the band and their experience during the event which is an effective way to interest the reader and inform them about the band.