Analysis of a double page spread

This double page spread denotes an image of a woman posing seductively and cut around to outline her shape on the middle of the page. There are also two images on the right, one of her icon and the other of herself. The article takes up the whole double page spread which goes around the main image. The masthead is ‘I spent £20,000 to look like Bardot’ which consists of the cover line underneath it. There is also an information box on the right which contains the price of her ‘makeover’.

The masthead’s font is serif which feminises the look of the font. The colour of the font is in hot pink, pink holds connotations of sexuality, sensuous and associated with feelings of self-worth and acceptance. The connotations reflect her and what the article is based on. The article is filled with three quarters of writing, being that it is based on a true story. The writing goes around the cut out of the main image and by doing so it focalizes the writing onto the image.

The main image shows ‘Cindy Jackson’ laying on her front in a sexualised position, her left arm and hand is holding her chin up and her left leg is upright. Her costume consists of black lacy lingerie, covering only her tummy, breasts and bum. Her makeup is dark and sultriest with big blonde hair. Females with blonde hair is usually portrayed as ‘bimbos’ or ‘Barbie’ as this article is about a her wanting to look like Barbie, spending £20,000 on cosmetic surgery. Her posture is in the form of a pin-up girl showing glamour and desirability to be this ‘icon’ she wants to be.

The cover line draws the reader in as it describes the main image as ‘the living Barbie doll’ as though she’s just an object. She is also put in a male gaze as this sexual object, seen as ‘Barbie’ who is a plastic doll. ‘Plastic’ is seen as fake and an unnatural material.  

The way they put a price box of her surgery exaggerates the story making her seem self-obsessed which makes reader feel emotion towards it such as sympathy or irritated.

I think that the cover line for double page spreads is what draws the reader in and persuades them to be interested in it. The images also has an input to it, relating to the article otherwise if it was just words it’d make the reader lose interest therefore a mix of images and words together for the double page would appeal to the audience in a way that they could read with interest rather then thinking it was boring.