1. A2 Media : Unit G324 Connor Delaney
Analysis of a TV Listings Magazine
(TV Times) Double Page Article

2. Main heading – the large Side Quote – Another Main image – the main image in
font size helps draws the typical convention which this article runs across the double
readers attention. ‘Fun accompanies an image. page spread taking up a third of
raisers’ reveals an insight Here it gives the reader each page. The shot is a medium-
into what the article and some context of the main long shot portraying who features
programme is about. image. in the programme.
Secondary image
– Here the
Standfirst – This secondary image
convention is another
summarises the medium-long
article and gives shot. It is showing
the reader a taste the rest of the
of what to come. celebrities taking
part in the show.
By-line – Page Number &
Following the Publisher – The
typical use of a page
conventions of a number is a
double page common
spread, the by- convention of
line, crediting the this genre. Here
photographer, is it is in the bottom
Drop Capital – A common Body/Copy Text – This is the main
placed in a small right corner of
convention in print media. The drop body of text for the double page
font as it is of no
capital signifies the start of the spread. Here the writer has opted for a the double page
interest to the spread.
article. Can also be used to show the Q & A format. This is particularly
readers.
start of consecutive paragraphs. effective at promoting the programme.

3. Conclusion
This double page spread has been carefully designed and crafted. There has been an
obvious use of the stereotypical conventions found in the genre and we will
implement some of these into our own double page spread. We wont be challenging
the common conventions seen in double page articles as we risk failing to engage with
the reader – thus failing to fulfil the purpose of a double page spread.