Joint Dps Analysis Research

Alex and Jamie's Analysis Research

The visual signs on the dps (double page spread)  are to do with the pull quote on the picture which says "id love to learn more jazz, thats an element of my style thats definitely missing" which shows why its not in colour but the visual signs are what makes the photo show you how they are a band, little things like the tattoos on the bassisists shoulder, the facial expressions, the instrutments the hair and all the sweat and concentration of the musicians faces. Also the linguistic signs show you its a band not just two people pretending to play instrutments.

The photo is a iconic sign because when people see other people playing instrutments they think muscicians. They also would think of songs and previous artists that the individual thinking this would like. The dps doesnt have any polysemous signs in the dps, but the tenor is formal and serious in the intro to the dps proof of this is when the writer puts " The album was a finely crafted master piece, showcasing the bands ability to pen anthemic tunes"  Something like this has technical language and people who are involved in the music industry would understand this, some of the younger audience may not this shows this article is aimed at elder readers. But then the tenor sounds like there friends when there talking in the interview making the interview have a casual register ,where as the rest of the dps have a consultative register because it is very formal and the text has statstics and technical language.

The individual images in the picture on the left of our double page spread all have their own meaning. For example, the tattoo might hold a form of love for the guitarist whose tattoo it is. It might be the name of a past or present lover to him.  The wild hair style the guitarist has going on could relate to him either being a wild person with a wild attitude. The instruments obviously tell us they're musicians. Now, these individual signs tells us these things, and when we add them together we get all these meanings put together in one person or band. So, what we learn, is that the guys in this band are a bit wild, they love their music and love making music. In this photo, the men are topless which would be to attract female members, as it would widen the appeal of the photo to both genders. The pulled quote on the picture “i'd love to learn to jazz that's an element of my style that's missing” relates the them playing in the picture, which could be him trying to pick up some jazz techniques. 

The tenor of the article changes at different points. The introduction to the article is quite formal as it is an introduction and is supposed to tell the reader what the article contains and should be clear to the reader.

Once the article begins, the tenor immediately changes to a more relaxed feel. The main indicator of this, is the fact the drummer starts swearing after the second question. This shows that the interview isn't formal, because some people would be offended by the swearing. The swearing tells me that the audience is at least 16, and that they are laid back and don't care that he swears. Another is the anecdotes in the article because you can't get much more personal than an anecdote. The anecdote is about his family meeting meeting some of his heroes and both the family and the heroes of his get along really well. You can tell by the way he tell us this, it means a lot to him. The questions are of a much more personal nature as well, asking him feelings over bands, events, upcoming gigs, his heroes and what inspired him when he was younger and training to be a great drummer.

The font used in this spread is a simple one, and there is only about 2 fonts used. One for the titles, and one for the text. The questions the drummer is asked are in red and the replies are in black. The colour scheme for the page, is black, white and red.