Analysis of a double page spread for a music magazine















Colour: Throughout this magazine the colours used have been consistant and we can see this from the front cover and contents page. The Big red letter C is eye catching and shows you that this is very important as it is all about Cheryl Cole. The colour white and balck is also a big part of the double page spread, The white background makes the darker images lift off the page, the dramactic image on the right hand side shows the reader, the artists style. The red text in the bottom left hand corner also draws attention to itself as it stands out from the tiny black text across the whole of the page. By changing the size and colour of this quote it shows that it is the artists words and that it is worth reading,

Design: I like this design with the image taking up a whole page and text on the other, it also fills alot of white blank space and therefore looks very professional. The bold red text in the bottom left hand corner is special compared to the smaller times new roman text which is places across the whole width on the left hand page. Automatically the reader will generally read the red text first and then read the main article to see what context the quote was in.

Images: The image on the left page overlaps the big red letter this links the page together and shows that it all relates to one another. In the smaller image it carrys through the effect of the cover of the magazine, the rain affect on the artist relate to the rain on her on the cover again this tells the audience that it is the same artist and from the same shoot.

Pose, Hair style, Make-up: The pose's of both images are striking and impressive, the crazy pose the artist is doing shows through the singers personality and makes the reader feel like they know the artist. The hair style is similar in the two images, it gives the effect that her hair is blowing in the wind and it also shows of her bold make-up as the hair is off her face. The red lipstick and black eyliner and eye shadow corospond to the colour of the text making the double page spread join together.

How are words used on the double page spread: The large red C siginifies the artists first name and cleverly a smaller black C is positioned beside it, this is the artists initials and is a very smart idea. This allows the reader to see who the story line is about in rare way tempting the audience to read the article and find out more about the singer.

Language: The title of the page is the artists name but rather than using the conventional capital letters the first name is in lower case and the last name is in bold. This seprates it from other magazines and makes the reader think why have they done this?

Overall impression-How effective is the double page spread: The double page spread is laid out extremely well and is very precise with its lay out. The large amount of text is interesting to read and the images attract the target audience of older teens as they enjoy the pop music genre.