Double Page Spreads
Kerrang- The words"Gold Rush" are the largest fonts of the two pages and you can see that the word "Gold" is the theme throught the whole spread. For example the flowers they are holding and there hands are gold. The colour gold represents rich and money which could catch the readers eye and people may want to read the article. The article only contains one image which is of the band "AFI". This could have been done so that it doesnt attract the reader away from the actual article itself. The photo has the lead singer at the front and the rest of the band at the back. This may have been done to show the importance of the lead singer. The clothes that they are wearing in the photo are quite layed back which shows the reader that the article is informal. The photo takes up one side of the page and laps over to the other half. The expressions on there face are very laid back which tyes in well with the article itself. The photo is in colour to show that it is modern and bright.The text in the article is very small however some quotes are large which shows the reader the importance of them. By using small writting it means that they can fit more in but also means that people may get bored of reading it. The first set of writting is done in its own box in a medium sized font. The text is done in this way to make the reader want to read on but not give to much away straight away. Overall there isn't to much text but just enough to tell you about the band. Between the writting there is "AFI SHUFFLE". By putting it here it will attract the reader as they read the article and dont miss it out. The fonts on this are also much larger than the article to show the importance and so that nobody misses it.
Overall I think that the article is good and colourful. However the writting is a bit to small to read and some people may have difficultys doing so. Therefore when I am making my double page spread I will take this into concideration about the size of the font I choose.
Q magazine- The spread has a medium size heading on the left hand size which tells the reader exactually what the article is about. There have been 5 smaller photos down the bottom which are layed out in a kind of story board way. Then a large photo in the middle of the pages. There are also page numbers at the bottom to tell the reader an easy way of finding the article that they want. All of the photos used in the article are in black and white. These show the reader that it is trying to get an old view across and cold also show the reader that the band is also for an older generation. The black and white colours make the magazine look more expensive and also fits in with the theme of red, white and black on the front cover and contents page. There is not much text in this article so the reader would mostly focus on the photos. The text that is in the article gives the brief summery of take that and there experiences at Abbey Road. The texts is quite small (like Kerrang magazine) therefore shows me that this could be a popular choice for music magazines. Another thing I should think abotu when coming to making my magazine. The text "exclusive" is one of the only parts of text that is written in red which could show the importance of it and make it stand out so that people want to read it. At the top of the spread it also advertises other things in the article which coul attract the reader away from what they are actually meant to be looking at.
Overall I liked this double page spread better because when looking at magazines I prefer to look at photos instead of reading loads. Therefore I think it has the perfect amount of writting and photos. The colour scheme also fits in well with the rest of the magazine which I think works well.
NME magazine
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