Research into Music Magazine Double Page Spread X2

Media Studies

Music Magazine Double page spread analysis

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I really like this double page spread. Its made up of two pages, one page consists of a large picture and a little bit of text and then the second page is just filled up with information and lots of text. The large image on the left is there to attract the reader into reading the text on the right, So the reader will notice the photograph and want to read on. I think that the colour scheme on this double page spread is really good because it highlights all the important bits in blue, so the reader will skip to the blue bits first to find out if there is any interesting contents and hopefully read on. The main text is a black font on a white back ground, this is really good as it makes it really easy to read, and also they have chosen a sensible font which is also really easy to read. On the far right hand side there is a information column, its in a darker colour than the rest of the double page spread and this really draws attention to it and make the reader get drawn into it. There is a red lure at the bottom of the second page, and the fact that its in red really draws attention to it as well. There is a very clear Masthead across both pages, I think this is really good as it gives the double page spead its focus and tells all the readers what the double page spread is going to be on about, Its very bold and highlighted in blue and in a very large font this helps make it the first thing that the readers will look at when they turn onto this page.

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This Double page spread has three colours in it which are Red, black and white. This puts a theme on the double page spread already, it shows its a heavy metal band and slightly Emo by the fact of the red colour. This double page spread also has a very clear Masthead, it has much bigger font size than the rest of the double page spread which makes it stand out, its also across the two pages which is good because your see it early as you turn onto the page. There are a few lures on this double page spread that bring people in and make them want to read the rest of the write up. On the right hand side page, there is a lot of text in two columns I like this format, the text has a white font and is on a black background, this makes it really easy to read. There is a range of good pictures on this double page spread, they are of very high quality and all feature band members, Fans of th bands may really like this because they like looking at picture so this might be a big attraction to reading on in the article and also it might make them buy the product in the first place. On the far right hand side there is a column that is in a different colour to the rest of the double page spread, its a white column with black text, this draws attention straight away because its a different colour, but it also states that there is some important information in it. Its tittle is also in red which reinforces its importance.