Kerrang Double Page Spread

This double page spread is featured in the music magazine ‘Kerrang’. The genre of this magazine is rock. You can tell that the genre is rock, because the main picture which is seen is the centre of the double page spread, shows a man covered in tattoos who seems to be screaming down the microphone, which makes us think more of rock type of music. That main picture is about ¾ of the entire page, which tells you that it is the main picture and also makes us believe that after looking at the little pictures surrounding the main one, that the man in the picture is the main artist and the groups in the other pictures are his band, but it also shows a picture of each of them individually which shows that they are all still an important part of the band.

The two page spread, seems very messy and rugged, it seems this because the main picture looks a little torn and ripped and all the surrounding pictures are overlapped and slanted, instead of straight and neat. This is very effective, because it gives us an idea of the genre and a feeling of rock.

In this double page spread, they only have a small space for text, but have used a small font, so they could still fit in a lot of information. Even though it is a small font, they have used a dark font, which is in front of a white background, so it is still easy to read. Compared to other double page spreads, this one has no colour and is just black and white.

NME Double Page Spread

This double page spread is from the music magazine ‘NME’, which focuses on Lily Allen. NME’S genre is indie/rock. When you look at the magazine page you are immediately drawn to the main title, which is a quote to the article. ‘People think I am an attention seeker, but im just honest.’ The reason we are drawn to this is because the writing is newspaper cuttings, this links in with the indie theme, because it is messy, the letters are different sizes and is also slanted. They have also used a bold, white font, which is in front of a black background, so it really stands out for the readers.

In the sub-heading they use a black font, but for Lily Allen’s name, they use a red, bold font, which tells the audience that she is the main focus of the article. For the article Lily Allen is wearing a red shirt, which really stands in the page, where everything else in the article is black and white. This is effective, because it makes her stand out from everything else. Her hair is also fairly untidy, which also links in with the indie theme.

What I like about this music magazine double page spread, is that instead of having lots of pictures included in the article, they have just used one that covers one page. This is very effective, because it is much more intense where she is giving us eye contact.

Music Magazine Double Page Spread

This double page spread features an interview starring The Jonas Brothers. Immediately from the colours you can tell that the target audience is for girls, the magazine shows this by using stereotypical colours for the font like pink and green. You can tell that this double page spread is targeted at girls, because in the right hand corner, it has in bold ‘hottie alert’ and the article is based on a boy band, so you know it is aimed at girls.

The first page has a photo of The Jonas Brothers, which basically fills up the entire page and also includes the main title ‘Brother Love’, you can tell that this is the main title, because it is the largest font in the article and they have also outlined it, so that it stands out from the background. They start the article on the first page by explaining what the article is about. The second page of the article, includes the interview from the band. For the interview they use a black font on top of a white background, so that it stands out and is easy for everyone to read. They also highlight the questions in green, so that the readers can easily see what part is the question, so it is easy to read, using green to highlight the words also makes the article more feminine and is angled more at girls. This page also included various pictures of the band, showing what they are famous for, which is music.

As this magazine is the same genre that I would be doing, I like the idea of having one main photo and then lots of little photos, because I believe that it would make the double spread more interesting and based on my target audience, which is teenagers and young women, I think photos would reach out to the readers more.