Course Work Double Page Spreads 3

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NME double page spread

Q double page spread

The main image of the article is spread across the whole left page of the double page spread, it is a full shot showing all the

members in the band that the article is talking about, in the background of the image is a variety of pictures that tell the reader

what kind of things the band are interested in. The image is on a tilt which shows the reader that it is informal. The image

shows the band all at the same kind of level, with nobody standing in the centre at the front, which shows the reader that theyare all equal in the band and there is no specific lead singer. At the bottom left hand corner of the image is a box which is in

quite a bold colour to make it stand out against the picture which is reasonably dark. In the box in bold black letters is ‘need to

know:’ this is bold because it tells the audience that there are probably interesting facts about the band included in the box.

Underneath this subtitle, in a smaller white font, is the name of the band so that the reader knows the information in the box is

relevant to the band the article is referring to. Underneath, in a much smaller font but still in white, are some facts about the

band. In the top left hand corner of the page is another box in the same blue colour. In this box is a title called ‘radar’ in a

white large and bold font, this is probably the title of a section in the magazine. Underneath the title is a brief explanation as to

what ‘radar’ actually is, this is also in a white font but has its own black background, it is also in a very small font to show the

reader that it isn’t a part of the title. Under the blue box in a white box is a caption for the photograph, this is in a small black

font which is typically what any caption in any magazine would look like. The masthead is at the top of the right hand page

and overlaps the picture on the left page a bit, this is an indication to the reader that the picture is in relation to the article and

that they aren’t separate stories. The masthead has a much larger and bolder font compared to any of the other text within thedouble page spread, showing that it is the title of the article. The title has a blue background which matches the blue boxes on

the left page, showing that blue is the colour scheme for this article. Just before the ‘The Teenagers’ title is a bubble with the

text ‘nme loves’ in, which shows the reader that it is probably a good band and that the magazine are recommending them to

listen to the band. At the start of the article, in a bigger font to the rest of it, is a sentence saying ‘young, dumb and full of…

filthy tunes’ which tells the audience a bit more about the band before reading the article properly. The article opens with a

lead paragraph which is slightly bolder than the rest of the article; this paragraph is used to attract the target audience of the

magazine by making the band sound good. The lead paragraph starts with a large ‘T’ in a capital letter to show that it is the

start of the article. In the middle of the article, in another blue box, is a quote from the article in a larger font compared to the

rest of the magazine, this is in a white font whereas the name of the person the quote is from is in black, after this quote the

article continues with the story. At the bottom of the article in a red box is an advertisement telling the readers to go to the

‘nme’ website. On the right hand side of the page is a large box with a black background rather than the white background that

the rest of the article has. This shows that the information in the black box isn’t related to the rest of the article. The title of thisbox is ‘everyone’s talking about...’ which is convincing the reader to look at it as a way of ‘fitting in’. In a smaller font

underneath with a blue background is an explanation as to what it’s talking about. There are three bands named in this box and

so there are three pictures, one for each band. Each band has a small paragraph telling the reader some information about new

things happening with the band such as new albums, concerts etc. In another small blue box is ‘My favourite new band…by

Alex Turner’, the name ‘Alex Turner’ is in a yellow font to represent that he is a celebrity and to make his name stand out so

that readers that are possibly big fans of his see and will therefore read the article.



The main image of this article is spread across both the left and right page of the double page spread as an

indication to the reader that the text on each page is all a part of the same article. The picture is

reasonably dark with lots of shadows used which give the impression they are quite indie or rock basedrather than pop. In the shot are, I presume, all the people from the band, some members of the band are a

lot closer to the camera or more forward in the shot than others which shows the significance of their part

in the band and shows they are the more important people, for example the man sitting down at the back

is probably the least important person in the band because he is furthest away, whereas the man on the

left closest to us is probably the lead singer. In the top left corner of the left page is a caption of the

double page spread in a very faded and unclear font, this is because it isn’t really that important for the

reader to know about. In the bottom left corner of this page is a black box which isn’t much darker than

the picture; it is titled ‘love amongst ruin’ which would be the masthead of the article as it is the name of

the band that the article is based on. The title is in a bold grey font so that it doesn’t contrast against the

dark colours used for the rest of the page. Under the title is ‘the bitter end’ in the same colour but a muchsmaller and less bold font, the reader would guess this is the bands album name because typically the

album name would be underneath the artists name in an article about the band’s new album. The album

cover used for their new album has been placed just under the titles and on the right of this is where the

article starts talking about the album, unlike the ‘nme’ article; this one doesn’t start with a lead paragraph

to draw the readers in but just goes straight into the article. The article is in a small font which is still in

the same grey colour as the rest of the box. The only thing In this box that is in contrast to the rest of thecolour scheme on this page is the bright yellow logo which stands out quite a lot, the logo says ‘on the cd’

to show the reader that this section of the article is talking about the album. On the right page in the top

right corner is another box with the same colour scheme as the box on the previous page, this box isn’t

titled but is just a box full of text which is probably carrying on from the other page. At the bottom corner of the right page is a quote from one of the people from the band, the quote is in a large bold font, still in

the same grey colour as the rest of the text, and the name of the person who made the quote is in a smaller

font underneath it which isn’t bold but in the same colour still. This double page spread is very plain

compared to the ‘nme’ one.

The title of the magazine has been placed in the top left hand corner of the left page, however it has been changed slightly because it’s been rotated vertically when it’s usually horizontal. The date the magazine was issued is also vertically placed

next to the title. Just next to this is what looks like a picture of a section from a map which has been coloured in black and

has a red star placed randomly on it, this image goes with the title underneath that says ‘rock city’, this title is in a black

bold font to match the image and just in front of this part of the title is the word ‘discover’ which is also in black but it’s alot less bold and the font is different as it is in italics. Underneath this section is a small paragraph in relation to this title,

the paragraph starts with a large ‘N’ which is the first letter of the first word in the paragraph, the letter is the biggest and

boldest font across the whole double page spread, the paragraph is written with a black font. Underneath this paragraph is a box with a reasonably thick black outline, this box is titled ‘local heroes’ which is in the same font as ‘rock city’ although

slightly smaller. This box contains a small article but has no lead paragraph as it goes straight into the article in a regular

small black font, some words within this article have been set to bold which shows they are probably names of artists or

references, and there are also some words highlighted in yellow which could also mean the same. At the bottom of this boxis an image that has been designed on a computer programme, the picture contains lots of drawings of different things in

different bright colours which is the first time within the double page spread that bright colours have appeared, other than

the red in the logo. At the top of the right half of the left page is a small black picture of a bottle which goes with the titleunderneath it saying ‘bars and clubs’, this is in the same black and bold font as the previous titles, under the title is a

picture of a band playing live, the picture is reasonably dark and gives the impression that they are a rock band, there is a

caption in a white font in the bottom corner of this image. Under the picture are 5 different subtitles with a summary

underneath each of them, the subtitles are in black and bold fonts which are quite small and the summaries are even smaller and regular, still in black, however the first line of each summary is in a red font which is probably information telling the

reader the address/email or other contact information about the place. Next to this on the left half of the right page is a large

image of another band; in this shot are props such as alcohol which show the reader that they are also most likely to be of arock genre. There is a box in the bottom right hand corner which has the same background colour that the rest of the double

page spread has, in this box is the title ‘the swayback’ in another black bold font, the reader would assume that this is the

name of the band pictured, in the box is another line of text in red which probably tells them their album name etc. and

underneath this, still in the box, is a bit of information about them in a black font so that it is using the same colour schemethat the rest of the double page spread is using. On the right half of the right page is a small black image, similar to the

bottle one from earlier, except this one is of a set of drums, underneath this image is another black bold title called ‘bands’,

like before there are 4 subtitles underneath this with a red sentence probably stating the bands album name after and then a paragraph in black about the named band. In the terminal area of the page is a paragraph in a very small font, I expect this

is information about the photographers, who wrote the articles and how to contact the magazine. In a small box above thisis a little amount of text with the red title of ‘get home’, I would think this font is in red to make the title stand out more

because the box is reasonably small and probably wouldn’t be noticed if the title was black. At the bottom of both pages,spread across sections of the pages is another small article with a black image which looks like a globe, this article is titled

‘know your history’. There are 3 short paragraphs in this article in small black fonts, however various words are bold or

highlighted which again, show they are probably references to bands. There are two images within this section, one issimilar to another on the page as it is of a band performing live, but the other is different with a black and white saturation

of a band who aren’t erformin but are on a hoto shoot.

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