Music Magazine Double page

spread analysis

The main image covers all of one page and spreads across to another page. This makes the image stand out to the readers. This image shows who the article is about, because the rest of the black eyed peas are slightly faded in the background. The cover line/ title stands out as it is big and a bold font. Gold is one of the main colours on this double page spread. The colour gold symbolizes wealth and success, which shows that the band are successful. Silver is also one

of the main colours on these pages. Silver symbolizes femininity which represents Fergie’s contribution to the band. Black is the third main colour on the double page spread. Black symbolizes secrets and mystery, this may mean that the text is written in black because it is talking about an unknown secret.

There is only a small amount of writing as the central image takes up all of one page and part of the other page. This means that it fits with the target audience, which is younger people as they don’t usually have time to read. Or they don’t like to read long articles as it loses their attention.There is a quote in the middle of the article that stands out because it is in a black box with white writing. Whereas the rest of the article has a white background with black writing.

Two main colours on this double page spread is pink and silver, both colours represent femininity . Also pink is a positive and inspiring colour, which represents how Alexandra Burke can inspire her fans. The central image takes up all of one page which grabs the readers attention, as Alexandra Burke seems like she is looking at you. There are only 3/4 main colours on this page which makes it look simple but professional. In the central image

her pose is very simple and she looks like she has attitude, this links with the genre of her music which is R&B. In the article there is a quote which is in a different colour to the rest article, this is to make the quote stand out and to make the reader want to read the rest of the article.

There isn’t a too much writing as the central image takes up one page. Also another image takes up part of the first page, which has the article on it. This fits in with the target audience which is younger people. It fits with the audience because younger people usually don’t have a lot of time to read magazines. Also the article wont lose the readers attention as it isn’t too long.

There are 3/ 4 main colours on this double page spread, which are yellow, red, white and black. Yellow is the most used colour on these pages, yellow symbolizes confidence, cheerfulness and fun, this reflects Rihanna’s personality. One of the other main colours is red, which symbolizes determination, lust and love. This links with her music as in most of her songs she sings about love. Red also

symbolizes revenge and anger which some of her songs are also linked with. The cover line/ title stands out because it is the biggest writing on the page and also half of it is in a yellow box and half is written in blue. The central image is in the centre of the page, which catches the readers eye.

This fits with the target audience, which is younger girls from ages 16 -22 years old. There isn’t much writing on the double page spread because the central image takes up a lot of space. Also the box down the side takes up most of the 2nd page. This also fits with the target audience because younger people can lose interest in articles if they are too long.

The first thing that catches my eye on this double page spread is Florence’s hair and the red on the American flag that she is sat on. Red symbolizes love and lust but it can also symbolize danger, anger and revenge. The second thing that catches my eye is the letters ‘USA’ behind her and the cover line/ title it says ‘got the love’ which is one of her songs. I think that the title ‘got the love’ and the red on the flag and her hair link together. I think this

because red symbolizes love and the song ‘got the love’ is about love. The central image stands out because it covers the whole of one page and then a section of the second page. On this double page spread there isn’t too many different fonts or too many different colours so it looks professional and not messy.

The quote at the start of the article links with the central image because it says ‘with America at her feet’ and in the central image she has an American flag underneath her feet. This double page spread also fits in with its target audience because there isn’t too much writing. The target audience is also younger people.