Researching Double page spreads!

Now I have researched contents pages and front covers I need to look at double page spreads to get an idea on how they should be set out and what I should include on mine. I will be analysing the contents pages of the same rock magazines Kerrang and Q.


The first double page spread I looked at was from Kerrang Magazine. The large image of this band member is the main part of this double page spread however a lot of room has still been left for the article. I want my target audience to enjoy the article I include in my magazine and I feel a way I could ensure this would be to set my double page out similarly to this one by using large images as the key focus. This would also help to draw in the readers attention. This magazine has also included an interview with this celebrity which is something I want to include on my double page spread to make up the article and to make the readers feel like they were involved and to help them get to know the celebrities featured in my magazine better. However this celebrity is looking down whereas in my photographs i want to focus on the body langauge and facial expressions on the celebrities to express the genre of my magazine effectively.


The next double page spread was taken from Q magazine. Again the magazine has used large images to draw in the readers attention to the article which is something I wish to do with my final production. Similarly to the previous magazine even though large images have been used there is still plenty of room for the article. On my magazine I want to use a variety of images to give the readers a straight away clear idea of the content of the article on these two pages. By using these images Q helps its target audience identify straight away that the article is going to be about the band shown in the photographs.


The next double page spread I analysed was taken from the magazine NME. This magazine focuses  a lot on the image that has been used. The image of the female artists links well to the background of the two pages and the content of the article.
The female artist is sitting on what appears to be the american flag and 'USA' has been written in the background. Also the way that the clelebrity has been positioned gives her power and gives the impression to the readers that she is powerful. The way she has been photographed makes her seem slightly larger than normal which gives the idea of power. Also the colours that have been used here link to this idea as the colour red symbolises the idea of passion and in this issue power also. When photographing my female artist I will think about this idea and how I will link them to the article and its contents.


The research on the double page spreads has shown me that each rock magazine focuses  a lot on the images it uses for these two pages. Therefore I have decided to use a number of images relating and linking effectively to the article in order to make my magazine look well resented and to catch the target audiences attention.