Analyse of a double spread article

Double Page Spread analyse

Double Page Spread



 In this double page spread there are many features of a magazine which stands out on this page. The main eye catching feature of this double page spread is the main feature article. The main feature article should be relevant to the article and to the given genre, in this case it is very relevant to the genre and to the article. The picture takes up 1 page of the double spread. This shows that the picture is the most dormant thing on the double page spread. They have used a mid shot to show the readers what he looks like but not giving to much away. This is effective to use in my magazine front cover because you don't have to fill up both pages with information and it gives the reader a visual thing to look at while reading the article. The image is of a successful composer, music teacher and conductor. In a classical magazine they always have a double spread article on these sort of people. This is because the audience reading the magazine are adults and adults prefer to read articles about people and about there life. The picture however is in black and white. This shows that the picture looks professional and the magazine is a classy and professional magazine. However this isn't the only picture on his double page spread. There is also an image in the middle of all the text. This frees up all the text and gives the reader another visual thing to look at. It also gives the reader more information about the celebrity. The size of this image is much more smaller than the main feature article. The reason why the size is different because they don't want there article dominated by pictures, they want a mix of both text and pictures. The background of the double page spread is white. This shows that the magazine use simple presentational devices but still manage to draw readers to read the article.

Above the main feature article there is a caption about the picture. This gives you more information about the main feature article. This is successful on a double page spread because it gives the readers extra information about the picture, it also educates the readers about the picture and the celebrity in the picture. The colour of the font is white. This contrast very well with the background being black. This makes the caption noticeable and people will be able to read it even though the size of the caption is small.

The title of the double page spread is not as eye catching as in a rock magazine. The main reason is because a classical magazine is more mature and not in people's faces whereas in a rock magazine it's all to do with catching your eye with the title and using bright bold colours. The colours of the title is a pale grey. This is not eye catching but is still effective on the double page spread. This is because the colours on the double page spread are black and white. Giving a little colour will draw people to the article. With the article background colours being so simple and plain it makes the article stand out and is effective in a classical magazine. The font of this title is Serif. Serif font is more classy, proper and used in newspapers like the telegraph. They have used serif  because the magazine the magazine is aimed at a more older audience and this will stand out to a more older audience.

Underneath the title there is a strapline giving you more information about the title. The strapline gives you information about who the article is about and what is in the article. In the double spread article they have used the same font colour as the title, this is effective because it shows that the magazine use there original ideas and don't changed them. If they changed the colour then the strapline won't be as effective. Some words are much bolder than any other. The words that are bold are the names of who he article is about. The have done this so that people know who the article is about and gives the double page article some more colour.

The text is in a nice, neat column. This makes the article presentable and gives the company a good reputation. The language used in the article is standard english and use some more complex words. This shows that children or teenagers might not be interested in reading this magazine, adults like more complex language whereas children like simple articles. The colour of the font is the same as the title and the strapline. This is effective because it says that the magazine use one idea and expand on that one idea. There is no main colour scheme in this double page spread. The colours that they use is white, grey and black, these colours are simple to use.