Double Page Spread
The last double page spread i am analysing is from the BBC Classical magazine. There are many key features that are on this double page spread. The most eye catching part of the double page spread is the main feature article photo. The main feature article photo should be relevant to the given genre and article. This main feature article takes up half of one page but it goes over to the next page. This shows that the photo is the most dominant on the page compared to any other photo's. The photo is of the London Symphony Orchestra. This is relevant to the given genre and article. The camera shot used in this photo is a extra long shot to show everybody in the picture. The reason why this photo is an extra long shot because you can see every body's bodies in the frame of the photo. In an extra long shot you can see the landscape behind the people, this is given extra information about the photo. On the other double page spread the camera shot is a mid shot. This suggest that this double page spread show more range of different camera shots. The mid shot shows only there face and neck whereas the extra long shot you can see there whole body and landscape. The colour of the main feature article photo is black and white. This shows how professional the writers want there photo's to be. It also shows that the magazine can be classy and professional by having black and white photos. Like the other double page spread article they too have black and white photo. It suggest that most classical music magazine contain lots of black and white photo's in there double spread articles. This isn't the only photo on the double page spread. There is a photo of a medal and a program of what the London Symphony Orchestra are going to play. The medal symbolises how old the people are in the article are and how long ago the London Symphony Orchestra went to America to play. The metal is in black and white just like the main feature article photo. This shows that they use there idea's in every single photo. The program is in colour (cream and red). Having one photo in colour gives the double page spread some life and makes the double page spread eye catching. The other double page spread as one other photo this one is in black and white.
Underneath the main feature article photo there is a caption giving the readers extra information about the photo. This is effective because it educates the readers about the photo. The colour of the caption is black. The background of the photo is black/grey. This will make it hard to read the caption. However the caption is on a grey background. The other double page spread the colour is white. This is more eye catching and will draw the readers to read the article and look at the main feature article photo.
The title of this double page spread is very eye catching compared to the other double page spread article. This is because the font used is big and bold. This is strange for a classical music magazine to use eye catching title. The other double spread article used a plain and simple title. The title is in capital letters. This is because they are exaggerating the fact that this article is important to the magazine. Also the capital letters are trying to draw readers to read the article. On the other double page spread article they don't contain capital letters. The reason why they wouldn't put capital letters on there title is because this article is about some body's life and there work whereas this article is all about an orchestra. The colour of the title is black and white. This is eye catching on the page because the background colour is brown. The colours work well with the page because the photo is in black and white and it shows that they use the same colour scheme throughout the article. The font style of this title is Sans Serif. Sans Serif is used in teenage magazines and gossip magazine. They have used Sans Serif because they are trying to get other generations to read this article. Also Sans Serif is more eye catching than Serif. The other article uses the font Serif. Serif is more formal than Sans Serif. Serif is used in more older magazines.
Underneath the title there is a strapline giving you more information about the title. The strapline gives you information about what the article is going to be about. The Strapline uses the same colour as the title. This is effective because it shows that the magazine uses there original idea's and don't change there mind. If they changed the colour of the strapline then it won't be as effective as it is now. On the other double page spread article they too use the same colour as the title. This shows that classical music magazines use original ideas and uses the same colours. Two words are a different colour on the strapline. The two words are 'Gareth Davies'. The reason why these two words are different colours is because this person remembers what happened in 1912. The font style is exactly the same as the title.
The text is in a nice, neat column. This makes the article presentable and gives the magazine company a good reputation. The language used in this double page spread is standard English and uses both simple and complex sentences. On the other double page spread they too use columns to separate there writing. They also use standard English. This suggest that classical magazines uses complex sentence. This suggest that the target audience is for adults not for younger readers. Younger people like reading simple articles not complex articles. The colour of the font is both white and brown. The brown correspond to the background colour. The brown text is for the most important part of the article. This is effective because readers can just read that bit and not have to read the other part. The font style is just like the title font. On the other double spread article they only use one font colour (Grey). They can be more effective because use one colour looks more professional whereas using two colours makes the article to busy.
The theme of this double page spread is all about America. At the top left hand side of the page there is a map of different states in America. This is effective because it gives the double page spread some class and makes the article different from any other articles out there. Whereas on the other double page spread there isn't any theme's. This is because the article is an interview. The colour scheme of this double page spread is brown, black and white. Whereas in the other double page spread article the colour scheme is white, grey and black.
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