Analysis Of Professional Double Page Spreads
The My Chemical Romance headline is very edgy written in a sans serif font in White and red. The pull quote stands as the headline for this edition of Kerrang Magazine. ‘The Best MCR’ written in the largest to catch the attention of their fans. The images are from the bands recording studio. The main background image is of the lead singer holding on to his microphone placed on a stand, he is looking at the floor letting his hair cover his eyes, this gives the audience an idea of how hard the band are working. All the pictures are in black and white giving this vintage feel to it. The images take up far more space in this article than words; this shows the magazines intent to display the Artists at work instead of explaining exactly what they are doing.
In this article there is only one photograph, this is a coloured high angle, group shot of the band all looking directly at the camera. This is also taken with high key lighting. The photo has had a filtered effect put over it to give it an old fashioned feel to it. The group facial expressions of the group is generally a quite negative, none of them seem to be smiling look quite sad and the clothes that they are wearing are casual, scruffy clothes. it feels like they are gazing into the camera to try and find answers and the whole concept of fame and expectation is new to them. They are also posing with their instruments which show they are real musicians and care about their music, unlike certain artists which mime when they preform and don’t really put their all into their music.Overlapping the photograph are pieces of blue tape which link in with the colour scheme. They are probably a British band as the photo looks very vintage British style normally associated with the likes of The Beatles.
The subjects name is printed in a bold, black font at the top of the article. This also acts as the headline to the article as well. The font used is a sans serif font and is modern which refers back to The Vaccines and the whole topic of the magazine, new music. Also it is bold so it draws the reader in and really stands out from the rest of the text. There is a strap-line below the headline and is in similar font to the headline which mentions a little bit about the band. There is also a by-line present inside the stand-line mentioning the interviewer, Jamie Fullerton which is written in a blue colour to help make it stand out and the photographer is named blow the stand-line and on the side of the picture of The Vaccines.
Overall the colour scheme for this double page spread is blue, black and white. This is used to good effect creating a modern and contemporary look, which is what the band they are talking about is. The writing is all in black so when the editors of the magazine decided to make a quote from The Vaccines lead singer Justin Young “we are a pop band and we want to be a pop band” is in blue and helps to make the quote stand out more than the rest of the writing as it is positioned in between a paragraph. Also it is much bigger than the rest of the text which makes it stand out even more. The editors of the magazine have also made certain words in the headline or title blue so that they stand out more and catch your eye fist. This colours scheme works well with the brown paper/old newspaper theme as it works with the bright blue! Its like the contrast with old school with modern styles and fonts.
The subjects name is printed in a bold, black font at the top of the article. This also acts as the headline to the article as well. The font used is a sans serif font and is modern which refers back to The Vaccines and the whole topic of the magazine, new music. Also it is bold so it draws the reader in and really stands out from the rest of the text. There is a strap-line below the headline and is in similar font to the headline which mentions a little bit about the band. There is also a by-line present inside the stand-line mentioning the interviewer, Jamie Fullerton which is written in a blue colour to help make it stand out and the photographer is named blow the stand-line and on the side of the picture of The Vaccines.
Overall the colour scheme for this double page spread is blue, black and white. This is used to good effect creating a modern and contemporary look, which is what the band they are talking about is. The writing is all in black so when the editors of the magazine decided to make a quote from The Vaccines lead singer Justin Young “we are a pop band and we want to be a pop band” is in blue and helps to make the quote stand out more than the rest of the writing as it is positioned in between a paragraph. Also it is much bigger than the rest of the text which makes it stand out even more. The editors of the magazine have also made certain words in the headline or title blue so that they stand out more and catch your eye fist. This colours scheme works well with the brown paper/old newspaper theme as it works with the bright blue! Its like the contrast with old school with modern styles and fonts.
NME - THE JOSHUA CODE DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
At the top right hand side of the page, it contains the headline ‘The Joshua code’. The main article is written in sans-serif font which connotes the article is modern and will appeal to younger readers. However the headline is a mixture of sans-serif and serif font. The sans serif font will appeal to young readers as it connotes modern. However the serif font could connote tradition (old fashion). The headline does not tell the reader much about the article instead it just draws the reader in. This could be mainly because The Joshuas Code may be a very popular term or movement at the moment so the editor knows that all they need is the tern and it will result in large readership. However most double pages spread would include a quote taken from the interview, it will be enlarged and placed somewhere in the article and this will break up the page. This double page spread does not contain any quotes.
This article contains one just image which is a medium close up of the Arctic Monkeys an English Indie Rock band formed in 2002. As it is the only image it suggests that they the focus point of this article and therefore the attention is drawn to him. The image looks very professional due to the high key lighting, all aspects of the image is well lit without shadows suggesting that they shot it in a studio. This also reflects the article as the article talks about their career in a positive way.
There are about three hundred words in this article and three columns used. Columns give the magazines an organised and easy to follow. This will encourage readers to read the article as it is neat and therefore attractive. The article has a white and black colour scheme- this could suggest the stability of The bands careers but also their classic and easily accessible style!
This article contains one just image which is a medium close up of the Arctic Monkeys an English Indie Rock band formed in 2002. As it is the only image it suggests that they the focus point of this article and therefore the attention is drawn to him. The image looks very professional due to the high key lighting, all aspects of the image is well lit without shadows suggesting that they shot it in a studio. This also reflects the article as the article talks about their career in a positive way.
There are about three hundred words in this article and three columns used. Columns give the magazines an organised and easy to follow. This will encourage readers to read the article as it is neat and therefore attractive. The article has a white and black colour scheme- this could suggest the stability of The bands careers but also their classic and easily accessible style!