Analysis of double page spreads

• 1. Analysis of double page spreads

2. This double page spread has asophisticated layout with dashes ofvibrant colours such as orange,pink and blue. Its text varies infonts and sizes with a catch phrasein large font to get the topic of thearticle across by also catching thereaders attention using a largesized font. There is one mainimage involving a women withwhat seems to be a trainercollection and the other images aresingle shots of just trainers. Thetext is in chunks next to anappropriate image to go with-easierfor the reader to read andknow what its about. Somepictures are overlapping for effectand all text is in black so its stands 3. This is a double page spread fromNME. It features Sergio Pizzorno(Kasabian). His image takes up mostof the two pages, asserting his statusas musical legend and importance tothe magazine. The white spacebehind Serge is more-or-less hiddenwith details on the wall he is stood infront of. He is looking directly into thecamera with his hand against thewall, in a kind of posing fashion.Although he is posing, he lookscasual- aligning itself with thegeneral feel of this laid back andcurrent magazine. Also- there is asophisticated layout which suggestsits target audience. 4. From this double page spread I notice thatthere is a main image and three otherrelated images. Text- some in columns-othersin quotes across the page, and abold cover line. There are four maincolumns on the first page, and the secondjust features an image of him smiling onthe photo-shoot. The page features twoother images with his girlfriend and theother a shot from a film with a co-star. Bothof these images are associated withcaptions beneath and on the cover imagethere is a quote from the actor in white.There is a simple grey colour scheme withquestions in bold, and answers in a normalsmall sized font with some pink writing inplaces. There is a quote at the top of thepage with an exclamation mark that thereader could not miss before turning thepage. 5. The background colour of this double pagespread is a light pink colour which suggestthat the target audience for this articlecould be aimed at a female. There is amain image of a actress/singer with aninterest in fashion which is an appropriateimage to use for this magazines brandname as she resembles these things. Thecolumned text is fitted around the outline ofthe models body shape as she is lyingdown- taking up the majority of the spacefrom the bottom half of the double pagespread. The colours are quite basic andsimple too, but the overall article at aglance stands out as the text begins withan oversized 'T'. However, without the T inthe text content the article wouldn't not beas attention grabbing and make comeacross as quite plain, in some ways. Butdue to the arrangement and usage this hasbeen stopped. The colour scheme as awhole is very consistent and fits in with theone image used as it's really femininefocused and the questions are coloured in 6. This double page spread contains oneimage covering all of the right hand sideand the text is all on the left. All of the textis in black except for in the title there issome grey text which creates a moresophisticated theme but does not capturethe readers eye greater than some of myother double page spread analysis. Themain image is appropriate to the title as itsabout makeup so is a profile shot of awoman wearing bright dashes ofmakeup/colour on her face. The text is inthree single columns with a sub-headingabove it which not only draws attention tothe article- it almost frames the text. 7. On this double page spread the artist name is ina bright colour of blue printed which putsemphasis on the artist as well as telling thereader straight away that the article is going tobe about Solange Knowles. The use of the blackand white images at the top of the double pageadds variety and explores a betterrepresentation of the artist. The way vibe hasused black lines through the page to help dividethe page into two helps to make it easier for thereader to look at images more carefully, ratherthan having images and texts scattered on thepages. Vibe hasnt used a drop capital and haspreferred to start off with a small statementabout the artist in bold the sharp, short, snappystatement is a way of interesting the reader andthe statement has been written in bold gives thisarticle a dramatic and mysterious effect. Theimages at the top of the article show the artistspersonality (fun) with the use of different posesand again to inform who the article is about.Most of the text is in black on a off-whitebackground, with the occasional bold blue colourof text to add emphasis of the articles content.