Double page spread 2

1. Thisdouble page spreadisattribute toDavidBowie
afterhe recentlypassed.Thisisapparentbecause
the picturesincludedinitshowcase different
chaptersof Bowie’slife.Picturesare usedtoshow
whatthe page isabout; forinstance,if the page was
full of photosfromone photoshootthatBowie took
part inthenit may become apparenttothe reader
that the double page spreadtalksaboutthat
photoshoot.Inthisdouble page spread,however,it
showsBowie atlotsof differentagesthroughout his
life;thisindicatesthatitiscelebratinghislife.
Picturesare a good wayof showingthe readerwhat
the page isaboutbecause theycan justquicklyscan
across the page and see whatthe page isabout.
Dependingonwhatkindof photosare included ina
double page spread, itcan attract differentkindsof
audiences.If adouble page showcasedBowie’s
outfit,thenitmayattract an audience thatliked
fashion.If a double page spreadshowcasedBowie’s
album,thenitcan attract a crowd that enjoyBowie’s
musicor all differentkindsof audiencesthatlove
musicor love the 80s. I can use thisknowledgeinmy
magazine andconsiderwhat kindsof target
audiencesIwantto attract.
Thisis quite abusypage whichcan reflectBowie
because he wasquite a colourful andbusy
character. Thisdouble page spreadincludes zig
zags,thiscan correlate withBowie’scharacter,
ZiggyStardustor the wayinwhichthe lightning
boltran across hisface whenhe portrayedZiggy.
Subtle waysthatthe magazine commemorates
Bowie’slifeshowshowmucheffortNMEhas gone
to celebrate Bowie’slife.Somereadersthatpick
up on thiscan therefore be evenmore interested
inthe article andcan draw certainaudiencesin.
However,itisnotobviousandcan be more
obviousif the zigzags were inthe style of Ziggy’s
lightningboltandmaydrawin a largercrowd.
Eventhoughthat woulddrawa larger crowd,NME
have done thisso theycan drawin a certaintype
of audience.NMEmaywant to drawin a crowd
that readin betweenthe linesandpayattentionto
whattheydo.
Some of the textispinkwhichconnotates
withsome of the pinkin the pictures.The
colourscheme forthisdouble page spread
ispink,white andblack.These coloursare
veryclose to the genericcolourschemes
of magazineswhichisred,white and
black;NME mayhave usedpinkinsteadto
subtlyshowhowBowie was
different/unique.Usingpinkalsomayhave
workedwell forthisdouble page spread
due to mostof the pictureshavingpinkin
them.
All imagesonthese pagesare differentsizesandall differentkinds
of shots,e.g.mediumclose up,medium,mediumlongshot.This
increasesthe busynessof the page because itlooksmessy.NME
may have wantedthe page to be messybecause itdescribes
Bowie’slifeashe wasan eccentriccharacter. However,some
readermay getput off bya busydouble page spreadandmaynot
evenreaditbecause theymightnotbe able to concentrate or
workout whatto read next.Otherreadersmayenjoyabusytwo
pagesbecause of the kindof aestheticstheyfindpleasingtothe
eye.Itwoulddependonwhatthe magazine’s targetaudienceis
whethertheywouldwantabusypage or a simple one.
The imagesusedhave small boxesof textnextto
themto explainwhattheyare,these are black.
QuotesfromBowie are not intextboxesandare
pink.Othertextboxesare usedforthe big
paragraphsand are on white boxes.The use of
differentsized boxesandcolouredboxesaddsto
the effectof the double page spreadbeingbusy.
If I were touse the same sizedfontsandkeep
the boxesinline,itwouldminimalize the page
and make itlooksimpler.Asthatisthe lookI’m
goingfor,I will keepaway fromusingtoomany
differentcoloursforfontsandsizesfortext
boxesbecause thiswillmake mypage lookbusy
whichiswhat I don’twant. Although,thisdouble
page spreadworksas a busyone because itis
meantto commemorate the eccentriccharacter
of DavidBowie.