Analysis of music magazines double page spread.

1. ANALYSIS OF DOUBLE
SPREADS
CHLOE BAKER

2. The main image is of the artist herself, usually from the
front cover. People recognise her as she is a singer and
has a new album out which is why she has a main
interview in this magazine. The lighting of the photo is
very bright and angelic. This makes her look like a good
person and fits in with the context of the
interview/question. This also goes with her reputation
to the public as a good girl, appealing to mums for
their children to look up to a good role model. The
pose is also very natural as she is smiling and her make
up is minimal but she still looks pretty. Her dress isn’t
too revealing or anything and is the same colour as
some of the text in the article. The hand on the face
makes her look very fame struck and down to earth as
she is almost shocked by the fame. This is relatable to
the public and makes more people like her as an artist
and buy the magazine.
The colour scheme is blue white and
black. The white symbolises angel like
features, this goes with the bright
lighting of the photos used. The blue
symbolises calmness and this is Pixie’s
music as she has quite calm easy going
music. The black is used to stand out
from the rest of the text. This is what
makes the reader look at what is on the
page and is a useful way of subliminally
making the readers remember what is
said, for example the rates out of 5.
The other pictures used are more like a
photo shoot. These are to fill space and
add more to the page. They are also
more fitting as smaller images as they
don’t really go with the innocent nice
look. The full eye contact is to attract
the reader’s attention and make them
want to read the article as they
recognise her as a good artist.
The layout of the main interview had the question in
blue and the answer, from Pixie Lott, in white. This
again makes her look good and innocent. Also
having the main title of the article on top of the
picture puts the word ‘perfect’ right under her face.
This makes us judge whether she is before we even
read the article by looking at her lit up face.
The black speech bubble has an extract from the
main interview. This is what we look at before
the rest of the text as it is bigger and white on a
black background making it stand out.
Furthermore, the actual writing is about her
getting mad at paparazzi which is interesting so
people will want to read about it.
The promotion of her new album is in the corner. This is a
picture put on the article to let people know about her new
release as they know people who are reading the article
probable like her music. It has the black bubble for the text
which stands out against her blonde hair and then the blue
outline of the picture to separate it from the other picture for
the interview.
Title – Firstly the title is a question. This is what draws us in as it
includes us. Also, using a famous artist makes us want to read
the interview more. The word perfect is also put into full chunky
letters to make it stand out but not as much as the artist’s name
“Pixie” put in big blue letters. This helps us to recognise the
artist and keeps our attention.

3. Title - The title is large (it takes up just under a
third of the page) and at the top of the page
right above the main image of the artist Jake
Bugg. It is a play on words 'Bitten by the Bugg'
to incorporate his name, the reader is drawn to
what seems like a spelling mistake but through
further reading of the article we learn the
reason for this. 'Bitten' and 'Bugg' are also in a
strong, bold black font compared to the soft,
white font of 'by the' this makes the words
stand out and draws your eye to them. There
are a few words that are in a different colour to
the rest of the mini paragraph. However these
are in a softer colour of white to contrast the
black. This makes us focus and look closer at
what is written there and read into it. Also the
large “J” to start off the article is big and bold
so we can clearly see it and it stand s out.
Main Image - The close up of his face shows how
grungy and how he isn’t clean cut. This is to do
with the messages his music put out. We can also
tell by his hard expression that he isn’t into all the
pop music in the chart he is more indie and
alternate. This relates to the reader and they
prefer this. His clothing is also down to earth and
down to normal showing us that he is very close
to his fans as he is like them. This goes with his
hair and make up too, he is wearing no stage
make up as he is not used to that and his hair isn’t
perfect or styles, he has done it him self or had it
done very naturally. His clothing also shows to us
that he isn’t fashionable with the latest trends but
still looks good. This is a message that is put out
to go against trends and readers can relate to this.
Image of artist - As it is a music magazine it is
expected to see a shot of the artist in action
with an instrument, it also gives the reader an
insight into they style of music as you can often
tell from what instrument they play and what
they are wearing.
The colour scheme chosen is a mild green,
white black and red. The green is very calm
and reflects how he isn’t a crazed singer
who is active all the time. Its also not
electric green so he doesn’t come across as
really out there. The white is also very calm
and shows how not all that is said needs to
stand out. The black text works well with
the green background as it stands out when
on top of it. This also works when the
background is white. Also, with the text
being black when it is put in bold it really
stands out and grabs the readers attention.
The small tag line in the centre of the
text is a way to let the consumer read
ahead a little as this is what they’re
more likely to read before the rest of
the article as its big text surrounded by
small text. Its normally one of the most
exciting parts of the interview or
something funny to grab the attention
of the reader and make them want to
read the rest of the article to find out
the surrounding information.
This small timeline of events is a good addition to
the article. This is because it contrasts the white
background by having a green one separated from
the other side with the green background. Also,
the mini subheadings for the dates are white
writing highlighted in black meaning they are
chunky and stand out.

4. The main image is covering two pages. This
is a great way to grab the readers attention
as they know who the people are and this is
why they’ve bought the magazine. Also the
clothing they're wearing is symbolic for their
music. The leather jackets and double
denim shows how they don’t identify with
other fashion tastes that go with music
styles like pop or house. They are part of the
indie culture and this means they are
individual and don’t follow trends. The
stances of them has Alex Turner at the front
as he is the main person in t he band and
everyone knows him so he is iconic of Arctic
Monkeys, this means more people will
notice the band.
The main title is in red which makes the
reader think of danger, its also in bold so
stands out to the target audience. It
contrasts with the natural back ground of
the trees which are brown and green.
Especially when Alex at the front is
smoking it pulls together the theme of
dangerous music. The words “Leather
trousers” stands out to the people who
listen to the indie style of music as they
would be wearing that type of style
clothing. Also, the stance is so casual it
connects with the reader so they feel like
they can read it with ease.
The quote is pulled from the main story line to entice the reader in.
It is put in quotes to stand out and make sure people know it is
actually what they’ve said. Also, the rest of the writing is white so
that certain words in red stand out more than others and they
contrast.
The double page spread isn’t like many
others. They have one main photo
covering 2 pages and then only a little
extract of the main article. This is like a
little taster of the big article and it
grabs the readers attention to then
take them into the big piece. This also
sets the tone. This is a good way to get
people to look at the article as having a
big picture rather than big chunks of
writing. This also gives more space on
the big main article for more
interesting writing as they are a
successful act and people want to
know as much as they can about them.
The layout of the page is big and
colourful, but not bold colours it is
colours like black and blue and the only
colour is from the back ground. This is
another way for the audience to relate
to the group as they are representing
their music through their look. Their
new album cover is all black with a bit
of white on it so we know they don’t
have pop music as it isn’t big and
bright colours. It also symbolises their
music as they have laid back style and
it isn’t all bouncy beats.