This document analyzes double page spreads from three music magazines: 1) A Lady Gaga spread from Q magazine features a close-up photo of her covering one page to signify her importance. 2) An Lily Allen spread from NME features a quote from her to entice readers and her unglamorous photo covering one page. 3) A Katy Perry spread from Rolling Stone splits her sexual photo and a more sophisticated article across two pages in their typical magazine format.

1. Analyzing Music Magazines
Double Page Spreads

2. Q Double page spread Analysis
She is wearing an outfit and posing in a way that would entice readers.
There is only There is no
one image, a title to this
medium close- double page
up of Lady spread, just her
Gaga. Lady name. This
Gaga is one of would help to
the most entice the
famous and reader because
influential if they want to
musicians at know what
this moment in information Q
time and the has about her.
fact that it fills
There is a large and bright red L which is behind the text which would be
one whole
associated with lady Gaga’s name and also the font and colour anchors the
page then it
Q magazine.
shows that the
The image has been manipulated because it is in grayscale which means
photo has
that the article fits around three colours red, white and black. These
significance.
colours anchor the Q magazine.

3. NME Double page spread Analysis
The Font stands out and catches the eye of the reader straight away.
The title of this The image of Lily
article is a Allen is the only
quote from Lily image and covers
Allen, a British one of the pages.
musician. The She is not
use of a quote wearing feminine
would entice clothes and she is
readers not glamorized
because it is which may mean
what she that they want
thinks and you to focus on
comes from what she is saying
her own mouth rather than her
which would I think the layout of the double page is quite successful because I think
persona.
appeal, the image is at the right scale and the heading stands out and eye
especially to catching as it fills most of the other page. But this means there is very
her fans. little room for the article its self and looks to small compared with the
rest of the page.

4. Rolling Stone Double page spread
Analysis
She is posing and wearing an outfit that would entice readers.
The double page The colour
spread is on the scheme is black,
world wide white and blue
superstar singer which makes the
Katy Perry. The article seem more
double page is split sophisticated and
into two sections stylish which fits
which is typical for in with the ‘Rolling
a magazine to do, Stone’ image.
one page is the There is more text
article and the on this article
other of an image than the others I
of the musician or have analyzed,
band.
Katy Perry’s photograph is very sexual as she is showing a lot of flesh and this may be
posing in a provocative manner which would appeal more to the male because they are
audience. appealing to a
The image is a contrast to the article as it very sexual whereas the article more mature
seems to be sophisticated and stylish. audience.