2. •Just like in my research on silent comedy film
posters, I decided to research only silent
comedy film double page spreads as they
may be certain approaches taken my
magazines promoting silent comedies which I
could take on board.
•I found it hard to research two double page
spreads of magazines subjecting silent
comedy films. Instead, I researched one
double page spread based on Charlie
Chaplin and another double page spread on
a poem by Carl Sandburg which mentions
Charlie Chaplin. Both of these double page
spreads were published during the 1920s
which was the silent era.

4. The long shot of Charlie Chaplin shows the clothes he is wearing and emphasises the way he is
standing. A sense of comedy is seen on his face with a frown which flows with the silent
comedy subgenre.
The main image in on either page
consumes around 25% of the
double page spread telling the
reader that the images are of
sheer importance. The reader
wouldn‟t just flick through the
pages of the magazine because
two large pictures including
Charlie Chaplin are seen so the
reader may to stop to think about
reading the whole article.
The main image is anchored with a caption which the
reader may want to read before actually reading the article
as a brief summary of what the article is going to be about.
When creating my double page spread I will need to
employ a large main image of an actor to grab the readers
attention because the actor will be a famous person, a fans
favourite which the target audience will want to read about.

5. The headline “Charlie Chaplin‟s Marital Mix-Up” will tell the reader that
this article is not about a silent comedy but about Charlie Chaplin‟s life.
This will appeal to his partisan fans not just fans of his movies. The
Alliteration is effective in this heading because it makes the sentence
flow with a rhythm so it is catchy which is a quick way of getting the
readers attention. This technique is one I could use when it comes to
creating my double page spread to grab the readers attention but
making it relate more to the silent comedy we are promoting.
The bodycopy of the subheading is quite small maybe to conserve
space so that more text or pictures could be utilised on the page. The
subheading is used to keep the reader reading by doing this they
could get to know even more about the subject of the article which
will keep them intrigued.
The expressions on Charlie Chaplin‟s face relates to the subheading
“Famous Comic Adopts Role of Tragedian in Real Life” as he has face
which shows that he has experienced tragedy which the writer of this
article has done cleverly.

6. The drop cap is a conventional element used in a
double page spread which is employed here to tell the
reader where they should start reading from. Because
this is so formulaic, I would need to employ the drop cap
for my double page spread I'm going to create.
A technique which
is used that I may
want to use is the
caption curving
around the image.
It looks stylish and
saves room allowing
more text to be
used in the article.
The article has three columns which spreads across the two pages. This shows that
there is a lot information to be read about Charlie Chaplin‟s life because it is on
two pages. The bodycopy is small so that a lot of text could be used for the article
which Is something I need to take into consideration when designing my double
page spread. If my article has a lot of information I will need to make the
bodycopy smaller to save as much space as possible.

8. This image represents what is being read in the
poem, however the image is quite small unlike the two
images in the last double page spread I researched
because the poem is supposed to be more important
than the main image especially as it is an animation and
not somebody who is famous.
This magazine uses the title of the poem as the headline
maybe to tell the reader that the double page spread
isn‟t just any article but it is a poem. The subheading is
seen in the first line of the second paragraph so maybe
this a technique the writer used instead of using a pull-
out quote to bring out the line “Charlie Chaplin playing
for his friends after dinner”. The poem may have so
much words which will need to fit on to two pages and
including a pull-out quote will consume space. In
addition to that, The bodycopy of the article is small to
allow the whole poem to fit on screen.
The article has more than one Drop cap
suggesting where the reader should read from.
The folio is written at the top of the page maybe because It is used to emphasise what is happening in the
the contents page said what page the poem is on and poem, for example “knock, knock” from this
they wanted to make it even easier for the readers to point onwards you know something is going to
navigate to by putting it at the top of the page where it is happen with the use of the onomatopoeia.

9. •Although both of the double page spreads I
researched wasn‟t about a silent comedy film
itself, they were still related to Charlie Chaplin and
published in the 1920s.
•Both double page spreads includes a lot of text
and maybe I should employ this technique to
give my target audience a thorough read on the
topic which I am covering so they could know as
much as possible about my silent comedy I„m
promoting.
•I would also need to make the main image
stand out by making it the same size of a column
and by making an actor or a few actors who are
featuring in the film be in the main image.