Double Page Spread Analysis – Kerrang.

The Headline of this double page spread is “We’re being the best MCR we can be!”. This headline consists of 2 colours (red and white) which are both strongly contrasted with the black background making it easy to read. The text also has slits in it, which is consistent from Kerrang, which is a way of emphasising the magazine is a Rock genre, as it is trying to be slightly scary, and it will attract it’s regular target audience of young (teenagers) to middle aged.

There is multiple Images which draw the reader in. Lots of people aren’t interested in reading lots of writing, where as this double page spread is half filled or more of images of My Chemical Romance in studios, and at live gigs, which Kerrang do constantly, they use lots of photos of bands at live gigs, which will interest a lot of the target audience.

The Colour Theme of the double page spread is white, black and red, which is again consistent by Kerrang. Their front cover did has some yellow on, but the other colours are all in regular use.

The Subheader is an exciting part of the page. The word ‘news’ is in large red text, and along side it is the words ‘world exclusive’ all in capital letters, and placed in a red box with a banner in the red box to make the text stand out. This text along with all of the other text on the page is sans serif, showing maturity, and because the background is all black, and the text is predominantly white, the text is extremely clear to read. This impresses readers, they wouldn’t appreciate it if they had to struggle reading the text.

Going downwards over the right hand side of the page is titles of My Chemical Romances new songs, which will interest a lot of Rock genre fans, but will make My Chemical Romance fans really excited! Underneath the title is an explanation of what the songs are about, which is very interesting for some fans!

Underneath the main headline of the page, is a mini Introduction to the main text below. The introduction says ‘My Chemical Romance invite Kerrang to their recording studio…’. If My Chemical Romance have invited Kerrang to their studio, it instantly excites the reader (especially if they’re a My Chemical Romance fan) because if they have done that, then it is likely they will reveal lots of exciting information and facts about themselves.

The main text layout in the centre of the page is in a formal two column layout, which is easy to read, and traditional. Also, the start of the text begins with a drop cap to improve the iconography of the page, and to invite people to read the article.

All of these images are of members of the band either in a live recording/concert situation, and are playing insturments/singing, like a real band should, which distributes a sense of realism. This is supported by none of the members posing for the photo, as they aren’t looking – they don’t know a photo is being taken. Last of all, the images are in black and white, which supports the realism, and that the photos aren’t overly edited.

Double Page Spread Analysis – Q. The Image takes up half of the double page spread (one whole page). This is a close up of Jay-Z who doesn’t really fit into the category of Rock music, but he is doing the same job as a Rock star would in this photo. He is pulling a stern face, showing strength, and looking slightly scary/intimidating.

The Colour Theme of the double page spread is red, white and black as usual, showing consistency, and with a hint of yellow outlining a bit of the text on Jay-Z’s chest.

Interestingly, the main text is in a two column format, with is very formal. The main text starts some of the paragraphs with drop caps to draw a reader into the read the text, which makes the large amount of text look more appealing to read. Because the whole double page spread is based on Jay-Z, there is a huge red J placed over the top of the article’s text. This looks impressive, and works because it attracts people to read the article, and the J is transparent, allowing people to read the text underneath it which is vital.

The Headline is at the top, in the centre of the right hand page, and uses two different colours to stand out more. The font is very plain/readable, yet the text is reasonably small. Underneath the main part of the headline, (the strapline) introduces Jay-Z.

The Q Logo although it is small, is still on the page (in the bottom left corner, of the right hand page). This repeatedly lets the reader know they’re reading Q, and is great advertisement, as the more pages/places they can fit their logo in the better!

The Pull Quote on the image of Jay-Z is interesting for a lot of people, because it is a quote from Jay-z (who plenty of people aspire) and in the quote Noel Gallagher is included, who is an idol of a mass amount of people.

Double Page Spread Analysis – NME.The Image on this NME double page spread is important because it is in front of the text to make it stand out more. The woman in the image is a femme fatale, which will attract a male audience, but she isn’t smiling, she is pulling quite a strong face to continue the trend in Rock magazines, as most of the people in the images try to look at least slightly intimidating.

The Colour Theme of NME, and the regular colour theme of Rock magazines is found again in this double page spread. Red, white and black have a strong contrast when applied with each other, to make the whole pages easy to read, but also these colour represent Rock, due to their connotations of darkness, danger, and excitement, which show maturity. Younger children would not be attracted by these colours.

The Headline on this double page spread starts off in extremely large/bold text, and turns into smaller, yet darker text. Part of the title is behind the woman/celebrity in the image. The title would stand out a little more if it was in front of the image. Because the title changes size and colour, it looks more effective because it catches the reader’s eye.The title is very plain, and sophisticated, similarly to the woman in the image, and to the colour theme which shows a strong consistency.

The Strapline gives an introduction as to what the article is about, and draws the reader in by asking a rhetorical question.

The Drop Cap at the beginning of the article again is another features used to catch the reader’s eye, and encourage them to read the text, or at least the beginning so they know what it’s about.

The text in this article is in a 3 column format, which again shows the consistency and maturity in the magazine as a whole. The column format is usually easy to read because the lines aren’t very long, and because there is 3 columns, the columns aren’t excessively long either. Because there is 3 columns, and they vary in length, it looks better, where as if every column was the same size, the page would look a little more plain.

The text in the title, relates to the image, because firstly, one of Florence’s songs goes: ‘You’ve got the love’, and the title uses a play on words and says ‘USA got the love’ which is a bit of humour, and it tells the reader how successful Florence is in America. This is also shown by the strapline saying the has ‘America at her feet’, and then in the image at her feet she has the American flag.