This is a double page spread from a music magazine featuring Olly Murs. In this post I am going to be deconstructing this double page spread and looking at the conventions of a double page spread. When I am doing this I will be looking to see if there are any particular conventions that this magazine has used that I would or would not like to use when it comes to making my own double page spread for my music magazine.
This magazine isn't of the genre of magazine I am going to be creating, however I am going to be using it to look at the different layouts and styes of different genres of music magazine and see if there are any particular conventions that I would like to try and incorporate within my magazine.
This particular double page spread is from a christmas issue of this magazine so they have decided to go with the theme of christmas and winter. Therefor the magazine has used imagery of snowflakes within the background of the page. They have also titled the article "Merry Christmurs!" which is obviously a play on words with christmas and Murs, which is the last name of the feature artist. The images that they have used on this page are appropriate to the theme as they are of the feature artist, Olly Murs, and they show him in winter clothing and with christmas related items.
I don't think that using a theme would fit with the genre of my magazine. I think that if I were to use a theme similar to the one used on this double page spread it wouldn't appeal to my target audience; I think using a theme is more appropriate for younger people who like the pop genre. So therefor I wont be using a theme within my magazine.
Within the text they have used both pull quotes and drop caps. The pull quote that they have used reads "Rylan walked around naked most of the time", this pull quote is designed to intrigue the readers into reading the rest of the article as they may find it funny and they also might find some gossip. They have used a drop cap at the start of the article, this lets the reader know where to start the article. For this drop cap they have used a slightly different font to the rest of the text in the article and they have made it look as though it has been highlighted by using the yellow behind it, this makes it stand out even more.
I think that I might use both of these conventions within my magazine as I think it both looks good on the page and it makes the article easier for the reader to understand.
The strap line uses a lot of slang, you can tell the sort of accent that they would have. The accent is similar to the one which Olly Murs actually has, so it does tie in with the rest of the article. You can see this where it reads "its a jolly 'holiday". I think this is quite clever and I might consider doing something similar in my magazine.
This double page spread has used quite a lot of fonts, which I personally don't like as I think that it makes the page look too busy, however it does suit this particular magazine genre. They have used a big, bold font for the title of the article, this font hasn't been used anywhere else on the page, so this helps the title stand out even more. I will be doing this for my double page dread as I want my title to stand out from the rest of the article/interview. They have again used a different font for the strap line, the pull quote, the picture captions, the drop cap and the article/interview.
When I am making my double page spread I want to stick to a minimalistic font for my article and have a bigger, bolder font for my title. I want my page to look good but I don't want it to look busy with too many fonts like this double page spread.
I like how this article has used multiple images, yet you can still see which is the main image they want you to focus on, as it fills a full page. I think I might do something similar with my magazine as I want to use more than one image (but not too many) and I want to have one main image out of the ones I choose to use and I want it to be pregnant on the page. However I will have my images a bit more organized than this page as I don't want to make my double page spread look cluttered with different conventions.
This double page spread has used four main colours, yellow, red, blue and black. I think that this makes the page look too busy and I won't be using similar colours together in my magazine as I don't think they go together very well. However I think that having these sort of colours together suits the pop, childish genre of this particular magazine. When making my double page spread I want to have a maximum of three main colours as I don't think that it matches the genre of my magazine if I have too many colours.
This magazine isn't of the genre of magazine I am going to be creating, however I am going to be using it to look at the different layouts and styes of different genres of music magazine and see if there are any particular conventions that I would like to try and incorporate within my magazine.
This particular double page spread is from a christmas issue of this magazine so they have decided to go with the theme of christmas and winter. Therefor the magazine has used imagery of snowflakes within the background of the page. They have also titled the article "Merry Christmurs!" which is obviously a play on words with christmas and Murs, which is the last name of the feature artist. The images that they have used on this page are appropriate to the theme as they are of the feature artist, Olly Murs, and they show him in winter clothing and with christmas related items.
I don't think that using a theme would fit with the genre of my magazine. I think that if I were to use a theme similar to the one used on this double page spread it wouldn't appeal to my target audience; I think using a theme is more appropriate for younger people who like the pop genre. So therefor I wont be using a theme within my magazine.
Within the text they have used both pull quotes and drop caps. The pull quote that they have used reads "Rylan walked around naked most of the time", this pull quote is designed to intrigue the readers into reading the rest of the article as they may find it funny and they also might find some gossip. They have used a drop cap at the start of the article, this lets the reader know where to start the article. For this drop cap they have used a slightly different font to the rest of the text in the article and they have made it look as though it has been highlighted by using the yellow behind it, this makes it stand out even more.
I think that I might use both of these conventions within my magazine as I think it both looks good on the page and it makes the article easier for the reader to understand.
The strap line uses a lot of slang, you can tell the sort of accent that they would have. The accent is similar to the one which Olly Murs actually has, so it does tie in with the rest of the article. You can see this where it reads "its a jolly 'holiday". I think this is quite clever and I might consider doing something similar in my magazine.
This double page spread has used quite a lot of fonts, which I personally don't like as I think that it makes the page look too busy, however it does suit this particular magazine genre. They have used a big, bold font for the title of the article, this font hasn't been used anywhere else on the page, so this helps the title stand out even more. I will be doing this for my double page dread as I want my title to stand out from the rest of the article/interview. They have again used a different font for the strap line, the pull quote, the picture captions, the drop cap and the article/interview.
When I am making my double page spread I want to stick to a minimalistic font for my article and have a bigger, bolder font for my title. I want my page to look good but I don't want it to look busy with too many fonts like this double page spread.
I like how this article has used multiple images, yet you can still see which is the main image they want you to focus on, as it fills a full page. I think I might do something similar with my magazine as I want to use more than one image (but not too many) and I want to have one main image out of the ones I choose to use and I want it to be pregnant on the page. However I will have my images a bit more organized than this page as I don't want to make my double page spread look cluttered with different conventions.
This double page spread has used four main colours, yellow, red, blue and black. I think that this makes the page look too busy and I won't be using similar colours together in my magazine as I don't think they go together very well. However I think that having these sort of colours together suits the pop, childish genre of this particular magazine. When making my double page spread I want to have a maximum of three main colours as I don't think that it matches the genre of my magazine if I have too many colours.
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