Double Page Spread Deconstruction: Rita Ora

This is a double page spread from a music magazine featuring Rita Ora. 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.

For this double page spread they have only used one image of the main feature (Rita Ora) on the page, this is unusual for a double page spread on the feature artist as they tend to use other images of the artist on the page. I like how they have done this however as the image fills both of the pages as a background and I think it makes the magazine its self look like a well put together, professional magazine. I might do something similar when it comes to my magazine as I like how they have used the main image as the background. However I think I might use more than one image on my double page spread as I think that makes the page look more put together and interesting, and it is more appropriate for my target age group as they are teenagers so they don't like to have too much to read and they will probably get bored if the page is mainly writing. 

This double page spread does have a particular color scheme of mainly three colors, red, black and grey. I like how they have done this as I think that it looks simplistic yet it is effective and it does look good. I am going to try to stick to three main colors when doing my double page spread as I don't want my page to look to busy as it will be, not only hard for the reader to look at, but also hard for them to read and understand. 

I think that it looks good how they have used the most bold color of the three, red, as the color for the headline, the kicker and the questions from the interviewer. This helps the reader know where to start reading and it overall makes the pages easier to navigate. When it comes to making my double page spread I will use the boldest color for the questions (if I decide to do an interview), the kicker and the title. I will do this because I want my page to be as easy for my reader to navigate as possible and I also want it too look good. I am using this double page spread as inspiration for my magazine as I do like the color scheme and I want to use a similar color scheme for my music magazine.

On this double page spread the headline is just the name of the artist it is featuring, this isn't a typical thing for a magazine to do on an article as they usually include a short, snappy headline that they think will draw people into reading it. This double page spread also doesn't have a strap line under the title, but it does have a kicker which gives a brief description of the article that will persuade the reader to read on as they think that they might hear some good gossip as it reads 'plus what is really going on with her and Rihanna...'. I think when it comes to making my magazine double page spread I will have design my headline to try and intrigue my readers, although this idea of just using the artists name as the headline is simple and effective I personally don't think I will be using it. however I will be using something similar when it comes to the kicker.

The text that is seen on this double page spread is in columns, I think this is a good way of organizing the page and making it easier for the reader to understand. Usually in magazines when they use columns for organizing the text they align them so they all have the start and finish line of the columns in the same place, but in this magazine they haven't put the starting line in the same place. When making my double page spread I will be using columns for my text but I will align them properly as I think that it looks better.

The font that it see for the article is very simple in comparison to the font used for the headline. The headline is in a bold font in a much bigger size than the rest of the text on the page. I think this is a good idea as it makes it stand out from the rest of the page and it is recognizable as the headline. I will be making my headline a different font and color to the rest of the text as I want it to stand out as much as possible. The font is more simplistic in the article because it needs to be easy for the readers to read, I will do this for my article as I actually want my readers to be able to read my article. 
However the questions from the interviewer are in a different font to the rest of the text and it is in italics, this is a good way of getting the questions to stand out, apart from the color. I think it would have looked better if the kicker would have been in the same font as the questions as it would haver tied the article together more.