This is a double page spread from a music magazine featuring The Vaccines. 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 particular double page spread there is only one image, and that is of the main feature artist, The Vaccines. Most magazines tend to have one main image and other smaller images within the feature, I like how they have done this as in the image all of the band are looking into the camera, so it is like they are addressing you. So if there were more images on this page it would take away from this effect that the main image has given the reader. I might do something similar for my double page spread, but i don't think I will as I want to have more than one images on the page. I want to have multiple images (but not too many) of the artist that are appropriate to my article/interview but I don't want to just have one image on the page as I think it makes it look a bit bare, and it doesn't really stand out from the rest of the magazine.
There are three main colours used within this double page spread, these colours are blue, black and brown. These colours make the page look quite washed out, however the blue stands out against the rest. I think it looks better with a limited colour pallet as the page doesn't look too busy and the colours also reflect the genre of the band. However I think that this double page spread could have more colours on it as it does look washed out and plain. When making my double page spread I want the colours that I choose to reflect the artists genre, however I want them to be more prominent on the page as I do think the colours on this page look quite boring.
In this double page spread they have included drop caps within the paragraphs and pull quotes. These things are in the brightest colour on the page, blue. The drop caps stand out in this colour so the reader knows where to start reading and the pull quotes are used for the reader so it will make them more interested in the article and want to read it all. I might use drop caps on my double page spread as I want my magazine to be as easy to navigate as possible and I think it looks good on the page.
For this particular double page spread there is only one image, and that is of the main feature artist, The Vaccines. Most magazines tend to have one main image and other smaller images within the feature, I like how they have done this as in the image all of the band are looking into the camera, so it is like they are addressing you. So if there were more images on this page it would take away from this effect that the main image has given the reader. I might do something similar for my double page spread, but i don't think I will as I want to have more than one images on the page. I want to have multiple images (but not too many) of the artist that are appropriate to my article/interview but I don't want to just have one image on the page as I think it makes it look a bit bare, and it doesn't really stand out from the rest of the magazine.
There are three main colours used within this double page spread, these colours are blue, black and brown. These colours make the page look quite washed out, however the blue stands out against the rest. I think it looks better with a limited colour pallet as the page doesn't look too busy and the colours also reflect the genre of the band. However I think that this double page spread could have more colours on it as it does look washed out and plain. When making my double page spread I want the colours that I choose to reflect the artists genre, however I want them to be more prominent on the page as I do think the colours on this page look quite boring.
In this double page spread they have included drop caps within the paragraphs and pull quotes. These things are in the brightest colour on the page, blue. The drop caps stand out in this colour so the reader knows where to start reading and the pull quotes are used for the reader so it will make them more interested in the article and want to read it all. I might use drop caps on my double page spread as I want my magazine to be as easy to navigate as possible and I think it looks good on the page.
This double page spread has also used a pull quote from the article, they have put the pull quote in the same colour, blue, that they made the drop caps. Pull quotes stand out from the rest of the article and the readers eyes to directly towards it, therefor it is important to make the text in the pull quote interesting so it will make the reader want to read the rest of the article. I think when making my double page spread article I will use at least one pull quite as I think it is a good way to give the reader an insight into the article and I think it overall makes the page, mainly the text area, look more interesting.
On this double page spread they have put the text into columns, most articles in magazines have the minimum of three columns, however this magazine article only has two. When writing my article and designing the layout of my double page spread I will organise my text into columns, however I am not sure how many just yet.
This article has been written about The Vaccines through the point of view of someone else who knows them, the journalist hasn't interviewed the band. The style in which this has been written makes the article feel more formal. When I am writing my article I don't want it to feel as formal as this article as I do find this style quite boring, but I don't want it to be too informal either. I also want to include some form of article within my article as I think it makes it more interactive and fun to read.
This article has been written about The Vaccines through the point of view of someone else who knows them, the journalist hasn't interviewed the band. The style in which this has been written makes the article feel more formal. When I am writing my article I don't want it to feel as formal as this article as I do find this style quite boring, but I don't want it to be too informal either. I also want to include some form of article within my article as I think it makes it more interactive and fun to read.
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