Textual Analysis: Double Page Spread!

Double Page spreads

Mojo Magazine

This double page spread is very well designed and will attract the audience to reading the article. On one page we have a catchy title "New Year, New Voice" placed on a big dark block.  The Stand first introduces the interview, with background information of the  musician who has just one an award for being the best new artist. You tell it is an interview due to the questions written in bold black writing and the answers written in plain black. Questions asked are such things as "Has winning the prize opened up any new doors for you" which is quite friendly and chatty without being to formal. Also placed on that page are two small pictures once mid close up and one long shot which relate to the written interview. It also has captions explaining the two small pictures like "MOJO editor-in-chief Phil Alexandra introduces the new voice finalists". The other page has a very large mid long shot picture covering most the top of the page with again a caption. A smaller picture is then placed at the bottom left of the page of the main subject singing which relates to the whole article. At the bottom right of the page another tiny picture of a house with a small  paragraph explaining what the picture is about unlike the other pictures that just have a small caption. The mode of address is quite informal and welcoming. The ratio of texts to pictures i think is quite low making it more attractive on the eye and people i think personally prefer to look at images.

NME Magazine

This double page spread is a little different as the page looks like one instead of two different pages. In the top left corner the main title is written in very big font automatically catching the audiences eye and is it written in both red and black. It pulls the attention of the reader to the start of the article. Right at the start they also use a drop cap making it obvious where the starting point is and emphasising the first word. A standfirst is first written, summarising the article which then leads into the more detailed article.  The sub headings like "Feel The Heat" are written in red to stand out from all of the other text. There is also a picture which starts on the first page and continues over to the second page which interlinks the two pages together. On the other side of the page pictures are more of a dominant feature compared to the other page where there is a lot of writing. There are three quite big pictures and the layout is a box shape which all fit in together. Again this is quite informal and friendly, also lighthearted. The pictures summarise the article very well as the article is about being in the nightclub, and the location of the pictures are in a nightclub, and are very colourful. In the corner of each picture there is a small caption describing what the pictures are showing. The colour scheme here is set up really nicely as makes both the pictures and writing stand out to the audience, making it clear to read.