Magazine Analysis Double Page Spread 3

Above is an image of a very basic double page spread that had been used inside a music magazine. I like the way that they have kept everything very basic in this spread. Such as the fonts, heading and image. However when some things are simple, they sometimes turn out better.

The text is by far the main bit of the double page spread, taking up three quarters of the page and only leaving a small one quarter for an image. Now normally this is the other way around and you would suddenly asume that it is going to be boring and unappealing to the eye. However, in this case the image actually makes the spread. The way in which the image takes up a full page behind the text and the way in which the image is just a natural photo, yet very clever. Yes the text has been layered in front of the image, but the background colour on the text boxes is similar to that of the image. They have done this on purpose so that the text blends in, and yet weirdly stands out at the same time. When you look at the double page spread further you realise that the only real part of the image that is showing, is that of the man leaning against the wall, and this shows that text has been really made to fit around the man, and not the man around the text. The way that they have used this techniques is very clever.

I like this double page spread because everything done in it is simple and this is the case when you look at how the two pages are linked together to make them seem as one. All the magazine has done to link the two pages together is to have an image the size of both pages, yet again this is simple, but effective. They also used the same text boxes on both of the pages meaning that this also makes them feel as one.