Research and Planning: Double Spread. (5 Pages.)

A lot of these pages have plenty of things in common due to the fact they are the same or similar genre of music in the magazine. Some of the things I noticed in which I should apply to my double page spreads are very bold titles in capital letters, which are appropriate to alert the readers of the most important stories. A lot of them have comedic elements or dry humour, to keep the readers entertained. Many of the colours are on a similar palette to one another, and they all have separate themes. For example, the All-American Rejects pages have a scheme of pink, red/orange, black and white. The most popular and common colours are black and white, black for background and white for large bodies of text. All of the double spreads contain artist pictures in which are usually medium/medium close-ups for solo artists and long shots for groups, so I will apply this tip to my magazine pages. The text has plenty of parts in which are significant to the stories, such as artist names, locations, questions and key words are in a different colour to the rest, which make those specific parts of the text significant and draw attention to the main subject of the story. In a way, colour-coordinating text breaks down a story in a magazine to short and snappy information, which will be appropriate for my genre. There are artist quotes placed on top of most pictures, which allow readers to feel personal with the artist(s), as if they're having a conversation. A lot of persona flows through when quotes are used, which allow us to learn more in depth about artists.
Overall, some of the themes and elements in these double page spreads will be used in my magazine, such as colour palettes and specific uses of colour, the medium close-up shots, the quotes and the titling.