Research Into Magazine Double page Spreads

This is a double page spread for vibe magazine. This spread is on Solagne Knowles who is Beyonce's Sister who is said to have made one of the best R'n'B albums of the year. From the page we can see that there are several pictures. There is a main image in which she is enlarged and placed near the centre of the page but more towards the right. She is in a dressed which has been brought out in full colour. This makes her stand out. From her pose we can say that she has attitude and is fashionable. On the top of the magazine we can see that there are several other poses. These poses are much smaller than the main image and are also in gray scale not full colour. Personally i think this is very creative as these pictures do not fight to stand out with the main image but are in the background. In the images she is doing model like poses which reinforces that she is a fashionable person. The text is set out in away that it does not crash with the main image. There is a whole load of text on the right page and less text on the left side. As we can see from this magazine there is not much use of colour, the main colours seen are blue and red.


This is another example of a double page spread. Here there subject is The Black Eye Peas. We can see from the page that much of the room is taken up by the image which has left very little space for the writing. The use of the large image grabs the readers attention as it is so big it cannot be missed, It is also an interesting image as we can see that two of the band members are faded and the other two are not. In this spread there is a lot of use of colour as the images are in colour and so are the background and some text.... 

This double page spread is different from most of the ones i have seen. I think this as most music magazine double page spreads normally have about one or two images of the main musician and a load of writing. But in this one as we can see, there is different images. There are images of the main band and towards the left there is three or four more images of other bands and musicians. So this double page spread is not focused only on one one band but it has little information on other bands. From the spread we can see that the main image stands out bold and we can clearly see the band members faces. The picture of the band also links to the title of the double page spread and which is also there name as they look like typical teenagers both look wise and dress wise. In terms of text there is not a lot of text. There is also a good use of the pull quote which stands out in blue. 

Personally i like this double page spread as the picture is clear and the background looks very good. You can tell this is  form a music magazine by two things, the picture of the musician (Dizzy Rascal) and the picture of the stereo. The picture and the background relates to the type of music this artist makes. For example his spray painting the wall and there is graffiti in the background, this represents his music. We can see that there is not too much text but there is a reasonable amount. The heading/title of the double page spread is very clear and bold. There is a good use of colour and objects in this spread.