The layout breaks into conventions – photograph on the left – text on the right hand side. The reader tends to naturally look at the right hand side first. The image does all the work, therefore it is more important what the image looks like, rather then the content of the text.
By the image being so big, makes us think we have less too read, therefore we read the article because it won’t take up much of our time. Also the image will attract fans of Florence and the Machine.
The ‘got the love’ is previously one of Florence and the Machines songs; italic writing tells us what type of person she is; very glamorous and sophisticated also very stylish.
The font of this article is quite small, so it looks less writing and more fits on the page, this is a good technique to draw your readers into thinking there is not as much to read, and by the writing being black makes it look more professional. If the text was in the same font to the title, then this would have less effect on the full page and make it look overly done, and it would not make the title stand out as much.
Why is the first letter always in bold ‘D?’ – This is to make the article stand out and to show it is the beginning of the article.
The colours are very sophisticated; red, black and white go very well together and by only the stand she is sitting on being red makes her and the rest of the article stand out more, it contrasts against the black and the whites – also making her hair stand out too.
The red and white also links to the USA flag.
How is the artist presented to the audience through images?
This artist is presented to be a confident young lady, we know this from the clothes she is wearing, we assume she is a good enough singer as she has got herself an article in this magazine.
This image could attract either male or female attention; women more for the looks and the wanting to look like her. More on the males for liking her image and maybe having a small crush.
Do you need any knowledge about this band to want to read this article?
No nessiarly as people learn new things when reading through a magazine and finding out what she does and who she is, the point of this article is to attract more fans and become more reconisged. which comes down to the image again - we need to be drawn in.
How is the artist presented to the audience through images?
This artist is presented to be a confident young lady, we know this from the clothes she is wearing, we assume she is a good enough singer as she has got herself an article in this magazine.
This image could attract either male or female attention; women more for the looks and the wanting to look like her. More on the males for liking her image and maybe having a small crush.
Do you need any knowledge about this band to want to read this article?
No nessiarly as people learn new things when reading through a magazine and finding out what she does and who she is, the point of this article is to attract more fans and become more reconisged. which comes down to the image again - we need to be drawn in.
This is not my genre however I wanted to look at different types on contents pages and the different ways in how they are presented, not depending on what the content is about.
This is a double page spread taken from the magazine 'Kerrang' Kerrang is a popular selling magazine which is released once every 2 weeks.
The band suggests allot about what target audience this is aimed at. My Chemical Romance is what the double page spread is about, showing him attracts their fans; I think the target audience are the people wanting to know more about this band.
Layout again is - imagine on the left, text on the right as well as more images across the bottom right.
The colour seam is again Red, white and black. However the colours are completely different in how each article is viewed. In comparison 'Florence and the Machine' she is made to be sexy and glamour, however this article of MCR is not... This is because the amount of colour used. The majority of this article is black therefore we know it’s more down and gloom, whereas she is dressed in black to stand out from her background. The only thing stands out on this background is the title. This tells us the title is used to draw in the reader’s attention without making the band seem 'not themselves' after looking at what the article is about we then notice the images.
In both articles the image is taking up both A4 sides, with minimal writing.
By making the font bigger has made this double-page spread really stand out a lot better. Keeping the colours consistent throughout the article really has a positive effect of making it look really professional.
Final Double cover:
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First attempt at drafting.
Final Double cover:
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