Music Magazine: Double Page Spreads



The centre image of Solange is colourful in comparasant to the other images on the spread, which are in a simple black and white, by using a coloured image of her in a bright red dress makes her stand out from the rest of the page, this could be abit of a bad thing as when I look at the page all I want to do is just stare at her picture im not intersted in reading the article. The dress and fancy shoes suggest that she is a woman of wealth and she has her own sense of style. The strip along the top of the article where she is standing doing different dance poses suggests that she is maybe a dancer and an athletic person. The line above the top of the article saying "FORGET HER SISTER, THE OUTSPOKEN SOLANGE KNOWLES CREATED ON THE YEARS BEST R&B ALBUMS", everybody knows that her sister Beyonce Knowles is a worldwide famous singer, by saying "FORGET HER SISTER" makes Solange seem much more important as if to say that she is the new girl on the block and to watch out. By putting her name in brighter blue writing again empasises the fact that she's having the article written about her and that it's possibly a big moment for her.
The article is layed out in 4 collums and they are side by side on each sides of the main picture, this makes is fit the whole page and the space is being used fairly well.
I really like this spread as it shows a fierce looking picture of her and they use a strip of images to indicate what she is all about without even having to read the article.

The main picture in this article covers the whole left hand side of the page which suggests that he is a big character. This is emphasised on the fact that he is wearing a big Rolex watch and typical designer American G-Star brand. Smoking the cigar makes him seem a little more superior as it show's him with power just the position his arms are in. The little line used about his right shoulder saying " MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER THAT EVER LIVED. I JUST WANT TO BE THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER LIVING", suggests that he was very admiring of "JACKSONS" work. He is bigging him self up to seem appealing to the readers, by saying he "just" wants to be the best enterainer living makes is seem a little more realistic and geniune as he is not trying to replace the spot of one of the most succesful and famous people of the world.
The article itself is very simple and is made up of questions ( asked by the interviewer ) and answers from himself. By looking at his picture you wouldn't think that his responses to the questions would be that detailed and long as they appear on page. This would give the audience a different out look on what they are expecting to see in comparasen to what they are about to read. I don't really that like this article as it seems bland, and there isn't much to it, me as a reader looking at this i would look at the picture and most likely turn the page. There is not very much use of colours or images, and the set out makes it look like two totally different pages. Without the tagline over his shoulder i wouldn't realise that it was part of the same article.



The picture is very edgey and quite masculine, with the checky shirt, black eyes and messy hair. The tagline saying " PEOPLE THINK IM AN ATTENTION SEEKER, BUT IM JUST HONEST" matches the picture the way it is done in capitl letters and white against a black backgroud. The letters aren't alinged properly which gives it a sense of rebelion. Her stance is quite suggestive in that she's got that rebilious side to her. Her elbow come across the other page which her stance which suggests that she's not really bothered about having a prim and proper way of posing for a picture and that she's quite layed back.
The line just above the article is in simple writing, but her name is in red and a mixure of lower and upper case, this shows that she's possibly not a very stable person who shows her personality as up and down.The whole of the page catches your eye instantly, it would make an audience be intreigued to see what this article is all about.
The background is a faded collage of pictures which also suggests that she isn't the "feminine type" and is quite boystrous and wayward. Using the the tagline that they have shows a very honest perception of her and it is in interesting subject. It makes me want to know why she has said this as it catches your attention and has you fixated straight away.
The article itself is simple and in 4 collums this keeps the simplicity of the double spread, it's nothing extravegant, but still has the power to keep you interested in the whole page.