Research Double Spread Pages.

This double page spread, really conveys a cool, slightly gothic edge to the page, which is sort of the look I am heading for. The gothic feature is created due to the newspaper cuttings of words, which is a feature that I would love to involve on my double spread page. The black usage of colouring used on the font and the colour of 'Lilly Allen's' hair is to create contrast from the white background. I love how the style of writing and the colouring reflects the singer and her personality which I really feel is a nice touch to the page. I really like that the two pages strike you with speech and a large image, as at the end of the day most people buy magazines just for the images. The pages still contain context but written in a tiny font, to back up the image and speech. The double page spread is cleverly made to look like its just one large page, as the speech is overlapping onto the other page, and the large image of Lilly Allen is overlapping slightly onto the page before, I really like this effect, and I hope to use this when I come to making my final Double Page Spread. Like most magazine pages, the first capital letter is always a much larger font than the rest of the context, 'Drop cap', "I'm the only girl.."I will definitely be using this effect.

This double page spread really caught my eye, as I was flicking through some magazines for research, due to the 'Simplicity' on the layout, and the monochromatic shade, which I really like as my theme is 60's gothic, this black and white colouring would really work. Again, the casual, relaxed look to the pages, reflects the singer and her personality. Again the double page spread is made to look like one large page, which is shown by the large image of the 'Bed&Pillows', which is cleverly done, as the singer is led on the other side of the bed taking up the whole side of the page, which is commonly used in magazines the context will normally be on the left side of the page, with an image of the singer/band on the right side. Again, the pages contain a large image and large masthead, but contains small font. To improve this double spread page, I would use a 'Drop cap', to help attract the readers eye into reading the small context.

"Amy Winhouse...."

This double page spread contrasts nicely to the other two, as both pages contain a large amount of context, but still remains in a tiny font. Again, like most magazines the title/speech, and font is written on the left side, and the image of the singer is taking up most of the room on the right side of the page, but still contains writing on the side. I really like how the pages 'play with colour', as the main image is bright and vibrant, with a purpose to attract the readers eye. I really like the black&white pictures in the back ground, as they have a purpose not to stand out to give the 'lime light' to the main image, but they are their just as extra images to show the singers personality, and by the looks of it the singer seems 'Fun', just from the images portrayed of her, which is a feature I will definitely include, when I come to taking pictures of my models. I like how the black&white images are almost like a 'Film roll', it looks like it could carry on off the page. I also spotted 6 bold lines under the B&W images, which I thought was used as a clever way to separate the text and the image, but then I came up with the image of a music 'Stave', which I thought was very clever, especially as it is a 'Music Magazine'.