Double Page Spread Research

This magazine has a very bold, obvious title covering the left hand corner of the page, while the image is on the right hand side. The text takes up the smallest portion of the spread. The spread also has an obvious colour scheme of red, black and white which are shown in the text and and the photograph. Each letter of the title has a black box around it and the letters are different sizes, making it interesting and imaginative. The fact that the title is quoting the celebtrity shows that she well known enough to not have her name ast the title; it also entices the reader to continue reading the page to find out what the story is about. Having little text on the page may encourage certain people to read it if they find a lot of text daunting and this magazine would therefore be appropriate for that type of audience.

This magazine shows similarities to the previous one in the colour shceme used and the arrangement of the image and text - both have large titles, the image across one half and then quite a small amount of text. In this magazine, part of the title of the spread is behind the girl in the image which is effective as it takes up space and makes the page more interesting. In addition, this article does not have the name of the celebrity but a title that links to them (the title 'USA got the love' links to her well-known song).

Once again, there is a clear colour scheme used here of red, white and black and the image covers half the spread. However, the title this time is the celebrities name, without any quotations or sub-headngs. One of the main features of this page is the large red 'L' representing the name 'Lady Gaga'. This effectively tells the audience who the article is about if they do not alredy know. The text on this page covers half the spread, showing there is lot more to talk about than on the previous two spreads. As the text is in black, it can be easily read over the white background and red L.

This spread is slightly different in the way it is arranged. The main image is on the left hand side of the right page, while a smaller series of images goes across the top half of the page. While the main image is in colour, the smaller ones are in black and white so as not to take the focus off the main image. The colour scheme is similar to the previous ones (red, black and white) but the colour blue has also been used to make it more interesting and attractive. The name of the magazine is in the top left hand corner of the page but there is no really obvious main title. The title is below the pictures along the top and uses the colour blue to emphasise parts of it. Beside the main image is a bold paragraph which quotes the celebtity. Below the images along the top are thick black lines which effectively seperate the images from the text on the page.