Double-Page Spread Analysis

This double-page spread has all the conventions of the average Kerrang double-page spread. This one however takes image dominated to the next level. The whole of the two pages is one huge image. The text is then pressed against a part of the image which doesn’t need to be shown. The image is dark and not the best quality possibly to show that this article is looking back sixteen years to when the band had first started, as appose to it being recent. The caption ‘I’ll stick around.’ is in a big eye-catching text and is a pasty yellow colour so it matches the image and doesn’t distract full attention from it. The text on this article is in the top right hand corner, a placement that I will not be using when designing my double-page spread. My text will be on the left or possibly along the bottom, not in the top right. The brownish look of the whole article is to make it look old, showing that it is a ‘Classic K!’ article.

Double-Page Spread Analysis

This double-page spread has a style model that would be quite easy to replicate. It follows many codes and conventions of an average Kerrang double-page spread but there are so many different styles of double-page spread in Kerrang that it is hard to generalise. This article is definitely image dominated. The image covers most of the two pages leaving room on the right hand side for the article itself. The quote ‘I don’t miss Paramore one bit!’ is in huge big eye-catching letters. This is because this is quite a shocking revelation to be made by the former band member. The writing is split up into two columns and the questions asked are in bigger and clearly letters than the actual answers. This is so that the reader if they are just skimming the article would be able to find the questions they wanted to know the answers to with ease. The text beside the quote explains the quote and tells people about the actual article. That is why it is slightly smaller than the actual quote. The picture in the top right hand corner is off Josh Farro’s former band Paramore. This image is slightly askew possibly to show that this band has had problems and split up.

The main image shows the band members almost coming out of the trees or possibly through them. This may show that the band has just immerged ‘through the trees.’ They have came out of the wilderness and are here to stay. This deep symbolism represents the persona that the band is trying to be associated with. In my magazine I will definitely use the heavily image dominated and not at all blocky style in my double-page spread. I will also concentrate intently on the position and pose of the band members.

Contents Page Analysis

This contents page follows the majority of codes and conventions that the average NME contents page does. It has a white background which is clearly visible as the pictures and text do not take up the whole page. It has one central image that is larger than the others, possibly highlighting this article for its important or how reader friendly the article may be. The style of this contents page is artistically simple. The articles the editor thinks the reader will be more interested in are bigger than the less appealing ones. The title and page numbers are in a very clear font avoiding confusion and making it more reader friendly. The extra articles shown in the ‘plus’ section are big enough to be eye-catching and bare some importance, but does not take focus away from the main featured articles. If my magazine was going to be done in the style model of NME I would use this bare background, the large clear writing and the same or a similar placement of images to get a similar effect.

Contents Page Analysis

This contents page follows the usual codes and conventions of a NME contents page. It is predominantly white with pictures relating to articles and information about these articles dotted around. There is one central image to catch the reader’s attention. This may be attached to an article that the editor thought would be particularly popular. Most of the images in the contents page are colourful images with the focus in the person in the centre of it. The numbers are big black numbers with a white background so they are easy to read and are easily spotted. The title ‘Inside this week’ is also in big black letters with a white background. This is simplistic but it does make the purpose of the page clear. If I was to do an NME styled magazine I would have to follow many conventions and traits of this contents page as it is in the same style as an average NME contents page.

Contents Page Analysis

This contents page has a very similar layout to the average Kerrang contents page. The traditional title ‘contents’ appears as yellow writing on a black background. This will definitely appear in my magazine contents page. As always a quote appears under the title to interest and possibly intrigue the reader. The pages listed under the title ‘this week’ are down the right hand side and subcategorised by titles in the traditional yellow writing and black background. The main featured image is in the top left and is the biggest image on the page making it the most eye-catching. This is the article the editor believes will be the most popular and therefore is made the easiest to read. The rest of the featured article images are the same size and set out in an orderly fashion. I will use this style model when creating my magazine contents page. The numbers are set out in the yellow writing and black background showing that this is a running colour scheme throughout the page. The bare white background is also an attribute that I will be following. The note from the editor in the top left would also be a convention that I will follow.

Contents Page Analysis

This Kerrang contents page has the basic outline of the majority of Kerrang contents pages. The title ‘Contents’ is in the top right hand corner in yellow writing with a black background. The issue number and date is also stated here in a smaller less eye-catching font. There is one main image of an article that the editor would expect many of the readers to want to read. Therefore this image representing this article is given a large proportion of the page. The section labelled as ‘This week’ is down the right hand side and is well proportioned in relation to the featured article on this page. Each section of this is labelled clearly with again yellow writing on a black background. The pages and names of the articles are then under these subcategories. The note from the editor is in the top left of the page when previously it has sometimes appeared in the bottom left. I will do this in my contents page. The images of the articles are edited in the style of the ‘rule of thirds’ across the page. They are also laid out in an orderly style with every image except from the main featured one, the same size. I will possibly use this type of layout in my magazine.

Contents Page Analysis

This contents page has many of the qualities and conventions demonstrated by most Kerrang contents pages. The main article that the editor feels would appeal to the most to readers is given a full half a page. The background of the rest of the contents is predominantly white. This makes the black and yellow writing stand out more and makes the page more attractive to the eye. The title ‘Contents’ is in big clear letters and is in a light colour making it stand out from the black background it is pinned against. As well as this title the banner stating ‘Kerrang! This week’ is used to headline the rest of the magazine and what is contains. The word ‘Kerrang’ is in white letters as appose to the words ‘This week’ which are in yellow. This is so that the title of the magazine stands out more than the works ‘this week’ against the black banner background. There is a slight editors section which I may or may not put in my contents page. The sections of the magazine are clear shown by the big yellow writing and the black background to make them stand out. The pictures are placed very specifically with some even coming out of their frame. The page numbers and article names have a bigger font than the additional information so that the reader can choose to read the additional information if he or she wanted to. This means the reader doesn’t have to look far to find the article names.