Magazine content analysis and language used

What are the conventions of a double page spread?

• I have found a few characteristics on double page spreads from the Hip-Hop Magazine.

They tend to contain one wide scale image covering a whole of a page.

Text which is generally formalAlthough the titles and headings are informal.

Informal headings and sub titlesTo appeal to young audiences

Large bulks of text to inform reader

Logo with similar colours to the image on the opposite page

The languageThis hip-hop double page spread consists of a a range of language techniques

The language of the content is mainly formal because the magazine wants the content to be legible.

Although the language may be formal inside the actual article and text.Sub headings may be informal. This is done so that we get an understanding of what music genre the magazine is from. The bold logos and also the main

image have a colour match.

This is done so that the colour scheme is continued and looks more professional. Here See the light blue and dark jacket and hat worn by The artist, so in response, the page on the Opposite has similar colours to represent the image

Matching colours areused to look professional

So, how do these magazines communicate with us?

This magazine double page spread communicates to us through the colour, language usedand also the bold logos and text. The quote next to the large image gives the audience an Insight of what is being talked about on the other page.

I reckon this is really suitable for the target audience. The informal language used and the Colours appeal to people from a younger generation as they will focus on this more.

For my magazine, I will use a large picture on one side of the spread, just like this one in order to appeal to the audience by showing them what the magazine double page spread is about. I will make the colours match so that the audience can easily understand that the two pages relate. In addition, I will include formal language in the actual content, whereas throw in some informal headings and quotes to make the young audience understand what genre they are reading from.