Double Page Spread Analysis

Double Page Spread 1 Top of the Pops

Questions are in blue and orange while the answers are in white. This is so the audience can tell which is which.

The title is big, bold and a different font to the rest of the writing.

This is the main image, it is the biggest on the page and is in the middle.

Here are two other smaller images, the audience like to look at the pictures.

This is a little introduction to the artist so the audience knows who she is.

The article is outlined with a small border which are stars. This is eye grabbing.

The editor tells the audience that this is an exclusive interview so they feel special like it is just for them.

Double Page Spread 2 We Love Pop

This is the main image, it is the biggest and in the middle of the page.

This is one of the other smaller images.

Here is a circle which makes the quote from the interview stand out. The questions are bold

and in pink while the answers are separate in normal black.

This is a caption to go with the picture.

Here is a pink box with writing inside which relates to the article. The audience will be want to read this.

The quote marks are also bigger to make it stand out more.

The article is about Turlisa, they let the audience know this because her name is printed here.

There are many similarities and differences between these two double page spreads. Even though they are from different magazines, double page spreads usually stick to regular codes and conventions. On both magazines there is a big image at the heart of the text, the image is of the person/people who the article is about. This image is the biggest one on the page and usually goes onto the next page, and the writing is also either around it or by it. On ‘Top of the Pops’ magazine the main image is of Nicola Roberts, it is the biggest image on the page and the writing is on both sides of it. On ‘We Love Pop’ magazine the image is of Kelly Rowland and Tulisa, and the writing is fitted around it. Another similarity is that both of the double page spreads are interviews therefore there are questions and answers, the questions are in bold and a different colour to the rest of the normal writing. This is so the audience can identify which are the questions and which are the answers. Another thing which both magazines have used is coloured circles which include a quote from the interview. This is eye catching for the audience as they flick through the magazine and see an interesting quote which will make them read the article. The other similarity is the use of pictures, there are multiple smaller images around the page, teens like to look at pictures of celebrity’s to see what they are doing so this would make them look at the article more in depth.

Similarities

DifferencesOn the other hand, there are differences on both articles due to the fact that they have come from different magazines. The colours are very different these are usually picked from who the artist is. On ‘Top of the Pops’ there is a dark background (brown) then lighter text (white, blue and orange), the background is dark to make the text stand out more. While on ‘We Love Pop’ a white background is used with black and bright pink text, the white background makes the pink stand out more and focuses the audience’s attention on the text. So in this sense that is a similarity however they have chosen different colours therefore it is a difference. The one other difference is that on the top of ‘Top of the Pops’ magazine it tells us that this is an exclusive article though on ‘We Love Pop’ magazine it does not tell us this. It states on the cover of the magazine that the interview with Tulisa is a world exclusive but it does not remind the audience when they are reading the article on the double page spread.