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Analysing Double Spread Pages of Country Music Magazines

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Analysing Double Spread Pages of Country Music Magazines

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The image is very big a takes up most of the page. It is very engaging and eye-catching. In addition it helps make the reader become more interested. The background is plain which makes it look more formal. High key lighting is used to add clarity to the image which makes it look more appealing.

The main heading is white, big and bold. The colour white helps make it formal and the text is big which makes it stand out. Furthermore it isThe colour white contrasts well with the image and this makes it stand out more.

The columns are based upon the rule of third. This helps make it look more structured and formal. Also most of the columns are inline and this also achieves a formal look. Secondly it is a good structure that makes the page look appealing and interesting.

The sub-heading can be easily differentiated with the main heading. This is because it is not bold and the text is smaller. This makes it easier for the reader to distinguish and to understand the headings.

The second image is used to promote their music and to give information to the readers about the bands music. Secondly it is small because the main image is very big and takes up most of the page. In addition, it graphology makes the page look even more interesting since there is more than one image.

More magazines put their website now to promote it. This is because the modern society uses the internet daily and so it shows that the internet is just as important as print.

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The bold and big drop capital is used to engage the reader and to establish a colour scheme. It makes the page look much more interesting than it is.

The rule of third is used in this page to make it look structured and formal.It helps achieve a more interesting overall feel and look.

Many images are used to engage the reader and it makes it look more interesting. The first image follows the colour scheme and this makes it look eye-catching. The setting for the images is highly conventional for a country music magazine. The props used indicate that it is a music magazine because of the guitars. They are all represented positively because in most of the images they are smiling and having fun. The lighting is high key to add clarity to the image. To add on, some of the pictures are taken in mid action and this makes the reader feel more involved. The setting is in a barn, which is conventional for country music because that is what we usually associate it with. The images are used to to eliminate negative space .

The website is promoted in the magazine because the internet is used by people daily. This is also conventional in modern magazines because the internet is just as important print magazines or newspapers.

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The main title is very big and it has a very southern font, which appeals to the target audience. It is white and bigger than any of the other text. This makes is different and therefore it stand out more than the other text. It contrasts well with the image because it is bright compared to the audience. The fact that it is place in front of the image also makes it stand out and seem more appealing.

This double spread page does not follow the rule of thirds because it is trying to achieve a informal overall feel. This could make it more interesting because most of the magazine follows the rule of thirds. Therefore it is different and more engaging, which could appeal to a younger audience.

The text is placed in front of a sky blue background, which helps distinguish it from the other text. This makes it easier for the reader to know that it is talking about something different to the other text.

The images used all have different sizes and this makes it look more appealing and different to the other pages. The images used on page 49 are music related and this appeals to the target audience. The setting for the big image is at a concert and it is taken in mid action, which further makes it stand out and interesting. They are not represented negatively because they are entertaining and involving people with their music.