Many people will straight away realise that the
image on the left hand side of the page is Lady Gaga, this will also be why
there is a massive ‘L’ on the right hand side of the page because the
typography must be about her. The image is also very eye-catching, mainly
because the model is a very famous celebrity which means she is also very
recognisable but also because she is posing in a very seductive way which could
attract readers into reading the article especially men and her outfit is also
very capturing as people would never have seen anything like it which makes Lady
Gaga unique and individual. Lady Gaga also makes the left hand page very
eye-catching as she looks so perfect and
beautiful making females be a very large target audience as they may look up to
her. The model is also looking directly into the camera which could be seen as
her looking directly into the reader’s eyes. This could also help the page
stand out as she is drawing the readers in to find out more about what her article
is all about. The shot used is a medium close-up this means that we can see
more of her body language. However I really like this shot and feel that it
works really well as it is taking up the whole of the left hand side of the page;
I don’t think it would have worked as well if it was a long shot. The image is
only in black and white which I think is really effective as it makes the image
look really classy but also makes the model look a lot more seductive. It
almost makes the image look like scary as her makeup is quite dark but she also
has chains wrapped around her neck however it does reflect the models individual
and outgoing personality.
The colour scheme on the whole of the double
page spread is grey, red and white. I believe these colours work really well
together as the grey over the image makes the model look beautiful but also
makes the image look very professional looking, It also works really well with
the bright red ‘L’ as it makes the ‘L’ stand out and easy to read but also the
readers will quickly and easily acknowledge that the ‘L’ stands for Lady Gaga.
The colours are also very professional and are all very eye-capturing. The
different contrasts of the grey immediately captures the readers eye to the
image but then the massive enlarged ‘L’ will then capture the reader’s
attention and make them want to read the whole typography about Lady Gaga.
On the right hand of the page is all the typography
about ‘Lady Gaga’ as we can see there is no masthead, there is only one heading
which is ‘Lady gaga’ and this has been written in a very unique way. The word ‘lady’
has been written in non capital letters where as the word ‘Gaga’ has been
written in capital letters. This could have concentrations of her outgoing and individual
but also very unique personality. A lot of typography has been used on the page
too along with two drop capitals which has been placed in different places at
the beginning of each content page. However usually these are placed at the
very beginning of typography. This means that it looks odd having two on the
page, although it could be stating two very important paragraphs.
Overall from analysing a double page spread I
now know what a double page spread should look like and what should be included
on it. I have gained new knowledge that should help me come up with my final
idea of what to do for my double page spread. I really like this double page
spread as it looks very professional and eye-catching. The target audience for
this magazine I would say is people aged 16-30 years old. However due to the
seductive image I believe that men could be a very large number of readers who
buy this magazine.
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