Research And Planning: Double Page Analysis

This is a double page spread for a rock magazine. This is from "Kerrang" and it fits in well with the criteria of a good magazine. This is a good double page because it is bold, eye catching it and it gains the readers attention straight away.
Firstly, the title which goes over the two pages is the first thing the reader notices and this is great because the article below will explain what this means. The double page magazine has a bold title and this is important because it sums up the two pages. The font of the title is good too because it links in with the theme of the magazine and the genre of the magazine. The font isn't too much but it isn't too simplistic. This makes it good because this way there isn't too much on the page. The colours black and white are also not too complicated which makes it look more professional.
There is a large image on this double page spread and this is good because then it balances out the amount of writing it has on the double page spread. The image is good because the model is wearing red and this links with the theme and the genre of the magazine. The model also has black hair and she fits in well with the conventional idea of a person who listens to rock music. The model is also known to the rock industry so this attracts attention straight away.
This double page spread is good because of the actual content on it. The size of the font for the main part is good because you cannot read it and this is good because it's not too large. This is also good because when you actually read it then it will look big. The size of usual double page font is 11 or 12 and this is big enough to read. If it was bigger then this will actually be too large.
There is a footnote here too which is good because it shows that the text starts on this. This is made to make it clear to know where it starts.
There is also a little summary just above the big part where it summarises what the text is going to say. This is not too large nor too small. It is bigger than the main body text because this way it can be easily seen by the reader.
The background is white and this is good because it doesn't make it look too complicated and it balances the rest of it out. It makes it look simple yet still effective. This is because if it were some other colour then it would look like there is too much on the page but because it is white, it doesn't look like it's all over the place and it looks really neat.