Research for Double page spread.

Research on double-page spread.

            In the double page spread of Q magazine the image that is on the left hand side of the page is a medium close up shot of the artist lady GaGa. All of the text is situated on the right hand side of the page this gives a significant space for both the image and the text. This is done to maximize the space that is used on the page and also not to make the page look like it is filled up with to much text or not enough images. The contents page is laid out like this because the reader does not wish to be inundated with lot’s of text as it makes the page look dull and neither should there be to many images because the reader would then feel that the interview is not very well informed and will not satisfy the expectations of a main feature page in a magazine.

            The image is a medium close up shot of the top half of Lady GaGa . She is looking at the reader through the page and this is consistent with many other mages in magazines involving an artist or person. The image is an artistic photograph because the image is in Black and white. This suggests that the photographer was going for a much more artistic view of the artist as this is generally what a photographer using a black and white effect would be going for.

            In the text on the right hand side of the page is in a small font as it maximizes the space available. It also fills the page as in magazine there is generally not very many blank spaces or any spaces at all. The text contrast goes well with the white background as the font is black and this makes it easier to read. Also starts of new paragraphs have a much bigger font size used for the first letter of that particular paragraph.

             At the top of the right page there is a title of the page and who the page is about. It gives the reader a quick and easy to read title as it is clearly distinguishable title compared to the rest of the page. In the centre of the page there is big red letter L. This is there again to emphasis what the article in the magazine is about., Lady GaGa. The text is three clear blocks on the page that go down the page starting on the left hand side. In conclusionthe page is well set out with a clear and easy distinguishable layout. It should be like what my double page spread should look like.