Music Magazine Double Page Spread Analysis

 

 

 

This double page spread featured in VIBE has an article on singer songwriters Rihanna and Drake. The pair teamed up to produce a new single 'What's my name' this is clearly defined byt the title in bold black writing with a yellow backing on the left hand page.  The first thing you see in the route of the eye is the title of the article. I feel they have made this the first thing you see is because it is the most important piece of text on the page. They have used the colour yellow because yellow is also a bright colour that will grab there attention, yellow also means happy. The text that’s says ‘Rihanna ft Drake’ is in blue. Rihanna is all in capitals and Drakes isn’t I feel they have done this because Rihanna is the main person as the article is about her but you know it will probably mention Drake, I feel they have but the text in blue because it is more of a male colour then yellow so it is trying to attract the males.Without much knowledge of the new song or genre the title wont make much sense, therefore this intigues the target audience to read further into the story within the article to find out more. The fact the magazine have used two major, favourited RnB icons for the double page spread indicate that they will put out to be the best. With Vibe using not only Rihanna but Drake aswell in this article is good for attracting female and male audiences, not just one specific sex. Another title becomes noticable within the yellow background; ‘Hair today gone tomorrow’. They have again placed this in bold black font against the yellow as it's a powerful combination and instantly the eye is drawn to this. Rihanna is a massive fashion icon and females will look up to her and would want her hairstyles therefore this is why I think they have wrote this in the style they have. To attract more of an audience they have put 4 different hairstyles that Rihanna has had in the past year. They may have done this for two reasons. The first; because they want to show how much she has changed and two, to show how she can pull them all off successfully, therefore the public will want one of these hairstyles that will suit them best. The audiences eye's are also drawn down to the primary optical area and the whole of this is just Rihanna’s face. This picture is conventional as she is making eye contact with the audience, I feel this is because the audience then feel mote connected with celebrity, and it makes the photo looks more effective. With Rihanna not long before writing the issue dyed her hair red she is now very noticable. Vibe use colours such as yellow and blue to compliment and contrast this red through the double page spread. I feel this is why they have made the image alot bigger so her hair catches the audience attention. The route of the eye then goes down to the terminal area. The first thing you see is a little yellow box that has a sub title saying ‘along similar lines’ this is conventional as it is short and catchy as then people will want to read this because they will want to know what this means, having only a short paragraph in the box the audience will feel it is probably worth reading. This also connects to the title as they have the same background. This shows it could be just as important as the title itself. The colour scheme that have used is black, yellow and white. The main articles background is white. I feel they have just made it white so that text and image stands out more so it catches the audience attention more. The second article about her hairs background is black but still uses the yellow box and black writing inside. They have done this because they audience then know it is about something else but it is about the same person. I feel this makes the page more interesting as it also has hair tips for girls and as Rihanna is a massive fashion icon they know people will read it and will want to buy it. Also this makes the magazine stand out from other competition on the market. Having the model in the middle of the page with two article either side containting information about that model is less conventional and gives a more edgy, creative feel to the page. This I think makes the audiences eye be drawn to the page and the magazine as a whole. I would like to interpret this into my magazine if it goes successfully.