Analysing Double Page Spreads

    In today's lesson we looked at double page spreads in music magazines and analyzed the codes and conventions they share. I found that they all have:
. A main images that takes up at least a full page and often bleeds across to the other page.
. Drop caps are used to start paragraphs.
. The font used for normal text is ariel in size 11.
. To lay the page out 3-4 columns are used.
. Drop quotes are used out of context so you have read the whole article to find out. They are often in a bigger font.
. By-lines are written to give credit to the photographer or writer.
. A stand first is used in bigger size font and always placed near the top of the page.
. The main title is in a bigger size font to the rest of the writing and is often in a different colour.
. a consistent colour theme of around 3 colours is used on this page and throughout the magazine.
. At the bottom of the page the magazine name, issue date and page number are written in a small size font.
. In the text an artists name is always highlighted in a different colour or in italics.
. An informal mode of address is used to make the text seem more friendly for the reader.
.  there is white space in between each section so that it does not look over crowded.

This is an example of a double page spread from 'Kerrang'.