Double page spread analysis.

This is the analysis of a NME double page spread.

The layout of this page has been carefully thought out, neither the text or picture are effected by the page crease in the middle. If the writing overlapped this it would be hard to read, and if the picture overlapped this it would be distorted.

The eye contact of the subject draws the reader in, and the use of a close up gives us the feel we're up close and personal. The expressionless face he is pulling, and how he is slightly looking down on us, gives us the sense of seriousness and slight sadness, which is fits well with what the interview is about. The large letters of the title grabs our attention. The effect of having different sized letters is different to what we often see in magazines, or in text in general. The altering between black and grey makes certain words stand out, these words are the most important ones in the title (the black words).  The idea of using a powerful, comical or interesting quote of the title of the article works well, as it gives us an insight to what we are about to read. The fact that the quote is something quite abnormal and crude gives the impression we are going to read something completely different to anything we've read before.