Anaylsis of Double-Page Spread - NME

This is a double-page spread taken from the popular music magazine 'NME'. The focus of this double-page spread is a band called 'The Vaccines'. 'The Vaccines' are a London-based alternative rock band that formed in 2010. This tells us a lot about 'New Musical Express' and that it introduces new, unknown bands into their magazine.

The colour scheme for these pages is black, white and blue. I think it is good how the editors of 'NME' have use a bright, bold colour with the black and white because this draws your eye to different parts of the page. The editors have also put in the blue a quote from one of 'The Vaccines' band members. By making the quote in a different colour from all of the other text, the quote now stands out and the reader of this particular article can quickly read a quote from the text and then get some idea of what it is all about. As well as the quote being highlighted, the letter at the start of each paragraph is blue, this adds to the visual aspect. Finally, another thing that is in blue is certain words in the subheading, this makes the reader see what word are important and also get the gist of what the article is about.

There are only a few different fonts that are being used in this article and this corresponds as a good thing. When choosing fonts for a magazine you do not want too many because it could make the page look too 'busy' and messy. If you use no more than three or four, at the maximum, different font it would make your magazine page look neat and tidy rather than too 'busy'. The title is in a bold, plain font. I think this looks good as although it is plain and simple, it is also affective.

'The Vaccines' picture is covering more than just one page and then the text is neatly placed on the far right-hand side. I like how 'The Vaccines' look in the image as it brings across to the reader the genre of their music just in the way they are dressed, and their stance. I like that the picture is relatively big because it does not make it look like there is that much text on the page, and some readers could be put off reading the article if there is too much text.

Overall, I really like the look of this double-page spread. I like how the picture looks and when taking photos for my magazine I may make my model look like a member of 'The Vaccines' or/and pose in the same way they do. I also like the use of a bright colour with the black and white, because like I have said before: this draws your eye to different parts of the page. Lastly, when I come to do my double-page spread, like 'NME' have, I think I will be using some sort of subheading to give my reader a quick preview of what is going to be in my article.