Double Page Deconstruction
Here I am going to deconstruct three double pages from out of different magazine's which I have chosen to do this practical.
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE:
Layout: There are two columns that have been sued to talk about the main story on this double page. they have been placed underneath the Masthead and Sub-heading on the left page, so that when people open the pages, the first side they will see be the left side. also the use of having it underneath the the masthead and sub heading is so that the readers can literally read in order, straight off the headings, it would be the story, with no distraction from any other stories, it literally goes straight in. The layout of the images have been placed in the magazine so that the right side is completely covered of a main image of the band's main singer, followed by smaller box images of the rest of the band members in different situations along the bottom of the page, going across till the end of the left page. The use of having the images so close to the text, but not in the way helps put the story together, so the double page all makes sense with an article and images to support whats in the story.The Masthead and Sub-heading have both been positioned slantey to give the reader a feeling or rock, supporting the story's theme and band theme. There has been a strap line used on the far right side of the right hand side page which is just being used to give out other information, but has been specifically placed to the far side so that it doesn't get in the way of the main story, distracting the reader. The theme of the magazine's double page has been set to a very dark, rock 'n' roll theme of black, red and white. The effect of this sets a calm yet exciting vibe, and relating to the colours of My Chemical Romance as they have the theme set the colours which suit their band. The use of the colour red in the masthead on 'We're being' and 'We can be! sets the immediate rock 'n' roll feeling and the use of the white on 'the best MCR' helps break up the colours so that the white bit stands out from the red, making it be what catchers the readers attention. The use of the colour red on the first letter in the first column, and then the writing continuing in white supporting the theme.
Images: The images used for the magazine are all of the band's members, while on stage or in the music studios. All of the images have been taken to the scale of black and white to again support the theme. All the images seem to be fairly close ups on each singer/ member in different situations to make the reader focus more on their faces and the fact that they are doing music, like singing and in the studio's to support the fact that they aren't bad people like most people make rock bands such as them selves seem to be, and instead that they are very passionate about their singing and that they are all very good friends as well as colleagues. Another use of the close ups on the singers could be to appeal to female fans and just people in general who may admire them. The main image of the main singer helps emphasis that he is the main person in their band, that he is what MCR is all about, and so that the full page of the image of him is to draw in readers, just because he is on the page.
Language: By using the word 'invite' in the sub heading, it makes the reader want to read as their has been an opportunity to find out more about MCR and their life behind stage, and so they will want to take it. By using the pre-modifying adjective 'Best', it emphasis the importance of the band, so that everyone must read their story. The use of the font size in the masthead on 'the best MCR' again helps emphasis the fact that MCR is the best already, and that out of all the bands that may be simile to their band, they are the best. The use of the Bold on 'My Chemical Romance' helps the reader focus more on the name then the sub heading itself so that that would be the main selling point of the double page. The effect of this would be so that when readers are just skim reading over the text, if not already not noticed the images, they would see 'My Chemical Romance' and draw them in into the story. Another use of the Bold effect is to show that their name is big, important, well known, therefore even if people didn't know their music or band all too well, they would want to read this anyway because of their big name.By using a tag on the left hand page 'WORLD EXCLUSIVE', it makes the reader realise that they are a world wide hit story, and that this story is a "must read" because of their fame.
DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS:
Layout: The layout of the magazine is laid out in three columns where two of them are close together right underneath the masthead on the left hand side of the magazine and the other column is on the right side of the magazine, separated. The main image for this double page has been put more or less in the middle of the magazine, letting them be in the middle of he information gathered around them. The first thing that you would see when you open this magazine would be the main image and the masthead 'Dirty Little SECRETS'. Underneath the masthead, there is a strapline, supporting the masthead by adding extra information, inviting the readers into their story. They have also used a and a pull quote on the other side of the page to the effect that it would make readers see it, and want to know what the quote is about. Just like he first magazine, the share the same theme of black, red and white to give a rock 'n' roll feeling and also relate to the band the magazine is based on.
Images: The images used in the magazine are mid camera shots of the band members which have been positioned around the main image and for the main image a picture of the full band. All the smaller images have been taken to scale of black and white, whereas the main image has been take in colour to differ from the other images and also so it stands out from he background. The colour red in 'SECRETS' and the hat in the main image and the boarders of the smaller images all link to the theme of rock 'n' roll, which was also seen in the first magazine along with red text to stand out and to catch the readers eye.
Language: In the masthead the word "SECRETS" has been used to draw the readers in to read the story as it makes them want to know what the story is about and why it has been described as a 'SECRECT'. This effect also used in the firs magazine to draw th readers in as soon as they read just the ,asthead to make the story sound like it was a 'must' read.
AEROSMITH:
Layout:The column layout of this magazine has been set out so that there are two columns on each side of the magazine relating to the story and another column relating to a different story but still about AeroSmith. The main image of Steve Tyler has been laid out so that its the first thing the will see on the left hand side of the page. Unlike the other two magazines, this double page doesn't have masthead or subheading to give a teaser about what the story is about, the effect of this makes the reader read the full story to then see what its about.
Images: The images used in the magazine have been set out across the magazine. All the smaller images have been scaled in black and white, just like the other two double pages and also the main image has been scaled in colour just like the last magazine. On the smaller images there are captions to anchor the images telling the readers where the images were taken.
Language: The language used in this magazine next to the main image is a pull-quote from Steve Tyler referring to the band and how they act which involves him being shirtless and messing around with his band members. The relates to the second image that I deconstructed which also had a pull-quote, quoting one of the band members.
