When I researched double page spreads on google a range of magazines showed up from both professional magazine houses and past school magazines and each one vary from the themes they use and the presentation of texts and pictures.
These two double page spreads (above) are quite cluttered with all the images they use and how much text they want to include, the similarity between these two spreads is how it is presented, both are based upon an interview that has taken place over a specific topic. These pages are what is constructed as quite stereotypical for bad and rule breaker teen, mostly because the man on the page on the right has tattoos all over his arms, and has piercings and spiky hair. Portraying that the producers of this magazine wants to show what a regular bad boy would look like and how the would socialise with this particular clique.
EMO. Both texts have a running theme throughout the page; the page on the left has a constant stream of blue black and white, it has the same size and type of font, with the exception of what they believe to be the most important information. "Kitty Pillman exclusive!" and "I don't do drugs but I can be an animal in the bedroom", of course this is affiliated with sex and drugs, construed with what they believe most teens are like in this generation. The page on the right has a running on black, silver and white theme with a hint of pink in a particular quote off the model. Yet this page has a large boarder unlike the "Kitty Pillman" page, showing it's own style that doesn't follow tradition, they believe that they should stand out from the crowd compared to all other magazines for this genre. Furthermore the last similarity between these two spreads is the boldness of the quote at the top of the page, both in different font sizes, types and colours. Awarding themselves an individuality effect where they do not follow trends but sets them, gaining the attention of the reader with such as huge masthead to show the key information of the page. This is something I could use in my own magazine, I could try a develop my ideas and create my very own trend, furthering myself away from the regular country western magazines.
These two double page spreads however are completely different than the other two, its all presented in its own particular format; each image, text and letter has its own space in the page, each one has it's own formula. Each peice of infomation has a specific reason for being there. There is not much to comment or object upon with these two texts, because in one there is two different colours and thats a red letter and the white/black picture with infomration, whereas the other page is white and blue, obviously displaying how these two magazines will in their own way stray from traditon and make a clean, non-cluttered and vintage magazine. Showing it has its own specific target audience; not only someone who likes music from lady gaga and the other girl, but who enjoy/ have an interest in reading texts that is in a particular format with limited colours, decorations and columns of text.
All these pages are applied to all kinds of social groups with a wide range of musical taste and fashion, it is based upon every person has a unique social identity, and music helps to achieve a persons specific distinctiveness. Creating each person to be a individual, and with each person interested in a different genre such as; screamo, punk, western and hip hop, it builds up an individuals self-esteem.
With a wide range of people in different social groups, they will be defined as an individual with respective social identities and that's what makes music so important. It gives a sense of security and familiarity an that is why each of these double page spreads are unique with particular style. They are generating ideas to the reader using the "hypodermic needle effect", that it is good to be unique and special in your own particular way.
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