Homework:inspirational double page spreads

I like this double page spread because it looks very eye catching. Lilly Allen is shown wearing red/tartan which immediately stands out because the rest of the double page spread is black and white, the image of lily Allen also takes up a full page. The title stands out lots because it is white on black; the letters are also all different sizes as each letter is  cut out, with every word standing out because it starts with a capital letter to show that what Lilly Allen says is important. The title takes up half the page which makes you think that there is not much writing and people would probably be more willing to read it if it looked like this. I also like the way that the writing is on the left hand side of the page I think that this is something I could include in my magazine because people automatically read from left to right.   

I like the fact that on this double page spread lady Gaga images is in black and white this looks very dramatic because it contrasts with the big red L through the text which immediately grabs the reader’s attention, I think that this is very effective and clever, it would also look good if the writing was in red and would probably make the it easier to read, however I do not like the way the text is shown because it looks like a huge amount and I personally would not want to read a massive amount of writing like that. I don’t think I will have my spread set out like this.

I like this double page spread for many reasons one being that the title USA is faded and Florence has her head in front of it this shows that she is the most important thing on the page and that the story is all about her. I also like the use of colour, the background and words are black and gray and even Florence’s clothes are black the only colour which really stands out is the red and white on the American flag and the red of Florence’s hair. There seems to be a lot of text which may put off some people, but this could be just with it being in long narrow columns and I think would be better if it had wider columns .

I like this double page spread because the image is very effective with Adela’s hair blowing across the words’ I think the use of black and white with red writing over the top works well and is very effective. I think that this double page spread lacks writing and in comparison to the others I have looked at it is very basic, but this is more like an introduction two page spread that is followed by the story. This shows that you can have close up images on your double page spread not just medium and long shots.