Research and planning: Double Page Spread Language

Double Page Spread Language

Even though two magazines can base a double page spread on the same thing (such as an interview), they can both be written and be laid out in completely different ways.

For example here is a interview spread from a pop magazine: 

This interview is surrounded by numerous bright colours such as pink, orange, blue and green. It is also put across to the reader in a fun way, obviously with a carrier bag of questions and small images for what type of question. More simpler sentences are used, some which are in speech bubbles/in a graphic to draw in teenagers and make the spread more exciting. Slang words such as 'OMG!' and 'LOL' will also be used in pop magazine articles, as stereotypically teenagers are the main people who use acronyms such as omg etc. Swearing would be prohibited from pop magazines as they can set an example for children and teenagers, and would get in a lot of trouble if they was setting a bad example. Different sections of the text are in different colours which will keep the market audiences attention. There is 3 different images on this page and lots of small graphics again to keep the market audiences focus.

And here is an example of a interview from an indie magazine: 

This image sticks to the typical colour scheme for indie magazines, which is black, white and red as the typical target audience is an older age than pop, therefor the colours are more of a strict and deep shade. Black white and red are also easy on the eye, as with pop magazines the colours have to be bright to draw in young children as they would be persuaded by bright colours and appearance more than the actual content of the article. Where as teenagers or young adults would be more persuaded by the content of the magazine than just what it looks like, as it is tailored towards individuals specific intrests where as pop is more global. The article is set out formally as the target audience is of a older age, the writing is in small columns, in black and white, whereas in pop magazines there are bright coloured writing, speech bubbles etc. The language is also directed to an older audience as there can be swearing and inappropriate language, which would not be acceptable for young individuals to watch. There is only 1 image on the page to not distract people from the text, also the image is big so that there isn't too much writing, as even though the target audience is older, it isn't that much older and the audience may be put off by 2 whole pages of writing.