Music Magazine Double Page Spread Inspirations

The first inspiration I have chosen for my magazine double page interview spread, is a Rihanna Interview which was featured in CVS magazine. This is effective, mainly due to its simplistic approach. The plain white background, allows all the text to stand out fully, which is much easier on the eyers of the reader, in comparison to if a coloured or patterned background were to be used. The columns, much like in a newspaper, break the text up into small sections, which again appears easier to the reader and more appealing, then if the entire page were to be top to bottom, full of text. What I particularly like about the is the title featured at the top of the page. It is placed in a much larger font and unlike all other text featured on the page, is placed in a more stylistic font. This is effective as it allows the text to stand out the most of everything featured on the page, which is significant as it features the artists name. Therefore  if the audience were to be flicking through the magazine, they may spot the artists name and want to read more or find out what the article on this artist is about, encouraging them to purchase the magazine. What I would like to replicate for my magazine double page interview spread, is the layout and colour of the interview questions and answers. I would like to feature two columns on the fist page, with a small introductory description placed above of who is being interview, particularly for those readers who may not have heard of the artist, but are interested in finding out more.  I would also like to replicate the different stylistic approach used for both the questions and answers to the interview. This will allow the reader to identify which parts of the text are the questions and which are the answers, therefore if they were interested in the answer to a particular question they could find it amongst the interview easily. 

The second inspiration I have chosen for my magazine double page spread, is an interview page from OK magazine. Although this is not from a music magazine, which I will be creating, I think the layout is still appropriate. The colour minimal colour scheme of red, black and white, is obviously a key  theme within the interview. This allows the image to be effective, as they have place Josie in a red dress, to tie in with the colour scheme of the text. Therefore although the image is very bright, it does not appear as busy, in comparison to if many colours were to be used throughout the page , as it is complimented by the text. What I like specifically about this page is the extracted quote from the interview. This is effective, mainly to keep the readers interest. The editor will usually pick out the most interesting quote to be used, which will ultimately encourage the reader to want to continue reading the rest of the interview. What I would like to replicate for my magazine double page interview spread, is the overall layout which I will feature on the second page. This will feature the image placed on the left hand side, taking up almost over half the page, with one column of text featured on the right hand side of the page. I feel this will be appropriate, as the large image will break up the text of the interview, to appear more appealing to the audience then if the two pages were to be full of text with no images, which may appear boring and uninteresting the reader.