Inspiring double page spreads

Both these double page spreads use one of the pages for a large picture of the music artist. I think this looks very effective because it gives them the focus.
On the page spread featuring "Lady Gaga", the colour scheme is very eye catching and bold. I like the huge "L" in the back ground. I may use this idea in my own music magazine. It adds a different colour to the very plain colour scheme, that without this unique detail, would look boring.
The other double page spread featuring "Alexandra Burke", has again a very plain colour scheme of black and white, but matches nicely with her clothing. Then, the artists name is in a pink. to make it stand out and seem more important.
I don't like the second double page spread at much as the first one with "Lady Gaga"because it I feel it is less effective. And if I was a reader of the magazine, the first double page spread would be more appealing because of the bold colours.
The page featuring "Lady Gaga", is aimed at an older audience than the one featuring "Alexandra Burke" and you can again tell this by the colour scheme. The colour pink, is a girly colour and gives off a "pop" vibe, whereas the colour scheme of the "Lady Gaga" one is bolder and is made to appeal to an older age group, like teenagers and young adults.
The pictures on both these spreads have the artists looking directly at the camera and doing some sort of pose. By putting "Lady Gaga" in a sepia type effect, they have given her an old fashioned feel, where as the "Alexandra Burke" one her clothes are silver and shiny. These again give off a "pop" vibe. The poses on the magazine are both very sexualised even though the one with "Alexandra" Burke on the cover, is aimed at a younger audience. Although the one with "Lady Gaga" on the page is more sexualised than the other, she is pretty much naked, with only a few necklaces on. But I think the "Lady Gaga" one is more sexualised because it is aimed at an older audience as we can tell from the colour scheme.  Another thing that shows what age audience the magazine is aimed at in the font used in both texts. The first one with "Lady Gaga" in it uses a more formal font that is straighter and in line whereas the other one with "Alexandra Burke" is more informal, although it is in a grid like the "Lady Gaga" one.
The camera angles on the "Lady Gaga" one is eye level with the audience but "Lady Gaga" is still looking down slightly at the audience. Showing that she is slightly above the reader, making her seem superior to the reader. On the second one with "Alexandra Burke" the camera is a low angle, again making her seem superior.
 

These two double page spreads are different because they are representing bands instead of just single artists. On the "Paramore" double page spread, the thing that stands out the most in the colour scheme, with a beige type background and black writing. The orange colour is very cleverly used on the spread, because its a direct match with the lead singers colour hair. This adds an element of interest to the page. I also like the style of text they have used for the title. It has a "rock" feel to it, with all the disconnected letters going all the way across the page.


Again, both of these spreads use the artists as the main focus and keep and entire page dedicated to a photo of them. I think this is the most popular way to do the magazine spread.
The second double page spread of the band "Nirvana" is also very well done. The way they have positioned the band is cleverly done, so it looks like a friendly photo and not a photo-shot photo. The main singer adds to this vibe by pulling a funny face instead of posing. I think this double page spread is very unique to the band. The colour scheme generally consists of blue, white and black. But there is an orange text box on the side of the page. This makes it seem more important than the rest of the writing around it. The camera angles in the first double page spread with "Paramore" on the front, the camera angle is lower to the readers eye line, making them seem higher up the page and more superior. The women seem more important and the leader of this group, as she is front of the two men. Although all the models have very causal poses.
In the second magazine cover with "Nirvana" on the front, the camera angles are directly on the readers eye line. So it makes the reader feel like the band members are looking directly at them. Also all the men are very close together compared to the other "Paramore" double page spread. This gives the picture a sense of closeness.

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Inspiring magazine covers

I really like both of these music magazine covers because they are both really simplistic. They both only have models on the front cover without any other information. I think how minimalistic both the covers are really make them stand out amongst other magazines.
On the both the covers, I think they use colour to their advantage, like in the first one, they use yellow of her hair and this makes the magazine stand out. Also on the"paper" magazine, the blue background really catches my eye. I feel this colour is really hard to use well, because it is so bright and many colours clash with it, but on this magazine it works really well. Both the covers use the rule of thirds, where the models eyes are on the top portion of the magazine.
Both these magazines are aimed at a collector type of market because of the little information on the front of the cover. The magazines also seem very popular, again because of the lack of information on the cover.
On the "paper" magazine, the artist is looking straight at the camera, making the reader feel like she is looking at them personally. But in the other magazine. the artist is looking up, making her seem more unaware of her photo being taken. It also makes her seem more mysterious and above the reader because the camera angle is low.
These magazines inspire me to create one similar, because I like the simplicity of them both and the way the use bold colours to stand out.


 In these magazines, the cover uses bold titles, and unlike the other ones, they have a lot of writing on the front of the covers. They have a lot of advertising on the front, showing buyers whats on the inside of the magazine. But like the other two magazines, they again use colour to their advantage. The magazine, "Mojo", has the cover, with the dominant colour of red. This again makes the magazine eye catching. It also suites the singer on the cover. The artist on the cover is "Kurt Cobain", who is known for being a grunge singer. The colour red, makes the magazine very personal to the singer that is inside.
The "rolling stone" magazine, uses a black and white theme, this again suites the singer, "Lana Del Rey". It also makes the red, bold title stand out amongst the monochrome photo. The rest of the colour scheme consists of black and white writing as well as the occasional red.
On both these magazines, the artists on the front cover have their heads over the title. This is a really simple thing to do when it comes to editing but makes it looks so professional.
On the "Mojo" magazine, "Kurt Cobain" is facing the camera, which makes it appealing to the reader because its eye catching and feels like he is looking at them personally.
On the "Rolling Stone" magazine, the artist is looking at the reader only slightly and the camera angle is low, like we are looking up at her. This makes her seem more dominant.
These magazines inspire me because, of the colour schemes and how they personally suite the artist. Again, this is simple to do but is very effective.        
   

These magazines are both of bands rather than just one person. On "guide", the band are very close to each other, so they are still obeying the rule of thirds. The colour scheme is a very basic grey background. But it has a white title, on the grey background making it stand out. Also the writing of the bands name is in dark red,again making it stand out and is eye catching. This cover has very little on the front, making it very focused on the band.
On the "NME" magazine, it is of a group again, but they are very differently positioned. They have more of casual, "caught off guard" position. It has an even more simple colour scheme than "guide". The "NME" colour scheme consists of black and white and red. The red makes the title stand out and the black and white photo suites the band. The reader is given the impression that all the important bits of the magazine are written in red, including the bands name and the title of the magazine.
The positioning of the camera on the "guide" magazine, is level with band, so the reader feels like they are looking at them directly. But on the "NME" the camera angle is a lower than the band, making them seem superior to the reader. In my opinion the angle of the camera and the fact that it is a black and white photo, adds to the "bad boy" look.
These magazines inspire me, because of the positioning of the all the band members and how well it is done. They need to give each band member the same amount of space each, otherwise it will look unprofessional.        

Introduction:
Hello, my name is Asher Downer and this is my AS media blog. This blog will contain all of my planning for my music magazine.