Double Page Article Mood Board And Analysis

Here is a mood board involving a mixture of double page articles from different types of music magazines. After doing some independent research, I can state that the conventions are:

·         Certain letters which are of different font, colour, or size to the rest.

·         A consistent colour scheme.

·         Central images cut out from background or blended into the background.

·         Page numbers in the bottom corner.

·         Quotes

·         Titles

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Here is a double page spread from a Hip - Hop Connection magazine article.

The first thing that attracts the reader’s attention is the full page picture of a well-known rapper, from the "Wu Tang Clan", GZA.

The heading states 'Pure Genius' and the sub - heading mentions that without GZA the Wu Tang Clan would not be as 'big' as they are now. It says he 'Still has creativity to burn' implying that he really can take the Wu Tang Clan a lot further in the industry.

The colour scheme and font style are the same as seen on front cover of any Hip - Hop Connection magazine, and therefore it may even be seen as iconic of this magazine.

One page has a picture, and the other, information related to this picture. In this case it is a picture of GZA, and the information is about his rise to fame along with the Wu Tang Clan.

For the reader, it would be a lot easier to understand what this article is trying get across if they already know who GZA is.

p    In the magazine above, the artist is looking away from the source of the light. The page number and ‘streetz’ is on every page. The gold colouring used in the text ‘Fiasco @ 9:30’ contrasts with the black background. It also matches the artist’s clothing and jewellery. The information in this article has been put into columns in order to make it easier to read and understand. The quote consists of some words in different colour in order to highlight which words are important.

k    The magazine above is based on two of the biggest stars in arguably the world’s favourite boy band, One Direction. You could say that this makes it easier for the writer to present his article as most people will know who they are and so understand things in relation to the article which they otherwise may not have if it had involved an unknown artist. We see two separate images of them cut out from a background and literally placed on the pages. The colour scheme of light blue, white and grey seems to work extremely well, as the colours complement each other nicely. Their respected names “Zayn” and “Harry” are in a unique font and all the headings are in light blue, which helps for it to stand out. Additionally, the quotes are in a huge font for the exact same purpose.