Double page spread 1

This is a double page spread for the magazine ‘Bass’. It’s all about bass music and this particular double page spread is a selection of interviews from different bassists. Each interview has its own section on the page and it’s all placed in columns so the layout is very clear and simple. It makes it seem like there is less writing then there really is, which is good because you don’t want to be loaded with too much information all at once. For each different person’s interview, there is a photo of the subject so you know who they are talking about. The ratio of image to text is quite good because there are 6 images but they are all around the edges of the pages so it looks like there is a lot of writing in the middle, I think they should be more spread out, perhaps a few in the middle.

There are sub headings for each different section which shows where one column ends and another begins and tells you the name of the person who that particular section is about. My eye is drawn to the pink section because it’s in a different colour to the rest of the page and boxed off from it. However, without it the page would looks quite plain and boring as it is black and white and even the pictures are in dark colours, which aren’t exactly eye catching. The font is clear and simple which is good to read and as it’s laid out in columns it is very easy to read.

The whole point of this spread is to tell you what bassists do, ‘in a minute or less’ and it has included six different people who are telling the magazine what they do in that time. The form it’s in is the people just describing it, so it is first person and interview style. The only sub headings used are to say who it is about.

The images used are quite dark and they show the people included in the article. Most of them are pictures from a show they must have done whereas some are professionally taken in front of shops or scenery. The clothing is mostly rock style as that genre of music commonly uses bass. The target audience would be people who like bass music as the article is in a bass magazine, and it is revealing some more information about people that might be looked up to, appealing to the readers more inquisitive side because it’s showing them more about their idols.