Double Page Analysis 2

The colours scheme is the classic red, white and black. The layout is a more chaotic than the usual spreads as there is the main feature image, filler images, the main body text, side bar and text, category text, captions on the images, kicker and so on. The main feature image rests on the left side of the page, like all of the images on the page; it is in black and white although look slightly sepia. The image is of the lead singer in the band, it looks like an action shot of him during a performance as he is holding the microphone and looking down almost in motion. The artist is presented to the audience as a band which cares about the music. Just above it is the category and web address which are in a black rectangular box which has a thin white stroke around the edge. Then to the right it says: ‘World Exclusive’ in another rectangular box, with a triangle shape on the end, so that it looks like an arrow. To the right of this, at the top of the right page is the header, which is a pull quote from the interview. The main header text is in three lines, the first and last being in red, and the middle in white. There is also an effect to the text as there are cracks running through the letters. Underneath this is the kicker, this begins with the band’s name: ‘My Chemical Romance’ this part of the text is in bold, the rest is normal, all is a plain sans serif white font in capitals. Below this and above the filler images is the main text which is all also in white, apart from the drop cap which is in red. There are three filler images which are below the main text. These stretch from the bottom right hand corner to just near halfway of the left page. These images consist of the rest of the band. Each image has a thin stroke line around the edge, this helps to make the images bolder against the background. All of the fonts are bold and sans serif. Each image has a caption to inform what the image is about. All the way down the side of the right page from the top of the page to the top of one of the images is the side bar. Within the side bar is another shape, almost like another arrow. This shape is red, whilst the larger outside shape is white. The text throughout both shapes is red, white and black. Simple lines are used to section the different text within the shape; also sub- headings are used. The main text is in two small columns in white.

Using Photoshop this double page spread could be made using a range of tools. Firstly, the main feature image can be brought into Photoshop. As it looks like the background of the image is still there, nothing has been done to it. Although, the right page is just black, so this could be done using the shape tool to create a shape the same size as the page, then by clicking ‘FX’ and ‘colour overlay’ the shape’s colour could be changed. The large font for ‘WE’RE BEING THE BEST MCR WE CAN BE!’ would most likely be off a website like ‘DaFont’. It would be brought into Photoshop then using ‘magic wand’ to select the letters, and pressing  ‘options’ then selecting ‘Inverse’ and then pressing ‘delete’ everything around the letters would be deleted except for the letters. The same could be done for the drop cap ‘M’ letter. The rest of the text could be made simply using the text tool. The little stars which are seen in two different areas on the page could be made simply using the ‘shape’ tool, then copy and paste so that the shapes size would stay the same for all stars.