The document summarizes three magazine spreads about artists Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and an unnamed artist. It analyzes the title designs, images, fonts, and color schemes used and how they portray different sides or images of the artists. The spreads utilize bright colors, black and white photos, and sans serif or mixed case fonts to depict the artists as fun, modern, traditional, or seductive. The color schemes tie back to the magazines' usual styles.
1. By a whole A4 side of
The title on this double
the double page
page spread ‘Girl Girl
spread being an
Girl’. This ties in with
image of Katy Perry it
the artist’s first single
instantly shows the
which made her break
reader who the
into mainstream music
article is about. By
‘I kissed a girl’. Another
Katy being in the
small title is then
pose she is in with
shown underneath that
her fists up it shows a
of the artist’s name
masculine side to her
‘Katy Perry’ underlines
however with her
in pink which ties in
being in high waist
with the magazines
shorts and a bra top
house style and colour
it also portrays a
scheme of bright
feminine side to her.
colours such as pink,
With the image also
blue, black, white and
being in black and
red. The title’s are
white it shows a
wrote in sans serif fonts
classy, traditional
which portrays a fun,
side to the singer.
modern side to the
magazine and the
artist.
2. By one half of the
double page spread The title on this double
page spread is simply the
simply being an image
artist’s name ‘Lady GAGA’.
of the artist is shows
The word ‘lady’ is written
who the article is
in lower case serif font and
about. With the image ‘GAGA’ wrote in uppercase
being black and white sans serif font. This
is portrays a portrays to the reader that
traditional, old- she stands out and ‘breaks
fashioned, classy side the mould’ as she has both
to the artist however types of font in both upper
by her wearing no top and lower case. By the
and having her hands artists name being the title
is shows immediately who
and chains over her
the article is about.
breasts it makes the
image quite seductive
which shows there are
different sides to her.
The colour scheme of
the double page
spread is the same as A large red ‘L’ is used as
the magazines usual a watermark across the
house style; red, black whole page. The ‘L’ ties
and white. This ties in in with the artist as well
with the whole as the colour red
magazines image as anchoring in the usual
well as the traditional house style of Q
‘rock/indie’ image. magazine.