Kerrang double page spread

This is a double page spread from kerrang magazine. The layout for this double page spread is quite basic with the image on one side of the page and the story on the other, the overall effect of desiging a double page spread like this is that it is neat and looks well presented and also is easy for the audeience to follow. The image takes up one whole page and shows the band green day, as the main focus is on this band this means that the story on the next page is going to be complety focusing on greenday. In the image the boys from greenday are dressed in black suits all with a differnt colour tie, the colour black could be used as a representation of the 'dark rock' that kerrang like to premote. The men in the image are also wearling black eyeliner, when a male is seen to be wearing eyeliner it normally has an ideolgy of belonging to the rock genre. The text next to the image is in a black font with an orange background. The orange background is a good contrast against the dark image and will catch the audiences attention. Although the layout is set out neatly i do think it looks a bit boring and the audience may have lack of attention in reading the story when looking at it.

One thing i think this spread is lacking is a masthead, normally at the the top of the page they would be a bold masthead that instantly make the audience stop and read the page. I think if i where to see this in a magazine i would be likely to turn the page thinking that what was on show was not that interesting, however i do find the image of green day rather eye-catching as the way the greenday band members have all been dressed in black is a really good contrast to the white background on the page and the colour black could also be using the representation of the rock genre.

The main cover line on the page which reads 'Green Day get kinky with their Garage rock alter-egos'i think is a very good way of getting the audience interested the language used is quite amusing which is a lighter approach to the normal green day language which is normally quite deep and serious therefore it might intrigue the audience.