double page spread analysis

There is not alot of text on this double page spread, the left hand side page is an image, the whole page is one image of soulja boy,  (a well known rap artist) with what look like tattoo's and marker pen all over him. This dominant image will attract the readers attention, one because its an eye catching image on its own another reason that the reader will notice it is because you read left to right so it will be the first thing they look at properly then they turn onto the page. The colours that are used in the pieces of text are red and black, the same as the writing and tattoo's all over the artist's face and neck. Again in the top right corner the letter "V" is used very subtly in the bar code at the top. Judging from what i have reasearched and seen, the "V" in vibe magazine is used on almost every page. The red text is what i would classify as the more important pieces of text, for the simple reason that it introduces the artist for people who don't know who it is by the picture and the "graffiti" text about the piece of writing is underlined in red and things that are underlined are important so the underline being in red stresses it's importance. There is a greater chance that male's will be into vibe magazine and the colour red naturally attracts males. the type face used is sans serif so it easier for the audience to read. the font is very small, this is so more information can be fitted into a small space.




 This article is about Biggie smalls, also known as Notorious "B.I.G." which is why the pun "B.I.G." in the title is used. The colour yellow in the title corresponds to the "I" at the start of the piece of text, i believe this is because the title is big and bold, along with that first letter to start the paragraph off. The picture of Biggie smalls on the "I" makes it seem as though it is him talking, this is also put across with the use of direct mode of address as he is looking at the audience on the little image of him on the "I". The right hand page is a covered by a whole picture, this is picture shows biggie smalls rapping, it also shows his size compared with his peersand other rappers on the stage, it asserts his dominance over the other people, also he is the first person you notice when you look at the right hand side page. the information piece of text is in a small sans serif font so it is easy to read due to its size it has been put into the sans serif font the reason being if it was small and curly etc it would be extremely difficult to read.  

I like the whole of one page being a picture, this is used on both magazine's and i think it would go well in my magazine as im doing a "rap battle" magazine which is on the same level as rap music itself. I also like the use of the big "i" and the picture of biggie smalls in there fits really well and looks professional! Another reason i like it is because i like using images in my work so it would be a personal benefactor. I would like to use a pun or quotation as the title of my work, i think it works really well in these two article's and i think it would work in my magazine too.