Codes and Conventions of a Double Page Spread

For the codes and conventions on a double page spread you need a large image to attract the audience and the readers, normally in the picture the person/people are looking directly looking at the camera to draw you into the picture so that you feel like they are looking directly at you.

Double page spreads normally have a quote as well, it can some times be presented as a title or headline  it also could get placed next to the picture so that it breaks up the page and gives the page a bit more volume. The quote is also quite striking or controversial so that it will bring to the reader to read more of the article and will want them to by the hole magazine.

Double page spreads also have a stand first which is an introduction to the celebrity which the double page features. Some people may not realise who the celebrity is just from the picture so the introduction is good for jogging people memories, and it helps them realise who they are reading about. 

The text on double page spreads are normally size 11pt and they are mostly in arial font where as some magazines may change this so that the font fits well with the genre. Also most pages start with an extra size letter to show where they should start reading this is called A Drop Cap. Columns are also used quite frequently normally in 2-4s, columns are used to organised the text so that it doesn't look so messy and unstructured. Through out the magazine the page number, magazine name and text with in the magazine is normally all in the same type face and font. 

The main image which is featured on the double page spread is normally on the left side although some designers go against the codes and conventions and they put it on the right hand side. Sometimes the image will bleed over the hole page, this does not happen in every music magazine, it is relatively common though. The picture on the double page spread always relates to the article and the artists are ascetically pleasing. 

Double page spreads also include by-lines, These are sentences which are placed under the image to give credit to the photographer. The headlines which are used for double page spreads are always short, this is so it makes the reader intrigued. Double Page Spreads are also written in an informal way so hat it relaxes the reader. 

Through out the double page spread there is normally a colour scheme to make the page look clean and tidy, it is usually simple so that it does not over power the article. More often than not the headline of=r the artists name with be highlighted by this colour.