Double Page Spread semiotic analysis

For my first mock up double page spread, I have included a lot of features including quotes, secondary and the cover model; all of these features are conventions of a double page spread which I have researched. I found quite a few magazine double page spreads which have influenced me to design my own. One of the most obvious feature is the name of the artist "FRANCIS BASCO"; I have chosen to write this in capitals because it stands out and it conveys his importance in the article. The colour of his name is in red because it follows the house style of my magazine , which is black, white and red. The cover model, and the background of the image is in black and white because of the house style of the magazine. The use of these colours allow the reader to identify that this is an Indigo magazine; the colour scheme will be recognizable to anyone.

 

I have written the quote "All you need is passion" in in white since it complements the background colour, in addition it stands out quite well. I have also changed the size of each word so that they are all different sizes, I think that this is effective because some words are bigger than others, for example "Passion" is quite large because it is quite a dramatic word and it can impact the reader.

 

For the articles, I have created a transparent box and wrote the articles on top of it. I have done this because it is clear to read the articles; I think that it is better than using a plain white box because it will look too simple and boring. I have also included a drop capital for the first letter of the article. "F" is written in white font and it is in a red box with white border lines. Again, these colours match the colour scheme of the magazine. I have included this feature because it is a common feature in most magazines, and it looks quite attractive.

 

I decided to use the pictures from my photo-shoot as the secondary images because they are still decent pictures so I wanted to  include them in  my double page spread somehow. The best option is for me to use them as the secondary images.