Analysis of Double Page Spread (Rolling Stone)

This is the double page spread of Rolling Stone magazine. The layout of this double page spread is quite unusual because the photo nearly takes us both pages, with only a limited bit of space for the text.

This double page spread is about Brad Pitt and his new movie. The photo is of Brad is quite an unusual photo for a music magazine as it's not really a straight shot of just him standing there. The photo gives huge impact to the double page spread as it nearly fills both pages. The photo is of Brad topless sat on a table with plaster on him. This could represent the character he is playing in his new movie as. The use of Brad topless could attract female readers to buy the magazine possibly to cut the pages out and stick them to their walls. The colour of the photo is quite dark which is very effective and gives a big impact to the reader. The use of this photo of Brad could also represent the age of Rolling Stone magazine as it looks quite an old effected photo.

The amount of text used is very limited as it looks like the text ends then follows on to the next double page spread. On this it gives a quick insight into the story behind the interview with Brad in bold black letter making it stand out and effective. Then this is followed by an introduction into the interview in black letter on a white background, this is very suitable as it is very easy to read for the reader. The use of little text and the big photo suggests that these pages are trying to be made effective through the photo because that is what takes up most of the space.

This double page spread is very effective and it is also quite unique in the way that the photo nearly covers both pages showing that Rolling Stone is popular enough to do what they like and limit the amount of text you or how big the photo is. All the font used is black on white background which is a good choice to make it stand out however, the readers may get bored of seeing black and white constantly.