Research and planning - Analysis of Music magazine double page spreads - Classic Rock

The double page spread above features the famous band Aerosmith in Classic rock magazine October 2007. Each page uses 2 columns to display the article beneath a stapline mentioning the bands name, this reflects classic rocks’ typical house style as the magazine frequently has pictures of the band around the side of the page and text in the middle under a strapline.

The audience can immediately identify this as a section from classic rock because they will be familiar with the picture to text ratio. The double spread is typically more pictures than writing because they make the page look more interesting and vivid. The article uses language which reflects the bands social class/status and personality, the tone of the article is also quite formal because people reading this magazine will be quite mature.
　
For example, “ Jimmy made the guitar his own instrument, he never once gave up on his passion for music”, this reflects the bands genre/interests and also shows the text is not informal or slang. Most of the images are black and white, these reflect the age and era of the band aswell as drawing attention to the members. However, lead singer’s picture is in colour to attract most attention.