Conventions of a music magazine double page article

The image above is a double page article featuring Kings Of Leon. A main feature of a double page article in a music magazine is an image of the featured artist, which usually takes up most, or all, of one of the pages. The image used is usually either a midshot or a longshot of the band being interviewed. Another main feature is a title of the article; usually a pun on the artist/album name. The title is usually a lot larger than the rest of the article and is eye catching. Another feature used in double spread articles are quotes from the interview, which are usually in a different colour and size of font so that the reader has an idea of what the article will include. A final typical convention of articles are the use of dropcaps at the start of the main body of text, this draws the reader's eye to the main text so they begin reading the article.

The main image in this article gives the impression that the artist, Pink, is friendly and this gives the impression that the article will be positive, interesting and funny to read. Using a photograph that gives this impression is a typical and important feature in music articles as it will make people want to buy the magazine to read the article, especially if they are interested in the artist, which is why the artists used are usually very popular at the time or are releasing a new album, or are making a comeback.

The colour scheme used in the main articles are important as there needs to be a good contrast between the background colour and the text colour. The contrast in colours is important so that the article is easy to read and won't aggravate the readers eyes.


The layout of double page articles are usually very similar. The main body of text is usually right aligned and split into columns to make the article look creative yet be easy enough for the reader to see and understand, as sometimes if the article is set as one major block of text, it can create problems for the reader as words can visually get muddled up which will confuse the reader and take away from the journalistic skill used in the article. 
The use of white space around the text to split from the image, as seen in the article with Pink to continue to make the article easier for people to read and it also puts a lot of focus on the image itself.

These are all very typical conventions used in magazine articles and are all features I would include in my magazine.