Q Magazine Double page spread

The Double page spread for the Q magazine that I currently have follow the majority of conventions for magazines that have double page spreads. The double page spread for this magazine has the basic conventional idea of a double page which is an article that is placed across two pages. Further more there are 'Drop Capitals' throughout the page with one on each page as you we can see with B and T on the first and second page. Another convention that this magazine follows is that it has some images throughout the course of this double page spread however, with some magazines they tend to just have one image and just have the rest of the magazine focused on text and information from the article that the page is about. Which is a good idea but in my opinion I think that the layout and the ideas that they had while making this magazine are quite ideal and suited for younger audiences as well as older audiences. The reason as to why I think so is that most younger audiences get easily switch off when they see a page that is just covered with writing as not all people enjoy reading and they may in general might just skip the page.

The images on this page are ideal and related to the main idea of the magazine as it helps individuals understand what the article is about as some people are visualizers. This means that they prefer having images explain things to them rather than reading. However the images in themselves have been placed appropriately and don't take up to much space, as I have seen with other magazines with the layout of the images it seems that they are using images to fill up spaces where they didn't have anything else to write about.. While it makes sense that they do this it isn't essentially a smart idea as most people may be missing out on content that they could have but they would fill up the spaces with images as they aren't bothered.

The colour scheme and house style of this magazine do mirror  the front cover and the contents page however there is no red which I found contradicting as I assumed there would at least be the brand identity at the top left hand side of the magazine with a big box with the 'Q' inside of it but however they didn't decide to go with that. The double page spread is in black and white and the only source of colour on this page is the actual images and apart from that the text that is in a green colour font.

Further more along the columns of the magazine and the sides of most of the images there is a design going down it which helps separate some of the text and also looks that this page hasn't been neglected in a sense with a bombardment of information and random images but there is a sense of design to this page which I find quite useful and a sense of bland eye candy in a sense with the lack of colour.