Music Magazine Research- Q Magazine Double Page Spread Analysis-Foo Fighters

I decided that when analysing the front cover and contents page of Q Magazine, I should also analyse the Double Page Spread since I will be creating one when it comes to the production of my Music Magazine Task.

The band featured in the article is the Foo Fighters, as we have seen this from the front cover page and from the first page of the double page spread we see a large image of Dave Grohl the front man of the Foo Fighters. The choice of band in the article tells us that the target audience will mainly be fans of the music genre known as rock. The Foo Fighters is an American rock band who have an extremely large fan base throughout the world and especially in the UK, so all the fans will be buying or subscribing to this issue.
The double page spread featuring the Foo Fighters is situated over nine pages with advertisements placed throughout. The first page contains a large image of Dave Grohl , and the second has a large sticker like image saying "Dave Grohls Big Idea" followed by a black text box at the bottom containing a small blurb telling the reader what is going to be featured inside the double page spread. On the next page we see plenty of text and various images. The feature is addressed formally. The text starts off with a small blurb with information of how Taylor Hawkins has started his day, which makes him seem like a normal dad rather than a rock star. It connects with the audience of fathers and mothers who have to do this every morning, and know that not just normal people have to do it, but celebrities too. The writer addresses Hawkins in a formal style asking him questions, of which we cannot see. Hawkins answers in a very informal style saying "Me and the wife" rather than "The wife and I". He also refers to the interviewer as "Dawg", showing the audience that he is a very friendly man, and this pleases the reader as he is not like other snobby pop stars. We also see that Hawkins is not in it for the money or the fame but for the love and for his passion for music. We can also see how he does not care what other people think of him because he uses foul language such as "I always shit the bed!" and "You Dumb-ass!"

Colour is employed throughout in very basic ways. There are no bright colours used to catch your eyes out. The main colours are White, Black and Grey. This goes along with the colours employed on the front cover, but instead of a the large use of red, we clearly see that grey is one of the more dominant colours. These colours go n contrast with the genre of rock as you would usually tend to see dark colours rather than bright.

The font is the same throughout the article. We clearly see that it is a small black sans serif font around size ten. The writing is probably so small so they could fit so much information from the Foo Fighters within nine pages. The font is the same throughout the magazine which tells us that the font must be associated with the typical house style in every issue of Q magazine. At different parts throughout the feature we see large letters at the start of most sections which makes it more accessible for the reader showing them that this is going to be a different paragraph with different information. There are quotes pulled throughout the feature and blow up into a text box at various different points throughout the spread which entices the reader to read on further for certain pieces of information.

The spread is laid out very accessibly with images and text boxes separating different sections for the reader. certain pages like the first one have images that take up to 100% of the page, while others are reduced with ones taking up around 40% or 50%.

The first image used on the first page of the feature show the Foo Fighters lead front man Dave Grohl, shows us that the band are very relaxed when it comes to interviews as he stands against a door leaning on it with his left leg balancing him. He has a red cup in his hand, of which in America is usually situated with alcohol. He is taking a drink to calm his nerves possible, before he goes on stage at the House of Vans, Waterloo, London. WE know this as there is a small piece of text telling us what Dave is doing and where he is doing it. Further on into the article we see nineteen images throughout. These images consist of the band men with their family, performing on stage, drinking and images of their studios where they recorded the songs for their new album released on November 20th 2014.

The writer plans too ask band members such as Taylor Hawkins questions about the future of the band "The Foo Fighters" but Hawkins is under strict orders that he is not to open his mouth. At the end of the article we see a small line of text in italic writing saying "Go to www.Qthemusic.com now to see exclusive video interviews with all the band." This not only entices the reader to see information about the band but it is also good advertising for Q, for the readers to go on and look on their website where they also may find other interesting information.