"2pg Spread: Voice, Language and Audience"

2-page spreads vary from genre to genre, depending on what the genre is focused on. Fashion magazines tend to have a modern touch to them and more of a picture aspect to them, while a gaming magazine might have a more 64-bit touch to it. As for the components you put in it is entirely up to the conventions your genre has and also your reasoning

General Example:

General conventions of 2-page spreads can include quotes, the main image, columns, headlines, and the color scheme rules. Main images give the reader a better sense of what the article is talking about, giving more understanding of the magazine and its purpose and genre. The color scheme is also important because if not implemented, the audience may feel unsettled. The absence of a good color scheme can also give your magazine an unprofessional look, which may damage the reputation of the magazine. For guidance, headlines can also be implemented. In this case, the headline is "The revenge of Mark Ronson", which gives the audience a hint of what the article is talking about. Headlines are also important because the table of contents, it can relay the headline, confirming to the audience that they found the right article to read. Columns are also an important aspect of spreads, which is implemented in this spread too. As you can see, on the left there are columns instead of one giant paragraph, which is used for a sense of formality and professionalism. This is a basic overview of what spreads are and how they are formatted.

Example 1:

This is a great example of a 2-page spread in science. This is supposed to be taking over a two-page course but is compressed into one page for visual purposes. The column feature is also shown, having the text spread into proportionate columns, giving a professional look. Something interesting I noticed is that in most science magazines, the main image is spread into two pages, not just left in one. This, I thought, was interesting because not many other magazines have it, so I might include it in one of my drafts to test it out. The headings are also shown on the top left of the left page, showing another general convention for these spreads. No pull quotes are used in this, which is fine because it may not be necessary for this specific context. The color scheme in this, to say the least, is a bit bland and doesn't have much color scheme in it. This is fine on some occasions when the spread is meant to be more informational than aesthetically pleasing. This typical science spread is probably toward a more intuitive group of people, because of how much information there is. This is my first example of a good science spread. 

Example 2:

This spread on the left is also a science spread but has a modern look. This one contains a smaller article, but still has most of the other general conventions for spreads. The main image is not just one image but is a group of images made on one page to be interactive and informational at the same time. The column convention is also used in this spread, showing two paragraphs next to each other. There is a heading in this spread too, which is most likely what the table of contents has labeled if it is there. There is a pull quote in blue under 2001, which is also an effective way to show your readers that your information is legitimate. The color scheme in this spread is also very aesthetically pleasing and gives off a modern look to the audience. The diagram on the right page also makes the page look modern, which might be crucial to have for today's society. While this is a science spread though, it breaks the rules by having limited information on the pages. This is another great example of a science magazine's spread, even more so that it breaks the rules. This magazine's target audience is the younger generation, because of the more modern look and more infographics.

Conclusion: While the spreads here are diverse, they both are science spreads, and will ever be known as that. For some people, they may just feel the outcome of this was to analyze spreads, but now I find how far the extent of science spreads are, giving me motives for my drafts. One thing I did notice though is that informational spreads don't usually have pull quotes, since they have smaller, more multiple quotes in the passage itself. This is my analysis of science spreads.

Works Cited

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