Double page analysis
the theme of the grey and black is continued in the double page spread, with limited colour. this techneque is used to exaggerate of the significant features on the page/ the features they'd like the target demorgraphic to be aware of. the colours that are shown in this double page spread are mainly red and blue, these colours are unisex colours, this suggests that the are not following any steretypes. by doing this their audience's gaze will straight away be brought to the image of Solange Knowles, and the section of the heading (Solange Knowles).
there is a sense of a fun vibe coming from this magazine due to the pose of Solange Knowles and due to her clothing. this suggests that this magazene is aimed at teenagers due to the juvenile vibe to the images, this juxtaposes the fact that the colour theme are different shades of grey which has no correlation to the fun vibe that is presented.
all the images of this double page spread are long shots. The image of Solange that is in colour is seen to be making eye contact with the reader, this is a technique used to engage the audience and grab their attention. the black and white images of Solange that are positioned at the top of the page is not a normal magazine convention as the normal everyday magazine will normaly have a bold large headline across the double page spread. through the poisitioning of the page it is clear that Vibe magazine have changed or not included the everyday magazine conventions. this couldve been done to meet with their target audience. also to suit the personality of Solange Knowles herself, as she is known to also break conventions of R&B music and fashion, so the positionning of the page has correlation to the artist in a way.
the title of the article is one of the most prominant text on the page, due to diferent features such as the lage and bold font size. this is used to take the gaze of the customer to title, to enssure that they contiue to read on. the actual content of the text is very engaging and is presented as a fact, not an opinion through the words 'One of the years best R&B albums'. the fact that theyve specified the genre of her album means that R&B music fans are more likely to read this magazine due to their preferences.
the expression shown on Solange's face is not a joyful one, it is in fact sligtly neutral but leaning towards angry/annyed. this is relevant to the actual content of the text as in one of the columns Solange states that 'Its not fun to feel like i have to audition for everyone. Or be put on diplay for folks to say i strategically put on feather eyelashes just to be different...'. again the anger and annoyance is reinforced through what Solange had said
the headline of this double page spread is designed in a way that symbolises what the headline says as 'Fiercely' is written in bold block capitals which is in a nut shell is what fircely means. whilst creative is written in completely different font which is relating to the word 'creative'. the features of both these letters make them stand out collectively as a title, and although they have completely different font, it still doest fail to come across as one headline.
the main image is positioned in a unconventional way as its not spread across the double page, and its place on the right side of the page. this is very useful for engaging the audiences attention as when they flip the page the first thing theyll see is the image of Beyonce, this will persuade them to stay on that page and read on.
the context of the magazine is very milimalistic in comparissant to other magazines. also the alignment is positioned to the right, this has broken one of the typical magazine conventions as most magazines usually justify or align their text to the left. this is relevant to the title 'FIERCELY CREATIVE' as they has boldly chosen to go against the everyday magazine cinventions. this could be used to gain the attention of their audience due to the uniqueness of the layout.