Double page spread 5: Q magazine (Neil Young)

I have decided to analyse this double page spread of Q magazine on Neil Young because when I looked at the image it looked very indie and also Q magazine is the second most indie magazine to the NME and my magazine is going to be based on the indie genre.

The overall layout to the double page spread is that the image is on the right hand side to of the page and the article is on the left hand side of the page.  The whole page is outlined in a black background and this is good for the colour of the font as it allows yellow and white font to stand out from the black background.  The image is Neil Young playing a guitar at a gig, and his expressions make him look very rock and roll with his head banging and his open mouth to make him look like he is screaming.  The fact that the image is him playing at a gig shows that he is serious about his music and he is actually getting somewhere because he is playing gigs.  The quotation from the artist on the left hand side of the page acts as a heading and is very inspiring ('be there, be there now, be in it') and this can appeal to an audience.  The article at the bottom of the left hand page is not very long and this can be good because some audience may not like reading a lot, so if the article is short they will read it.  However it can also be bad because the article may not feature all of the information on the artist.  The main heading at the top of the page 'The 50 greatest Neil Young songs' is mainly in white font, however the '50' in the heading is in a formatted as gold font and this is very good because it stands out to the audience and shows them that he has reached a landmark of 50 great songs.  There is a very large drop capital at the start of the article, this is used to good effect because it catches the audiences eye which means they know where to start reading the article.
In my article I will also have an image that shows my artist playing a gig, however mine will not be the main image, it will be smaller.  I will also use a quotation, this is so the audience who don't wan't to read the article can just read this quotation and get a overall impression of the article.  Finally i will also use a large drop capital so that it catches the audiences eyes.