Eminem DPS analysis

I have chosen this double page spread as my main layout inspiration. It has used a singular image to cover the whole two pages, I think that this is very effective as it highlights the artists massively, and shows him off as the main attraction of the article. From this it is very easy to know what you are reading about as this is very clear that Eminem is the main attraction. This effective as The artists is a very popular and famous rapper who will draw readers i to read the article instantly as they will recognise the rapper and immediately be interested in the article and therefore will read the magazine with interest and show their friends spreading the word and popularity of the magazine. To emphasise the rapper even more they have uses very simplistic techniques to make him stand out over the article. The main thing they have done is use the main title of the article the featured artists name. In doing this it allows the target audience to recognise the rapper from his name as well as from his very large image. This is done in case they didn't recognise him from the image, they would then immediately notice the very large and bold text 'EMINEM'. To make the text stand out even further they have used Eminem very well known text of having the second E backwards and in a different colour. This is a very effective marketing technique that the rapper has established, as it is very unique as no other rapper has anything like it and therefore it cannot be mistaken for anything other that 'EMINEM'. The magazine has used very simple styled layout for the article, using white text on a black background so that it is very easy to read and stands out a fair amount. For my magazine rough cut I will use a very similar technique as I will also use a singular image to fill the whole of the double page spread as i think this is very effective and a successful technique as it is used alot. I will have the background of the image cover both pages however the artists 'like in Eminem magazine' will only cover one half of it, allowing plenty of space for the article on the right hand side. I have chosen to do this as if the artist was large enough to cover both pages it would make it especially difficult for the readers to read the articles text drawing their attention away from the article.