The document summarizes the layout styles of the front covers, contents pages, and double page spreads of two magazines - NME and Vive Le Rock. For NME, the front cover uses a red, white, and black color scheme with a full-page lead image. The contents page lists features with images and descriptions. The double page spread uses a large split image with explanatory text. For Vive Le Rock, the front cover also uses red, black, and white with text placed at the bottom, and the contents page and double page spread prioritize images related to articles over other design elements.
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1. NME
Front cover: The colour scheme of NME is red,
white and black. The lead image is a close-up
that occupies the whole page. The masthead is
red and located in the top left corner. It uses a
simple sans serif heavy font. It has a few cover
lines on the sides of the lead image, but
otherwise it is quite simple.
Contents page: The contents page follows the
front cover’s colour scheme. The features are
on the half top of the page and they all have
pictures and a little description. The numbers
are in red at the bottom of the page, using a
heavy font. The bottom centre part of the page
is used for the regulars, using a very simple
font.
Double page Spread: The double page spread
has a big image that occupies one whole page
and a quarter of another. At the top right side
of the image there is a piece of text in a black
heavy sans serif font, followed by a column
that explains the article. On the left page there
are two columns and four images. The double
page spread also follows the colour scheme.
2. VIVE LE ROCK
Front cover: The colour scheme is red, black
and white. The masthead is red and uses a
heavy font. The lead image is a black and white
picture, and the lead line is at the bottom of
the page and uses a heavy serif font. The cover
lines are under the lead line. It has a banner at
the top of the page and another one at the
bottom.
Contents Page: The contents page has the
regulars at the top and the features at the
bottom of the page. The right side of the page
has two images related to the most important
articles.
Double page spread: Most of the left side page
is used by a column of writing. What is left of
this page and the whole of the right page has a
big image related to the article. The photo is in
black and white. This double page spread is
very simple.