Grid analysis

The double page spread above shows how an image can take up as many as four columns in one grid. The heading goes across two columns and each column of text takes up one column each. This is an average layout of a magazine double page spread and is used often because the image is what tells the reader the concept of the article, the heading tells the reader who the article is about and what they are going to be reading about and the written content is smaller taking up the least amount of space because it is extra information that the audience can read if they want to.

The magazine front cover above states how the main image and heading goes across all three columns on the front cover. The magazine title and goes across just over one column and the exrta images goes across two which connotes the importance and status of the images on written content on the page.

The contents page takes up the same size grid as the front cover and has a similar layout in terms of image status and text. This is because the images with the highest status goes across over one column whereas the images with lower status only fit in over just one column. Also, the main heading goes across all three columns and then the rest of the written content takes up one column per column of writing. As you can see, the images a long the bottom go across all three columns which shows that they are of the same status to one another and have lower status to the rest of the images.