Double Page Spread Design





After my draft, I realised that my images for my double page spread were not as good as they could be, so I went out to take more photos at a location, as I wanted to show the different sides to my artist. When making my double page spread I played around with the layout a lot to see what worked best. I started out with all the images along the top, but I thought this looked too similar to my contents page and the images would look better if i tried to integrate them more. I then moved one to the bottom and changed the text around it to make it look better. On the final page of my article, I realised that it looked a bit too plain in my draft and I didnt really like the picture, so I took a different one and added some more text to the article to fill the page more. I also added in a quotation, as most magazines have them and I thought it made the page stand out a bit more and be more intersting as it was not just an image and then some text.

Contents final draft

This is my final contents page. I decided to make it two pages instead of one, like in the draft because I could include more images and more text. I decided to add in a message from the editor section because most magazines have them and it doesnt make the page seem too text heavy. I included a few of the images I took in black and white as it helps them to stand out and it doesnt make the page seem too bright, as I have chosen yellow, orange and black as my house style, and that makes it very bright, so having black and white pictures tones it down a bit.

Magazine Editing

When I created my contents page I had a lot of different ideas. I decided to change all the pictures to black and white to make them stand out along the top. I also played around with fonts and colours to see what different effects it had and which one looked the best. Also I decided to add in the title block faded in the background to tie the whole magazine together and not make it look too plain. It also draws attention to the text as it is behind , but as it is faded it doesnt over crowd the page.

Photo Editing

When I took my photos for my article, as I decided to set my scene out side along the river in west london, I couldnt really play with the lighting as it was all natural light and there was no where for me to use lights. So in photo shot I edited most of my pictures to make them brighter, or I added in lighting effects.

New Photos

I decided to go back and take some more photos for my article and a few more for my contents page. The represntation of her character wasnt right in the draft, as I wanted to show different sides to her, as the article is all about her moving on from a past relationship. I decided to go to southbank to take photos by the river as there were lots of locations there for me to take images of someone remising as well as images of her being carefree and happy.

For the contents photos I went to a local park, as I wanted it to have a sligtly more urban feel, as my magazine is mainstream so it includes a range of genres. I wanted the artist to look as if they were thinking or having fun, and thats why I chose that location as there were a lot of places for me to take photos, and I also did it at night so I could play with the ligthing.

Final Magazine Cover

Here is the final edited version of my front cover for my music magazine. I decided to change the font on the front cover to match the inside of my contents page. I also re edited the image to emphasise the shadow on the right side of her, this makes her face seem lighter as I also added a slight spot light coming down from the left hand corner.

magazine front cover , Second Draft

This is my second draft of my front cover. i changed the image because i felt that this one was stronger and portrayed her better. Also it had a slight shadow and i didnt need to remove the background as it has a slight shadow and i thought it just looked more proffesional in general. Also i changed my title block as before it seem too edited and this one is mopre simple, yet still stands out on the page.