Producing the Double Page Spread

Photo Selection • I have decided to use this

photo because I think it keeps with the intimidating theme that the front cover and contents page has therefore creating a kind of house style.

• I have decided to not alter this photo in Photoshop because I feel it looks like it should and suits the purpose the photo has.

Photo #2 • I have decided to use this

photo to try and give a more fun side to the article, by using a photo where she is happy and smiling. This will influence audience to read because it makes her appear more happy and positive, my research into double page spreads attempted this fun side to try and get the same effect.

• I think this does need Photoshop though.

Levels- Before

Levels After

Levels

• I used ‘Auto Levels’ in Photoshop to achieve this.

• I did this because the exposure levels of the photo’s could have been wrong so this was used to fix it in case they were.

• I still feel it is too bright and not contrasted enough, but I can correct this with the Brightness and Contrast tool.

Brightness + Contrast Before

Brightness + Contrast After

Brightness + Contrast

• This fixed the brightness and contrast levels because they were still wrong despite the fact that I ‘levelled’ it.

• I think the colours are slightly wrong but I can fix this using colour correction.

Colour Correction- Before

Colour Correction After

Colour Correction

• This fixed the colours which were slightly wrong. I think it needs cropping though to give the photo more of an impact.

Cropping- Before

Cropping After

Cropping

• The photo now has a lot more impact and a lot more focus is put on the model which is good because that’s where the focus of the photo should be.

Border

Border

Pull Quote • Using the text tool in

InDesign I typed in a pull quote. I decided to place it over the main photo because this was commonly done in my research and therefore making it closer to a more professional looking magazine.

• I decided to make it bold and white so that it stood out against the photo.

• I rotated it because it looks more creative and more interesting.

Header Title

• Again using the text tool, twice I typed in the header. I decided to use two fonts to further emphasise the contrast between ‘Pretty little’ and ‘Liar’ showing how they are opposites. This is also the reason why I used two colours.

• I again rotated it because I feel it looks more interesting on the page.

Introduction to the Article

• With the text tool, I typed a little introduction to the article. This is what some of my research did as it influences the audience to read the article because it stands out. I made it bold and black so that it stands out.

Standfirst

• With the text tool, I typed the first letter of the article. This is what my research did so I am doing it so that it looks more professional and more realistic. I decided to use the same colour as the header to try and keep a consistent house style within the article.

Text in Columns

• Again using the text tool, I typed the content of my article.

• My text is in columns because all of my research (apart from ‘The Source’) did all their text in columns so this makes it look more professional and more real.

Captions

• With the text tool, I typed the captions of the photos. It is a common feature for the photographs to have captions, so this helps make it more realistic.

• I made it small and italic so that it didn’t stand out too much.

Page Number

• This is using the same style as my contents page so that there is a consistent house style throughout the magazine.

• Again I used the text tool.