Double Page Spread

Original sketch for my double page spread. I have chosen to have a full page photo, as I think it is effective and varies from two pages full of text. I want the full page photo to be a posed shot, and to be of the band of the lead singer I am interviewing. I do not want the photo to be close up, as a variety of shots looks good, so I want the photo to be full length and show off their clothing in a way that represents the style of their music.

I have chosen to put a small photo at the top of the first page, to make the page more interesting. I intend for the text on this page to be in the form of an interview, as it is easier to read and successful in lots of magazines. It also grabs peoples attention as the interview is with the said music artist and that will interest the reader more. On the page with the full page photo I have decided to place information on the album of the music artist, as this is done a lot in music magazines and helps promote the artists music.

Here I have started to make the album promotion for my double page spread. On the front cover, the model is the lead singer of the band Obscura. Because my magazine is rock themed, I decided to make the band dark and mysterious. The name of the band is Obscura, I came about this whilst thinking of other words for different, and I thought of obscure. Obscura sounds like a band name and gives an element of mystery. The album cover photo was shot in the woods, I wanted the photo to look very different and highlight the mystery, so I got the models to pose together in costume. I dressed the model on the left, in a red cape, like little red riding hood, and the model on the right, in a blue dress with a white apron like Alice in wonderland. I did this because I wanted my band to be dark and mysterious, and give the effect of turning something happy into something dark, this relates to rock music as it is seen as destructive and loud, and I wanted my band to represent this. The model in the middle – is the lead singer, she is slightly higher up than the other two models, and that highlights her importance and lead. She is not dressed in a fairytale costume, but in a white dress and leather jacket, this makes her stand out from the other too models as being more original and more modern.

Still planning and waiting to shoot my full page photo.

Because I have not decided on the location and the composition of my photo, I have put the album promotion on both pages to see how it looks. I thought that having it on the same page as the full page image may interrupt the photo, however I do not like it on the first page as there will not be enough room for the interview. This means that when shooting the photo for my double page spread, I need to take into account that there will be text and a photo layered on top at the bottom.

Here, just underneath the title I have put a brief summary of what the article is about, a lot of magazines do this as it starts off the article.

I have placed the photo underneath the first bit of text, to break it up from the interview. This photo was taken in the first shoot along with the cover photo.

As I have still not taken the photos for my full page, I have used one of the photos from my album cover shoot and put that in, to show what it will look like and the layout. I have not yet put the album promotion on the page.

Red writing, fits in with the black and red rock theme. The title is slightly bigger and so is the summary just underneath. This makes it stand out from the rest of the article. I then have a paragraph underneath, introducing the interview. This text is in black, to vary the colours on the page.

I have separated the questions from the answers using different colours. The red text is the questions, and the black text is the answers.

A quote at the bottom of the page, relates to one of the answers, and when your flicking through the magazine, that can grab your attention and attract you to the article.

Talks about the album promoted on the other page.

Talks about the album photo – as it is different and it gives her a chance to explain to the bands fans.

Links in the band – doesn’t just focus on her.

Includes gossip which draws the readers in.

Introduces the interview, informs the reader about the band, and includes information about how long they’ve been a band and how many albums they have released.

Talks about her personal life, this interests the readers.

Analysing Textual content

Refers to the public.

Cover photo- full length with space for the album promotion. For more detail on my photo choices – look at my earlier blog post.

Quote at the top of the page, in white writing, covers some of the blank space in the photo.

Changed text colour to white, as the red text was difficult to read on top of the photo.

To improve before submission:• Work out the colour scheme – as their are too many different text colours• Make sure all font is the same •Edit the photo, remove unnecessary components which look untidy

My final designs for the front cover, contents page and double-page spread will be posted

on my blog shortly.