These are pictures of my double page spreads. It took me quite a lot of development to come up with my final page. In my first four, i have gone with a similar lay out on my final piece, however, i have made the writing go onto the right side of the spread, and onto the picture. So i could manage this with out it looking out of place, i edited my picture, so that the sky is white, which my writing can then go onto without looking odd. The first two pictures, which the layouts are in purple and black, were just a rough copy of what i could do. I changed the way the writing was set out across the page because the way it was laid out in two columns wasn’t very exciting, and was quite dull and plain. So i then decided to place a smaller picture in between the text. This looks more catchy for the audience as it is not as dull and also adds another picture on the article, which is what the audience would want. I have the bands name on a slant in the top left hand corner because after opening the page and looking straight at the big main picture, the audience would then turn and look at the left page. Being at the top, the reader would automatically know that that is the bands name. Being on a slant adds a small effect to the article to make it look more exciting.
Also in the first four drafts, the title is going right across the two page spread. I thought this looked good, however when i done some research, i found that most double page spread interviews have the main big title on the one page only, most commonly the left hand side. (Shown below. Images taken off google images and from 'bliss' and 'more' magazine.)
After i tried this out on my left hand page, it looked a lot better and also gave me more room for writing the interview . It also evened out both pages. The font in which i have done the title in is a modern type of font, and is very eye catching because it is not to plain. I have written ‘exclusive’ in a different colour because this emphasises that one word, which is an important part of the title, because it gives the reader the information that it is ‘exclusive’.
In the first two drafts i didn't have a border around both pages, like i do on the last three drafts. This left the spread looking a bit plain and there was nothing to really ‘highlight’ the page. Then i added a monochrome sort of border on the third and fourth drafts. This looked better because it now had a theme to it, however, because there was a lot of black it looked like it was all boxed in together and gave the illusion that it was all smaller. In my final double page, i have left in two corners parts of the black and white border, however i have covered most of it in a beige type of colour. This now gives the page a bigger look to it, and lightens up the page, and because of the black corners it doesn't look as though it is all boxed in. Also, because i have left it as a light colour and not more than one colour, the more important parts of the page now stand out. Such as the ‘random facts’ and the quotes. This will catch the audiences attention more and will have information in them that would hopefully make the audience want to read the whole interview.
In my main picture i have the two artists from the band sitting on steps, with rocks in the background. I chose this background because there is not too much going on that will take the audiences attention off the band, but it is also not to plain and boring. Because it is not some fancy background, the audience would hopefully see that the band is a more down to earth group, which would appeal to them. I used a guitar as a prop because they are a band in a ‘music’ magazine so i thought it was appropriate, and also makes the picture look interesting. I have made the picture black and white apart from the two artists and their instrument. This is because it highlights them making them the main focus, however it doesn't block out the background, so you can still see it which is interesting. I thought to do this because in my fourth draft, when i put the picture in it looked to ‘placed’ on the page and i wanted it to become part of the page. This is when i blended in the sky with the background of the page.I have put a smaller picture on the left hand side because the more pictures the better, because after asking a group of my friends, in the age range that the magazine is aimed at, the most thing they liked to see was pictures and not pages and pages full of mostly writing. So after my first two drafts i put in space for a second picture. I also sharpened both pictures so the colours looked better and i made the contrast higher which also made the colours better and made the pictures stand out more.The main colours on the page are colours that will appeal to both males and females. This is because i didn't want any gender to feel as though the magazine is biased and wanted the audience to feel as though it is for both males and females to read.
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