Double Page Spread - Plan

I began this, with the idea of doing a interview with the questions underneath, i chose this because i thought it would look more interesting then a article on this artist. the colours i chose match the front cover, the contents page so they all link together. I kept the background black so the pictures looks like it is faded into the background. I used a pull quote to bring people's attention to a answer and that can help draw readers in. At last minute i decided i didnt like the layout as it didnt represent the artist as well as i wanted.

  

 

I have decided to keep the double page spread quite plain, as I wanted people to be attracted to the interview and what is written there instead of the pictures of the other things that could be surrounding it. I wanted the picture to take up nearly half off one page as it is all about this person and then I wanted a puff to be above the picture, so when people look at the picture they know who it is, and what the interview could be about. When I write the interview up, I am going to have a section with larger text. The colour's I will be using will not be very vibrant as this magazine is for people of any age. I decided to have a black background and also the background of the picture I might use is black too so the picture will fade in well. I wanted the writing to match the colours that are used in the picture, so then it attracts people of all ages, and for women it could attract them to what the person is wearing.

This is the picture that I want to use for the DPS, as I think the fact she has her converse around her neck, defies her style and the colours that I used for the front cover match well, and I could carry on using the same colour theme all the way through. The black background will fade into the background of the page, so it doesn't look like a picture floating in the air. I was going to use lots of small picture's on the opposite side of the page, but funny ones which added a bit of sense of humour to the interview. I will add some brighter colours so the page doesn't look too dull and boring.

Double Page Spread Analysis

                   

 

On two of the double page spread, they both have the writing on one side and a picture on the other and the third one has it the opposite way round, I think to make the magazine work you would have to have the picture of centre so the picture doesn’t go disorientated when folded in half and also the same reason for the words otherwise you wouldn’t be able to read the full story. Also in the double page spread with Florence in, it hasn’t showed the full band, only the main singer so the whole band is not needed to recognise them, we see in the other double page of Coldplay and Chris Martin is closer to the camera then the rest of the band as he is the main singer of that band. Also the colour schemes that I used, the colourful images with Coldplay and the vacancies has colourful schemes but the other one doesn’t and only has black title and writing.

The pictures on two of them take up the majoirty of the page and only left a quarter of the double pages for writing, this is so when you turn the page to recogonise who the article is about and also you tend to use them as posters etc. But on the other hand the double page spread with Coldplay only uses a quarter of the page for the pictures and the rest of it for the writing, which could suggest there might of been a poster before that, or they are easily recognised and the story was featured on the front cover of the magazine.

Also the Coldplay double page, there is more than one picture of them performing which suggests the artical might be about there tour. All of the magazines have a quote from something said in the story and is matches the colour theme of the magazine.

Contents Page Final Draft

 

Second Draft

 

Plan of Contents page

 

I have decided that my contents page would be a double page like the one analysed. I have decided that i want the majority of the page to be pictures as that is what draws the audience in. I have had to plan my title so when the page folds there wont be any information missing. The puffs that I'm using will have page numbers in so people know where to find the stories which are featured on this page. I also wanted to keep the middle of the page quite clear so when it was folded, there was no information missing or disorientated.

This contents page is across two pages like a double page spread. The colour theme used in this is very plain and only has puffs of colour. The contents title is big and bold and is the first thing that will catch your eye. As there are a number of pictures on this, it doesn't drag you straight to the cover story. The contrast of the black and white is very affective as it could attract a rage of people and both men and women would want to read since there is a fashion article for men, but then we see other pictures of men who might be in a band who men would want to read about. The colours in this also match the section it is found in as the titles of the listing columns underneath it is either blue, red or yellow, and the puff's that are used to allocate page numbers are matching that colour.

This contents page is only on one page, and the majority of the page is taken up by the pictures of the artists. As the same as the other contents page the colour theme is very plain and simple, black and white with the only bit of colour being the pictures and the title. This is to draw your attention to the artists that are featured in this and the information they will be given. At the bottom of this contents page it has things about people who work for the magazine or help towards it. This magazine would attract men for me as the colours all seem to be dull and more bands and masculine things are featured in this. It also has the name of the magazine instead of the words "contents".

 

As the same as the previous contents page, this one is only on one page and nearly all of it is just of pictures. The colour theme of it is again, black and white with the only colour showing being in the pictures. They only show a limited amount of information for each picture which doesnt give much information away. They also have a advertisment to suscribe to the magazine. The title used in this also doesnt use the words "contents" but says "inside this week" so you know what to find here as a contents page.