Double Page Spread

To start constructing my double page spread I used a website called lucid press. I then chose a style of magazine to help me decide the layout of my double page. I thought this layout worked really well because I had already decided that I would accompany my photo with an interview, the two columns below the title looked really neat and easy to read.

I first chose the photo and decided to make the photo fill theright hand page; this would catch the readers’ eye. To take the photo I used a black and white filter through my camera and didn’tedit it much because I didn’t want to over edit it. I chose this photo because I like the way the model isn’t paying attention to the camera and is looking away. It shows a sense of carelessness and I didn’t want to take a photo that looked really fake and over-posed.

I then decided on the title. For the title I chose to use a quote from the interview, this will catch the audience’s attention which will encourage them to read through the article. I chose to write the quote “I am terrified!” in red because it will catch the attention and it will carry through with my theme of red white and grey.

Finally I wrote out my interview article, I came up with some basic interview questions and answers, and used the layout with two columns because it is a standard format and it looks neat and is easy to read. Above the two columns for the interview, I put two subheadings there I capital letters “EXCLUSIVE” and “INTERVIEW”. The use of capitals shows the importance of the article and it also tells you what the content is.

Contents Page

To start constructing my contents page I used lucid press again and I chose a single page with this layout with a large header and a large footer.

I chose those two photos because I thought that they would fit together as a two set, I put two together as it kind of worked as a footer banner.

I then constructed my title, I started out with deciding I would title it “what’s inside?” which is a rhetorical question which I have made large with a bold font to catch the readers’ attention, the use of a rhetorical question will make the readers curious.

After that I decided I would have a sub-heading towards the bottom of the page too highlight the interview on my double page spread, and below I wrote a bit more about it but in red, this highlights the importance of it and will catch the readers eye.

I then made the main body of the contents page, I wrote out a few page numbers and then I wrote down a short description for all the page numbers.

I chose this font because it was clean and easy to read, I also used a black font so that it didn’t take attention away front the interview announcement at the bottom of the page which is red, “Interview with Tia Roach! Turn to page 12 for more”

Front Cover

To start constructing my front cover I used the website lucid press, I didn’t use a set template to start with it was just a plain background with a title. I liked this as it meant that there was a lot more room to be creative.

I chose to use one photo of my model because it is the most important article of my magazine and the biggest feature, although I did use a photo of an award to demonstrate on my side bar.

I then chose the title of my magazine which ended up being “exit fatality” I chose this because it is supposed to link with the music theme which was kind of a rock genre, fatality sounds kind of damaging which would like to the hard-feel of the genre.

I also added the date and year of the issue sothat readers could keep track of the orders of the issues and would know when they werebrought out

Next to the photo of Tia I wrote a large heading

of her name to label the photo so it was obvious

who it was and it is in red because it is important

and will catch the readers’ attention.

Along the right-hand side of my front cover I put a

short summary of two other features in the magazine

which will give the readers an idea of the content

before they buy it.

I also underlined each title to separate it from the

actual summary so it had some sort of clear divide.