Production Process of Double Page spread

Alex Cooke

To begin creating my double page I had to insert my main image, of the band subculture, into Adobe Photoshop in order

to crop it to the correct size to insert into Quark.

After cropping the image, I decided to change and edit the brightness, contrast, levels and exposure to

make the image look its best.

I then opened Quark, and created a picture box and inserted the newly cropped image. I scaled the image to fit both sides

of the double page spread and moved it to fit the correct place to see each band member.

I then added the title of the double page spread, which is the name of the band. I chose to make the ‘S’ larger and add a

line under the remaining words to give it an interesting edge that will attract the audience.

Following this, I opened up my existing interview and imported it into quark to make the basis of my

article. This includes the questions and introduction.

After importing the interview I changed the font to fit my continuing font scheme, as well as choosing

a colour and creating columns using the tool box at the bottom.

To ensure you could read the article, I created a black box around the text. I also added a stand first to give the readers

a small section of information before they read the article. I placed this beneath the headline, as it was relevant there.

After moving the text around I could see that it looked more suited at the bottom in four collums, and added a drop caps

to fit double page spread codes. I also highlighted each band members name in red, to fit the colour scheme.

After looking back at other double page spreads, I could see how many used bold typography for both the names of the

interviewee and the question. Hence I added a bold typography to each question and member of Subculture.

I then added the page number at the right hand corner of the page in a small font, and also added

the magazine name ‘iD’ to show continuity.

I then added a quote to the right page, with a highlighted word to catch the readers

attention.