Double Page Spread

This was the outcome for my first draft, being the first draft I knew there would be lots of changes and tweeks to make on this. I will now get feedback on my DPS from a fellow classmate to know which changes to make.

DPS construction (first draft)

Creating my Double Page Spread was difficult, therefore I knew a tutorial or some sort of help was required, therefore I decided to watch videos on Youtube to help me learn the basics of creating the Double Page Spread.

This video was particularly helpful as it was very helpful in getting started and covered even more than the basics.

Secondly I started to write up my article that I was going to feature. This wasn't too challenging as I was used to this style of writing in english.

The style of article I decided upon was an interview based on a series of questions. These questions were all music related whilst trying to grasp the readers attention.

Then I went on to create the magazines itself: I started with the facing pages and 3 columns to match the shared conventions of all magazines. 

 Secondly I added my images directly from my documents. I aligned these images the way I wanted them, this made it easy to know the direction of my font and where I had to place.

 Lastly I decided a title page would add a better appearance to my Double Page Spread and act as an introduction the main thing.

Contents Page 1st draft

This is the first draft of my contents page I tried to leave a lot of white space so that the page would look tidy but I think there is too much white space which I will need to correct. I put it together on inDesign and used Photoshop for the images. Seeing as this is only my first draft I will receive audience feedback and make another draft upon making my final draft.

Content Construction

These are the steps I went through to edit the main image of my content page. I used Photoshop although I will be using inDesign to create the contents page. This image features the same artist featured on my front cover. The main changes I made were lens blur for the back ground and of course cropping the image.

Inspiration for Double Page Spread

These are a few snippets I took from various magazines as a bit of inspiration. These include pull quote and drop caps which follow typical shared conventions of all double page spread.

 Byline: used to familiarize the audience with those involved with the construction of the magazine.

 I found this on one of Kerrang's magazines and thought it was a good idea. It is used to show the readers what the artist featured in DPS is made of or what their interests are.

 Drop Cap: used to draw attention to a particular section of the Double page spread or commonly used as a starting point of an article.

This is a pull quote, used to give an insight to the article. These are interesting as they give a little extra information as to what the article is about.

 In terms of photographs, sizes, shapes, colours etc. can vary quite often. The two images i have featured may look the same but are significantly different. The first on the left covers two pages which for me may not be a good idea considering my artist is a single artist which means the image would have to be spread along two pages. The one at the bottom however covers 3 quarters of the 2 pages. This takes up a lot of space and leaves no room for writing, although the writing could be brought forward and laid on top of the image. These are the little things that may be featured in my Double Page Spread and the decisions I must make.