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Final Double Page Spread

This is my final double page spread, from the mock ups it is clear that I have changed some of the layout but done this to match the double page spread which I looked at for my research. This includes have two images instead of one. Once again I have used the base colours for my magazine, I believe I have used each colour enough so that it doesn’t appear that there were two main colours instead of three. This is because in my content page I never included any of the colour blue so I used mainly used blue and black for my double page spread to even out the colour usage. I think that the layout is eye catching because of the two images used and it is uncluttered. When I was first doing my double page spread I was following the mock up with the red boarder but felt that something was missing which is why I decided to add another image. I saw that in my research the magazine had an image on both the right and left side of the page and thought that this was appealing and gave would give my double page spread the look which I wanted. As many of the double page spreads appeared to be in a column I thought hat I should follow this structure as there was no reason to go against this convention when it’s an interview. The pull quote is written in a different colour to make it stand out; this is also the reason why it is slightly slanted. To limit the amount of colours on the page I decided to make it red because it was not a main colour on the page and makes it stand out as well as allowing me to not use a forth colour. Some things I did not include for example a drop cap because I didn’t think that it was suitable for an interview which is structured the way mine is. This is because If I included it for one I would feel as if I needed to do it for the rest and believe that this would not look good. The pull quote is “never give up” because I think it is the most powerful words which are used in the interview and anybody can try and do this so it appealing and easy to remember. The next reason why this is the pull quote is because if a person was too look over the page and see those words I think that they may want to read the rest of the article. Overall I like the way my double page spread has turned out and think that researching and having a number of mock ups was the reason why I was able to achieve this.

From the last draft there have been some changes and this is because more questions needed to be put in place because the font needed to be smaller. I changed the font used for the slug to match the one used on the front cover because I wanted to link it back to my magazine. This font is also used for my pull quote and other information at the bottom of the page. All of these are in the colour red.
Before I did not have any title or information on the artist so I added this to the top of the double page spread as it is something that is within a standard magazine. The font used that says “Tama” is called “Klinton Blade” and is used for Tama mainly. I have also added a page number and this reflects the page which it says the interviews start on in my magazine.

Final Contents

I choose the main colour for my content page to be black because it was the colour of my front cover. The red and white are used because it is consistent throughout my magazine. When I first did my magazine contents page I had it very simplistic and never had much text which made it look unprofessional compared to when I added in the editorial pillars and different colours. The two images on the contents page have a number on them; this number is the same to the number that is on the page of where the images belong. Eg 14, this will match with fashion because it is a image of clothing and that page is about outfits worn by other artists. I have included the main things which appear to be in a music magazine which are “Gig” and “new releases” as this was previewed in the magazines I looked at for inspiration and to gain an understanding of the way music magazines look. I like my contents page because I believe it matches the image of my magazine, thought everything is simple I think that it is effective and clear which will make someone want to read it because there is no confusion about what or where things are. Some of the things that were mentioned on the front cover are mentioned in the Contents page meanwhile other things aren’t. I think I mentioned some of the main ones on my front cover to attract an audience. This is also the reason why I have included editorial pillars to give the reader a little idea about what will be included, ultimately what I am trying to do is attract them so they will want to read more and find out. The fonts that are used are the same ones which appear on the front cover and this is just to improve consistency throughout the magazine. The reason why I decided to change the font from the first contents page was because I didn't think that it was clear enough which made it inappropriate but by changing it I think it looks more ordered and better. I am pleased with the way which it ended up at and if I was to change anything I might change the background colour to white or blue instead of black and maybe include another image by re arranging the text.

Front Cover Final

This is the final version of my magazine cover. It hasn't changed much since the last draft but I have placed the model image behind the text becuase it was hard to read the name of the magazine when the image was placed infront and this was due to the font used "metal lord". To bring more attention to the guitar I have written a known band the guitar whcih can be won. This was made blue to make the blue more consistant on the page and it seperates it from the rest of the magazine.
The barcode was made smaller becuase when it was printed it was too big which did not make it look very good.
The font used for "Tama" is not used anywhere else on the page until becuase it is unique to the artist.