The making of my 2 page spread....

Below is a selection of print screens showing the construction of my magazine's 2 pages spread all the way from the start when i placed the background onto the page to the end where I had to move the text around so that my entire interview fitted onto the page.

1- As you can see from the image below I have made a background for the text from the article to be placed on. The letters N D (from New Dawn) are a light red colour so that they don't make it hard to read the text which is placed on the page. I have used the same font as the title to show some theme as the magazine progresses with the story of the band. I have also kept with the colour from the title, being black and red, by creating a line to place under the title of black and red lines so that it divides the title from the text so that the reader knows where to start reading from. Lastly I have placed a page number on each of the pages, same as the numbers in the contents page, on the black border to save on room and so also show the fact that while the number of the pages is important the article is more important but they still need to be seen by some degree. They are in a bright yellow to make them stand out against the rest of the page to show that they are nothing to do with the article which is on the page but only there because of the magazine and what it needs to show on each of its pages.



















2- The image below shows the images which i am going to be placing in the article and where I would like them to be placed while on the page. As you can see I have a mix between close ups to mid-shoots showing either one person to two people. By having a range of photo's it shows the point that I am trying to make by showing that the images were taken by a professional photographer like a magazine would have done. All images are of different sizes to give an even enough room for all of the text in which I am going to place on the page. The reason for this amount of images, and these images, is because I feel that by having an image on the two girls on their own shows that they can stand on their own and still be famous and sing and play guitar as much as they want. To be with the other sister is a privilege and also something which they love to do. This is shown though the top right image and the bottom right image as the two girls are posing for a nice 'sisterhood' picture together showing that they are sisters and best friends no matter what happens. The last image at the bottom to the left shows the girls fighting over the guitar playfully, this represents the sisters as still being young but not young enough to just walk away with a strop of some kind or to start a big argument. No it shows that these girls are mature and also love each other and just want to play around sometimes. Linking with the name of the article (shown on the front cover and the contents page) 'We're still kids'.



















 

3- As you can see I have added text into the 2 page spread to identify what the images on the pages are showing. The reason for this is because without the captions the audience wouldn’t be able to know what the pictures were showing. I also added the borders on all of the pictures to give it some extra affect which I think makes the pictures stand out more; the colour also links with the colours on the title to make the whole page come together more. By having the rugged look on the borders of the pictures it links with the rugged look of the title and the background, I feel that by doing this have linked all of the pictures together showing that they are all part of the same design. Linking in with the deign I have created I also added the bands 'logo' of ND onto every picture which has been placed on the page to make the pictures feel more together as they were. This design feature also links in with the ND which is located at the back of the pages for the text to be placed on. Lastly I have placed two quotes onto the page in the middle of the spine under the picture of Mia and above the picture of Rose. The reason that they are placed there is because they split up the text well and show some of the main points in the text to make it more like a real magazine article. The two quotes are in different colours to show the difference between them and to show that they are spoken by two different people and this would then be shown though the article as the girl’s names would be in one of these colours to show the link between the quotes and the text.

4- After looking at other magazine articles and examining how the pages would look in a real magazine I have chosen to take away one of the images and to move the two smaller images around so that they are on the second page next to each other overlapping. The reason for my change in design is because when the magazine is folded then the two images of the girls would be in half making the images crease and also they may rip when the magazine is used many times to read and look at. this also goes for the two quotes in that section of the page, the quotes could, after a while, be unreadable making it harder for the audience of the magazine to enjoy the whole of the article. I feel that with less images there will be more room for the text which i am going to include in my article, the images which I have left i feel make the whole image of the band come though very nicely. For example I am showing that while they fight, and could stand alone they will always love each other as they are sisters, all of this representing the mise en scene. The other alteration I have made is that I have moved the black and red down lower so that I can add some kind of header into the article to show the audience what they are going to be reading and why it should interest them enough to read the article and to purchase the magazine.

5- Before my text was entered onto the page I had to make some alterations into how I was going to have my text displayed. I have added a header telling the audience why they should read the article and who New Dawn are to the other readers and to us as a 'company'. I have also again added the borders onto the pictures to make them stand out more and added two quotes onto the page to make the text stand out more. The quotes are in the same colour as I feel that it would go with the rest of the page more than it would if they were two different colours that I have chosen at random. As well as the added designs on the images I have also moved the captions onto the images to make room for more text on the page. The captions are small, only one sentence each, this is to show what the image is showing without the audience having to much trouble looking at the image for the caption.

6- This is the last print screen of my 2 page spread. At last i have finished, as you can see I have taken away the second quote on the second page as I felt that there were already too many images on that page and it would just look to crowded if there were pictures, text and a quote on that page. I have moved the text around the images and the quotes which are located as obstacles on the page. The two images of the girls alone offered the hardest part as I had to work out how the text was going to fit on the page. While there are no lines to show the audience were the text starts a new line i feel that I have made it clear because on the second page I have lined it up with the ends of the images and also the letter 'D' at the back to line it up with as well. While I have played with a mix of ways to set my work out in, for example on the first page the text I have played out the text so that it goes straight across while on the second page it goes in columns.

As there was room at the end of the article for some text, but not enough for another question to be posted I choose to place an advertisement for their new album which is mentioned in the article. There is an offer about the album in capitals at the end of the article along with an image of the album so that the audience know what they are looking for when they are shopping for the album.