Double Page Spread Construction

To start the construction of my double page spread, I chose from a variety of images I took. I knew I wanted to use this model for this page when I was planning my shoot. Typically pop magazine feature a long shot of the protagonist on the double page spread, despite this I went for a medium shot to challenge the conventions. Similar to some of my other images I used a guitar as a prop, to really emphasise the music element of the magazine. Although the stance of my protagonist is rather moody and downcast I wanted to contradict that by using bright lighting behind to model to almost make the effect of illumination. Connoting an angelic, innocent personality.

I had already come up with an name for my artist, evident in my flat plans, so now I had to use an appropriate font for my masthead. I knew I wanted to have the text in blue as this would carry over an element from my front cover, showing a clear house style. I ended up using the same font as what I had already benefited from on my front cover, however it looks slightly different as I changed the qualities of the text. I widened and shortened the letters, I also created more space between each character. This made the text have a more bold and solid feel, connoting the tough appearance of the protagonist. I wrote my article, put it into columns, then mirrored the shape of my model.  

At this stage I used the technique known as a pull quote, by doing this it allowed me to break up the large chunk of text, as well as being able to add some addition colour to the page. I used the blue text as this linked with the blue of the masthead as well as the other surrounding colour pallet found in the rest of my magazine. To finish my double page spread, I added the last few features that are typically seen as a convention. I placed a date and page number on the bottom right hand side of the spread, that links to my contents page. Another thing I found when researching was a credit to the writer of the article and the photographer of the image, reflecting on this I wanted to use this feature in my double page spread. Making it look more professional, therefore increasing the production values.

The final changes I made were small, however showed that I took note of pop conventions in more detail. Firstly, I added an ellipsis to the end of my article, that indicates there is more to come. I felt it made my page look more professional as i rounded the finish rather than but stopping it. Also i removed the date which featured in the bottom right hand corner, since reflecting on my research I realised that this was a very limited element. After playing around with the text I came to the conclusion that my double page spread looked better with out it.