This document outlines the process Lauren Fitzsimons took to create an improved double page magazine spread to match the theme of the front cover image. She created multiple drafts of police banners and chose her favorite. Polaroid photos were made and added to the spread. Text was chosen and formatted to look like a police file. The layout was refined over multiple stages by adjusting colors, fonts, and positioning of elements to create a cohesive spread matching the front cover's police/convict theme.

1. Stages of making my improved
double page spread :
Lauren Fitzsimons

2. Reason for this draft …
• I decided to make this double page spread from
the first drafts I have done because I realised that
in real magazines the person on the front would
often match with the double page spread. For
example I had my model Cheyenne in a convict
outfit but I had created a double page spread
with a girly theme these didn’t match so I
decided that I need to tie this theme together
this is the reason for this draft. To match the front
cover image to the double page spread I thought
that a police/convict theme would go nicely with
this.

4. Making of police banners:
• This is my screen shot of my banners here I made
four different versions of the police banners
because I wanted to try all different text types in
order to achieve my final outcome. I made these
banners by creating shapes boxes and the adding
text over the top of this. To make the bottom one
was a little more complicated I had to make a
shapes box the I have to make individual squares
and scew them to go lopsided then I added my
text as a final step.

5. This is my final banners that I
made from Photoshop I
decided that my favourite one
was the 4th one down as it
was clear and actually looked
like a proper police banner. I
also like the last one because
this is a little bit different to
the other three but I still think
this is effective and I also
chose this one to go on my
double page spread.

7. Making polaroid's
• This here is my screen shot of me making
polaroid’s I started off making one in
Photoshop and to make it stand out I added a
stroke in black just to outline the picture and
make it stand out. I duplicated the layer 3
times so that I would have three more to work
with and I just placed my chosen pictures into
them. I think the outcome of these look quite
successful and professional.

8. Here are my chosen texts that I used on my police banners my favourite was the second but I
also liked the last one because it was edgy and different however wouldn’t be clear like a
police banner would. All four are quite different and this is why I chose to do so many drafts.

9. This is my text that was used on the double page spread I like this font as I think the
background of the text helps it stand out much more than a normal text would. Ii like
the edgy twist of some of the white spaces being eliminated. I decided to put the
criminal text in black as its bold and I also think that’s what a police file would be like.
The pink for Cheyenne’s name was to give it a girly twist and this would appeal to my
target audience.

11. Process one
• The columns for the boxes of text was very easy to do as I
had looked back at my plans and referred to these when
making the layout of my double page spread. Once I had
my layout right I copied and pasted my interview into the
boxes this made it flow nicely. Here I have added my police
tape to the double page spread from when I made it earlier
in Photoshop. I wanted this to run along the top of the
double page spread because I wanted to make it look like it
was two pages together. Here I have also added polaroid's
to my piece because I wanted them to break up the text I
have left spaces for the other two which i have to place
there. I have also changed the text to ‘verdrana’ which I
quite like as its clear and easy to read.

13. Second stage
• Here this is my second stage here I have picked
out the questions and have changed the colour
and made them bold so they don’t blend in with
the rest of the text. I have also added another
police border to the top of the page so they are
both running along each other. I wanted to pick
pink for the text as I thought this would go with
the cover stars name and also with the front page
and contents page. The size of the text I have also
changes as I noticed that when looking though
them the font would be a size either 8 or 10 and
mine was 12 so it was too big for the purpose.

15. Third stage
• Here I have changed the colours of the text as
I thought I could tie in the border colour of
yellow in as well so I made the questions pink
and yellow in a pattern. I have also added
boxes behind the questions as they stand out
but also tie in with the police ‘criminals
background file’ too.