This document discusses conventions for designing double page spreads in magazines and how the author followed and challenged some of these conventions in their own magazine spread. It addresses several key conventions including: - Using a close-up main image that takes up one page to clearly show details. - Including a drop cap at the beginning of the article to introduce it, while challenging the color convention. - Adding a pull quote in a different color in the middle of the text to highlight inspiration quotes. - Placing the title at the bottom of the double page spread rather than the top as is more conventional. - Writing the page number and "page" in a bright color rather than just the number in

1. FOLLOWING AND CHALLENGING
CONVENTIONS:
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

2. MAIN IMAGES
Main images on double page
spreads conventionally take up at
least one whole page, sometimes
overlapping onto two pages.
Examples from Billboard and
Mixmag demonstrate how the
images can range from a close up to
a long shot. I chose to do a close up
in order to show all the painting on
her face as it is the main aspect on
the image and what the genre is all
about. I also used an image that
took up only one page as I didn’t
want any of it to become less visible
within the page when folded.

3. DROP CAPS
Drop caps are mainly used to
introduce the article onto the double
page spread or even used to promote
another paragraph. Here are some
examples from Billboard, Mixmag and
Q to show different drop caps to
introduce new articles. I followed this
convention in my article as I thought it
was a good theme to follow at the
start of the beginning of the article. I
didn’t want to use it again because I
don’t think it has the same effect if I
used it over again. Conventionally ,
drop caps are a different colour to the
font, however, I challenged this
because I thought the white colour
looks better than being bright green.

4. PULL QUOTES
Pull quotes are also another convention of a double page spread and it is often
placed in the middle of the article to show real representation and interrupting
the column text. I have used examples from Billboard, Q and Mixmag which
follows this convention. I followed this convention as I thought it was really
inspirational to have a big quote in the middle of the content in a different colour
to the white but still following the colour scheme with the green. Some
magazines only include pull quotes as the title of the article.

5. TITLES
For my magazine, I used a big
bold title at the bottom of my
double page spread covering
the full double page spread.
This challenges conventional
titles as they are mainly found
on the top of the double page
spread such as examples from
Billboard, Q and Mixmag. I
chose a different font from the
front cover and contents page
because I thought it would be a
better to realise what the
artists article is all about.

6. PAGE NUMBERS
Page numbers are a
conventional asset to double
page spreads and also a
necessity so the reader is able to
find where the double page
spread is by easily finding
articles using the contents page.
Most magazines print the page
numbers on the bottom corner
so that it doesn’t interfere with
the article. These are shown
from examples such as Mixmag,
Q and Billboard. I challenged this
as I also wrote “page” with the
number in bright green to make
it stand out because the
background colour of the
magazine was black and easy to
find.

7. COLUMNS
These examples from Q,
Billboard and Mixmag show that
columned text is a convention
that all magazines use when
producing double page spreads.
Therefore I used this convention
in my own magazine. It makes
the article clearer and easier to
read as well as making the page
look more interesting. I chose to
use two columns rather than
three columns as some
magazines opt for.