The document describes the process of creating a double page spread for a music magazine. The author chose to do an interview with the musician Han-sun, who is the focus of the issue. They took casual photos of Han-sun with a ukelele during the interview to use as the main photo. In Photoshop, the author edited the photo by cutting out the background and adding a red outline. In Quark, they laid out the interview on the pages, placing the photo on one side with a quote, and adding smaller photos and consistent fonts to match the magazine's style.

1. Creating the double page spread
By Sophie Dunsby

2. Main Photo…
• When choosing the main photo for my double page spread, I
kept the main focus of Muse LIVE in mind. Looking back to my
front cover, Han-sun is the main focus of this issue so I
decided to make my double page an interview about Han-sun
and her new album. In addition, I also looked back to my
research about music magazines; seeing that a double page
spread from a professional magazine had an interview about
Lana Del Rey, I was inspired to have a similar layout. I wanted
to have a large photo on one side of the page, too, instead of
the interview taking up the majority of the double page.

3. Choosing the main photo

4. Chosen photo
• I took photos of Han-sun with a ukelele while
walking around inside and outside. I took photos
while we were talking, and whilst she was
laughing so that I could have a more
natural/casual type of photo compared to the
front cover, also so that it looks like it was taken
during her interview. I also decided to choose the
photo with the ukelele and while she was
laughing, because part of the interview she
mentions the ukelele being part of her new
album.

5. Editing on Photoshop
• Using Photoshop, I edited the main photo. I used the Quick Selection tool
and also the magnetic lasso tool to cut the background out. The magnetic
lasso tool was mainly used to cut out the smaller details. I also outlined
the photo with a dark red to fit with the colour scheme of the magazine.

6. Quark
By using Quark, it has helped me with the layout of my double page spread. I made sure that the photo of Han-sun was
on the right side of the page, alongside with the quote. I also used Quark for the font of the text on the page. I
maintained the same font I have used previously to add to the continuity of the magazine. Furthermore, to take up the
space of the double page, I included three different photos on the bottom of the page of Han-sun. I added a large
quote beside Han-sun, as I found in several different magazine interviews that this was often done with a chosen quote
from the interview or a famous quote from the musician themselves.
Same font
Title same
as
front
cover
+ contents
Colour coordination