This document discusses the process of creating a double page magazine spread. It includes commentary on choosing a font, writing an article in interview format, selecting a pull quote, evaluating potential photos, and editing the final chosen photo. The document also comments on eye flow across the designed double page spread.

1. Double Page
Spread draft and
commentary.

2. Double Page spread draft one

3. I decided to go with this font because it
really stands out in the page due to it being
a decorative font. Its also quite thin which
allows more text to fit on. A phrase like
‘the new girl in town’ wouldn’t have been
able to fit on A4 with other fonts, but the
Thinness enables it to. The font is simple,
yet sophisticated.
Chosen title font.

4. I decided to do my article in the format of that the person being interviewed
gives their opinion on things. I got the inspiration from the NME double page
spread that I analysed. Firstly, I did an introduction to the artist/musician so
that the readers could gain some background information about them if that
had never heard of them before. I also talked about past achievements to make
the artist look quite well-known and big in the music industry. Doing it in the
format of the musicians opinions helped me to show the artists independent s
and I could create a persona and certain characteristics for the musician.
(My article is available to read on my blog.)
I decided to use this as my pull quote
because it says a lot about the musician
in the one sentence. It shows the tough
side to her from the swear word and it
shows nicer side to her as it says she
‘used’ to be like that.
Article and Pull quote

5. I decided not to choose this photo because of the positioning
of the person in the picture. The picture is too close and my
aim was to leave enough space at the side for my article and
the rest of my double page spread. Other than that, I like the
picture, particularly the facial expression and the positioning
of her hands. .
I decided not to choose this photo because on the angle of the photo. I
was experimenting with different angles and positions and I feel that
an above angle doesn’t work and neither does the background. The
pose of the model isn't strong enough although she does have direct
eye contact with the camera. If I used this picture, there wouldn’t have
been enough space for text and it may not have fit well on an A4 page.
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This picture was good for the double page spread as there's plenty of
space on the right for the article. I particularly like the expression on
the models face, however, the flash is a bit too much on the models
face. The pose isn't particularly strong either and this lets the picture
down. The background is a bit too busy as well.
Photos

6. This picture is good because of the positioning in the photo, it leaves
the perfect amount of space for the article to fit in on the right hand
side. The posing of the model is quite strong and so is the direct eye
contact. However, the background is too busy and the wood doesn’t
match the rest of the double page spread. The flash has also gone too
much on the models face and the camera has also caused the model to
have ‘red-eye’.
This photo leaves a good amount of space on the right for the article
to fit and the facial expression is good as it shows a ‘cheeky’ side to
the musician. However, the background is too noisy and the bench is
showing the bottom right hand corner. Also, the picture isn't
completely in focus. I could use just the model for the table of
contents to show ‘behind the scenes’.
This is quite a good picture, however, the lighting is
completely wrong because the flash wasn’t on. I
experimented to try and get different tones to the other
pictures. When trying to alter the contrast/lightness of
Photoshop, it didn’t work and it just looked unnatural. If I
used it I would have changed the background colour to
black to merge with the rest of the background.

7. Other pictures from the shoot.

8. I chose this photo because of the facial expression on the
person. The squinting of her eyes and the tensing of her jaw
make her seem quite tough and vicious which is exactly the
persona that I wanted to get through in my article. The
background was dark enough for me to darken to black to
blend in with the background, rather than having the whole
picture as the background.
Editing
I had to edit the lighting to make it appear not so bright and
the flash was too much on her face so I changed the
contrast. I edited out some blemishes and different toned
skin to make her skin appear clearer. I also lifted up her
chin slightly. I layered the background and turned to
contrast down to make it black to match the rest of the
background and make the text more visible. I slightly
angled the positioning of the corner of her left eyebrow to
add to the tough attitude and persona of the picture. With
the clone stamp tool I added in colour to one of her rings
because it has lost a jewel. I also used the clone stamp tool
to hide her vest top underneath as it was showing and it
didn’t really fit the picture.
Chosen photo

10. My double page spread fits
the eye flow. I purposely put
the picture of the left hand
side as that is one of the
main places the readers eyes
are drawn to. The leading
text is the first thing the
reader is drawn to and this
is good as the leading text
gives you an insight into the
article and musician.
To make the eye flow better
I could pull the anchor
down a bit and possibly the
text, so that the title will be
noticed by the reader.
Eye flow