2. Mock up plan
The border I am going to
be using is the design on
the front cover. I have
taken this border idea from
my inspirational magazine
and also because my target
audience like variation and
you don’t see borders on
magazine double page
spreads and so this makes
these pages unique and
different. It will also attract
my target audience when
they are flicking through
the magazine as they will
see the same design as on
the front cover and so they
will know this is the page
about DJ Amzz.
4. Adding the title
• I am going to add the title “DJ AMZZ rise to fame”
because it straight away tells the reader what the
article is going to be about.
• I am going to have it in two separate boxes as when the
magazine would be put together, you lose some of the
image and text when the page is folded in half.
Therefore, I am leaving a space so that it all stays on
the page and you can still read it.
• I also added a blue background so that it doesn’t look
boring and so that it also adds to the brightness of the
image
5.
6. Add images
Currently I don’t have any images for the
double page spread as there wasn’t enough
cameras in school to be able to take one home.
Therefore, I am just going to add a space for
them and then insert the images after.
Again I am going to be leaving space in the
middle so that when you fold the pages in half
you can still see them.
7.
8. Add article
• Next I am going to add in the article which will go
in two columns on each of the pages. I will
change the colour of the questions so that they
are easily noticed and also I am going to split up
the article so that it is in four sections for design.
• I am also going to use the line tool to create a
drop cap like the one used in my inspirational
magazine. However, the drop cap used there is
very large and thick, mine is going to be smaller
and thinner.
11. Changes
• I’ve made some changes to the article. For example, I
removed the first part of the introduction and other
parts of the article as it was too long to fit in.
Therefore, I changed the drop cap to a ‘D’ but there
wasn’t an option to curve the line and so I wasn’t able
to make the drop cap similar to the previous ‘E’. In
addition, I made the text white so that you could see
the writing even though it was quite small.
• Also, I went over the gaps I left in between the sections
as there wasn’t enough space and so this was the
option I had to make space.
14. As you can see, in my inspirational magazine, there are
two columns going down the side of the pages. I
decided to use this in my magazine as well but I don’t
have a large letter at the start of the article.
15. Also, my inspirational magazine has a larger image
going across the two pages. At the start I was going
to have my image smaller with the artists name at
the top. However, after trialling both ideas, I
preferred having the larger image as it makes the
page seem more connected rather than having the
image and text separate.
To make a larger image I need to remove the
original title “DJ AMZZ rise to fame…” and so
instead of this I will use a quote on top of the image
and have “DJ AMZZ” in the corner of the page
18. Adding a quote
Similar to the MixMag magazine, I am going to
add a quote that the artist said on the image so
that it really ties everything together. I am going
to put this in white and have it in italics and
underlined.
19.
20. Finally
• I am going to add a little tab on the corner of
the page with ‘DJ AMZZ’ written on it so that
those flicking through the pages would be
able to see it and read the article about him.
