The document provides details on the planning and design process for a double-page magazine spread featuring an interview. The spread will include a small photo on the first page with an interview in question and answer format. The second page will feature a full-page photo of the band and information promoting their new album. The designer experiments with different layouts and photos before finalizing the design.

1. Double Page Spread
I have chosen to put a small photo at the top of the
first page, to make the page more interesting.
I intend for the text on this page to be in the form of
an interview, as it is easier to read and successful in
lots of magazines. It also grabs peoples attention as
the interview is with the said music artist and that will
interest the reader more.
On the page with the full page photo I have decided
to place information on the album of the music
artist, as this is done a lot in music magazines and
helps promote the artists music.
Original sketch for my double page spread.
I have chosen to have a full page photo, as
I think it is effective and varies from two
pages full of text. I want the full page photo
to be a posed shot, and to be of the band
of the lead singer I am interviewing. I do not
want the photo to be close up, as a variety
of shots looks good, so I want the photo to
be full length and show off their clothing in
a way that represents the style of their
music.

2. Here I have started to make the album promotion for my double page spread. On the
front cover, the model is the lead singer of the band Obscura. Because my magazine
is rock themed, I decided to make the band dark and mysterious. The name of the
band is Obscura, I came about this whilst thinking of other words for different, and I
thought of obscure. Obscura sounds like a band name and gives an element of
mystery. The album cover photo was shot in the woods, I wanted the photo to look
very different and highlight the mystery, so I got the models to pose together in
costume. I dressed the model on the left, in a red cape, like little red riding hood, and
the model on the right, in a blue dress with a white apron like Alice in wonderland. I did
this because I wanted my band to be dark and mysterious, and give the effect of
turning something happy into something dark, this relates to rock music as it is seen as
destructive and loud, and I wanted my band to represent this. The model in the middle
– is the lead singer, she is slightly higher up than the other two models, and that
highlights her importance and lead. She is not dressed in a fairytale costume, but in a
white dress and leather jacket, this makes her stand out from the other too models as
being more original and more modern.

3. Here, just underneath the title I have
put a brief summary of what the Still planning and waiting to
article is about, a lot of magazines do shoot my full page photo.
this as it starts off the article.
I have
placed the
photo
underneath
the first bit of
text, to
break it up
from the
interview.
This photo
was taken in
the first shoot
along with
the cover
photo.
Because I have not decided on the location and the composition of my
photo, I have put the album promotion on both pages to see how it looks. I
thought that having it on the same page as the full page image may
interrupt the photo, however I do not like it on the first page as there will not
be enough room for the interview. This means that when shooting the photo
for my double page spread, I need to take into account that there will be
text and a photo layered on top at the bottom.

4. As I have still not taken the photos
Red writing, fits in with the black and red for my full page, I have used one
rock theme. The title is slightly bigger and so of the photos from my album
is the summary just underneath. This makes it cover shoot and put that in, to
stand out from the rest of the article. I then show what it will look like and the
have a paragraph underneath, introducing layout. I have not yet put the
the interview. This text is in black, to vary the album promotion on the page.
colours on the page.
I have separated the
questions from the
answers using different
colours. The red text is
the questions, and the
black text is the
answers.
A quote at the bottom of
the page, relates to one
of the answers, and when
your flicking through the
magazine, that can grab
your attention and attract
you to the article.

5. Includes gossip
which draws the
readers in.
Analysing
Textual content Introduces the
interview, informs
the reader about
the band, and
includes
information about
how long they’ve
been a band and
Talks about the
how many albums
album promoted
they have
on the other
released.
page.
Talks about her
Talks about the personal life, this
album photo – as interests the
it is different and it readers.
gives her a
chance to explain
to the bands fans.
Refers to the
public.
Links in the band –
doesn’t just focus
on her.

6. Cover photo- full
length with
space for the
album
promotion.
For more detail
on my photo
choices – look
at my earlier
blog post.
Quote at the
top of the
page, in
white
writing, cove
rs some of
the blank
space in the
photo.
To improve before submission: Changed text colour to
• Work out the colour scheme – as their are too white, as the red text was
many different text colours difficult to read on top of
• Make sure all font is the same the photo.
•Edit the photo, remove unnecessary components
which look untidy

7. My final designs for the front cover, contents page
and double-page spread will be posted on my blog
shortly.