This document describes two variants of a double page spread (DPS) magazine layout. Variant One uses a pink gradient background, columns of text with a pull quote, an abstract, a blurred close-up celebrity photo with spotlight effect, and a slanted multi-font heading. Variant Two changes the background to an orange gradient and uses a different cropped celebrity photo showing a happier expression. Both variants aim to mimic real magazine conventions and layouts to look professional.

1. Producing the Double Page
Spread (DPS)
Both Variants

2. Variant One

4. Blank Document
• I have made an A3 landscape document
because this is the size of the Double Page
Spread that I want to make, and is a
conventional size of real DPS’ and therefore
looks professional. Using a gradient I have
applied two tones of pink to the background
to create a representation of glamour girl
around the pop-rock chick that the DPS is
trying to convey.

6. Letter J
• I have used the text tool do this. I have done it
because certain real magazines do this (NME).
It will also act as a separator between the two
columns of text and therefore makes a neater,
more professional and mature layout to my
DPS making it more appealing to the audience
to read as it will look neater.

8. Column text
• Using the text tool I have added the DPS text.
All articles have text so to make mine look
more like a real DPS I have applied it.
• I have also applied my text in columns. All bar
one of the magazines I researched into used
their text in columns, so having my text in
columns makes a more stereotypical,
conventional and realistic looking DPS article.

10. Pull Quote
• I have added a pull-quote between the two
columns of text. This is to draw the reader into
the article and makes them want to read the
article.
• It is also a convention of magazine DPS’s as my
research told me so using one on mine makes
a more conventional looking DPS.

12. Abstract
• This is another convention applied through
the text tool. I have applied it in a
conventional way (big, bold, noticeable,
centre aligned, not in columns) as my research
suggested they are used to make a more
realistic looking DPS.

14. •
Photomain photo in the place the
I have copied and pasted then placed the
NME article I researched into did to make a more conventional looking
DPS.
• I have blurred out the background even more using the smudge tool and
applied a heavy spotlight to her to make a more interesting, appealing
photo that puts the attention on her and not the surroundings. I have
cropped it into a close-up to put more significance, status and attention on
her.
• I have used this photo because it is bright, vibrant which creates a positive
mood making the audience want to read the article even more.
• Below is the original photo.

16. Heading
• I have used two fonts on my heading because
each segment of it has different connotations
(Pretty little has positive happy pretty
connotations whilst liar is negative and
deceitful) therefore having two different fonts
suits this connotation.
• I have slanted it to make it more visually
interesting and appealing.
• I have used the text tool to do all of this.

17. Actual Page

18. Variant Two

20. Changes Made
• I have changed it from a pink gradient
background to an orange one using the
gradient tool. I have done this to see if orange
looks any better or works better than pink in
this new gradient.

22. Photo
• The photo has been copied, pasted and placed with the
placement tool. I have cropped it to put more significance
and status on her. I have applied a spot-light effect for the
same reason.
• I have used this photo because it shows her happy and
approachable making the audience want to read the DPS.
• Below is the original photo.

23. Actual Page