For a double-page spread in their magazine, the author wants to include a section evaluating upcoming alternative albums. They decided to do this because other magazines like Q and NME include similar sections, and it will make their spread look more professional and give readers more content than just an interview. The author took photos at a recent shoot that could work for an album cover. They selected one photo that has a dark, mysterious feel due to the lighting and shutter speed, fitting with the alternative genre. The author is experimenting with font styles and sizes for the album title, keeping it simple, grey, and centered to match the theme. They will include the album name in the corner to identify the unknown band, continuing the simple style

1. For my double page spread I wanted to have a separate column to evaluate and write about upcoming
alternative/charted albums to fit in with my magazine. I have decided to do this as from looking at other
magazines like Q and NME they have similar things and I feel by adding this too my DPS it will make it
more professional looking and will give more to the audience to look at than just the interview.
I did a photo shoot earlier this week for another
topic however while I was there I took the
opportunity to take some pictures for my album
cover idea. I have selected this photo because it
has a mysterious and dark feel about it because
of the dark lighting and slow shutter speed. This
makes it different to other album covers, fitting
in with my genre of alternative.
I am playing around with the type and size
of the font. I don’t want it to be too fancy
or overpowering because I feel that doesn’t
fit in with my theme. I have decided to
keep it simple by keeping the font a grey
and the placement in the center. Although
it is simple I still feel it is eye grabbing and I
am happy with the placement
Because it is an upcoming band not many
people will know who they are so I have
to put the name on the cover. I am still
keeping with the theme of being simple so
I have kept it the same colour and placed
it in the right hand corner making the
picture and the name of the album the
bigger focus and I have got this inspiration
from other album covers that I would like
to feature in my magazine like imagine
dragons and Mumford and sons.

2. I am only using one album on my dps because it fits in better with my article. I have selected this one
because I feel this one is the best and will fit in with my magazine the most. The picture is very unusual
fitting with the genre of alternative.