Final Double Page Spread & Analysis

This is the final double page spread for my music magazine. I chose to feature my friend Fran Caines in the article as she is the lead singer of a new punk –rock band called ‘Same Thing Different Story’. I thought that this would be a relevant and appropriate feature to include in my magazine as the band is fresh and new so therefore fitting into the “Bands Not Brands” motto my magazine has, and the punk – rock genre of music is relevant to the genre and style of my magazine.

When creating my double page spread, the hardest part was choosing an appropriate colour scheme. I already knew the layout and images that I wanted to use but trying to find the right colours that worked was challenging. I already knew that the image included black and white on the clothing and an orange/wood effect on the guitar and Fran’s hair. Also band logo is in black and white. I knew these colours fitted with the colours I had used on the previous pages of my magazine so I then had to decide on two other colours to use on my double page spread to keep it consistent with the other pages. I chose a gray background because I had already used black on the two previous backgrounds so I wanted a change and therefore chose grey. I then decided on green as the first bright colour. I chose green because it hadn’t yet been used in my magazine and complimented with the grey background. I originally had the three boxes behind the secondary images all in white but I realised this made the page look to plain so I decided to leave one white, have another a slightly lighter shade of grey and the final green to match the strip down article. I finally chose to have the significant writing in an orange colour as coordinated with Fran’s hair and the guitar.

I decided to have a green strip down the centre of the article to break up the writing so it is easier to read and take in, one big block of writing doesn’t look appealing to anyone. I also decided to include a quote from the article as this is common feature that most magazines have. It gives indication the reader what the whole article is about, and if they are interested in that one quote they are more likely to take the time to read the whole article. I chose to use a slanted font for the quote and put it on a white block background and have orange quotation marks around it so its stands out on the page.  

The choice of images on the page is very important; they need to be fun and eye catching. I chose to have the main image as a full shot of Fran holding a guitar and pulling a funny face. This shows personality and will make the reader interested in the article. For the secondary images on the page I used two full shots and one medium shot of Fran, I wanted a variety and not all the same shots. I think the effect of Fran wearing ‘geek glasses’ makes the images look fun and relatable.