Double Page Spread Making

Here is the making of my double page spread. I have made the lettering and put the photo to the lettering. i faded the photo out so that it looked like the full double page.

MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

- This is the interview with 'Hayley and the Contours'. I really enjoyed writing it and am quite pleased with how it turned out. I made sure i wrote it in a style that is fitting with my magazine, and one that my target audience will enjoy reading.

When Hayley first steps in to the INDIEgo office she is instantly swamped with male attention. The printing guys and the cleaners all jostle  around her, and are awarded a patient smile whilst every girl in the office looks enviously on. Hayley is 23 years old, and is the lead singer in the latest up and coming band ’Hayley and the Contours’ who have been taking the UK by storm ever since their single ‘Dancing Under Rainbows’.

So Hayley, your touring around the UK right now? Yeah, we’re playing all around and I’m going to all these places I never even new existed. Just the other day we played in this really amazing town right by the sea. It was so cute.

Tell us a bit about the band? Well, there’s four of us all together;  Me, Matt, Chester and Phoenix. Matt and Chester both play the guitar and Phoenix and I do most of the singing, but he can also play the piano and the harmonica. I’m useless at learning how to play anything, I always give up too quickly.. I am a pro at playing the triangle though!

How are you liking life on the road.. you share a bus with the three boys right? I thought I could manage it because I’ve grown up with two brothers, but seriously the boys are so messy and they always leave the loo seat up! I can never watch anything I want on TV either but I guess that’s the rock and role life style [laughs]

What kind of music do you play? We play a mixed sound I guess.. some would call it ‘indie’.  Our earlier stuff was slightly more rocky but the latest album is ‘listening music’. We wrote most of the songs together last December when we were staying at Matt’s families massive house in the country.

Are there any romances in the band? No, we are all really close though. I think of them as my family. I think they think of me as their clumsy older sister.

Hayley and the Contours are playing in Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Manchester and Birmingham in the month. If you want to know more check out their blog at www.hayleyandthecontours.com or on our website.

Photoshoot's for contents page, front cover and double page spread

Here are a selection of pictures that i took at different times for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I decided not to use any of these because the ones i have chosen for my magazine fit in with my target audience better. I wanted to share these extras on my blog to show the variety and how/why i chose the photos i did. 

Fonts Practice

This is my attemt at copying the below font on the lily allen magazine. As i have stated previously i really like this font and am definately using it in my magazine so i have been practicing how to create it (because it is not available on dafont). On word i highlighted and then turned the highlight black, and the words white. In photoshop i then cropped each word out individually and positioned them together.

Font Research

I have been researching different fonts for my double page spread title or quote. Here is a selection that i like because they are individual and different, as well as really grabbing the readers attention. I quite like the 'carton' font because it stands out well and is different, mainly due to the dark background and white text. I found all of these fonts on DaFont.

I have already researched and looked at this magazine and really liked it. My favourit part of the magazine is definately the font, and i have decided to recreate this on my own double page spread because it creates a newspaperish effect and is bold.

Improved Front Cover

Here is my finished front cover of my magazine. I decided that i was going to change the fonts on my double page spread because i felt that they didnt fit with the style of my magazine or the other fonts used.

Finished Contents Page

This is my finished contents page. I am pleased with the result but i had a few problems to begin with finding the right layout that went well with the image and text. I have chosen an image that i think fits well with my magazine, bringing in fashion and style to my music magazine and linking with the 'indie' theme. The title 'Contents' has been made to look like it is resting on the model in the image's head to add detail and interest to the page.The font is from DaFont and is specifically chosen to look worn and weathered. The two puffs add information in a decorative and eye catching way. The green circular puff advertises a subscription for the magazine, telling the reader about a good deal and how to get involved. The blue puff highlights some specific features within the magazine, and tells the reader a hint of information that makes them want to read more. The contents page numbers are larger than the text to draw direct attention to where things are within the magazine, and i have not used seperators or punctuation for this section, only spaces between the numbers. Overall i think that my magazine's contents page links in and represents my target audience well with it's use of photography, text and fonts.

Contents Page Stages

Here is my finished contents page. I combined the previous two together to make one i feel is right for my target audience because it is eye catching, interesting and has puffs that draw you in and make you read any important information. As for the picture, i decided it looked better small, mainly because it was too dark to cover the whole page as well as text. I havent made it as small however, and added in the title from my second attempt.  i went back to my original text because i felt it was the most fitting for my target audience because it looks attention-grabbing whilst not being overly out there or wacky (doesn't draw attention away from other parts of the page).

This is my 'finished' second attempt at a contents page. I do not like this at all because i could not find the correct text for the page. I like the blue box with information in as it is useful and easy to read, but i think that the picture is too dark for any text to stand out, whatever the colour.

I then decided that i wanted to try my contents page with a full page image, so using the same picture i tried this. I added the word 'contents' along the side of her, at an angle as if it is balanced on her hood. I like this effect because it adds interest for the reader, even if it is only within the contents page. I also edited the picture because i thought it would make it stand out more and have decided i prefer this edited image as it makes the model look more eye catching and interesting.

This is the 'finished' version of my first attempt of my contents page. I have added in a puff selling the subscription to the magazine because i want to draw an audience in and make sure i have a regular audience. I have also added a red, attention seeking piece of writing which draws the reader in and makes them want to go immediately to that page.

I have added in the word 'contents' vertically down the page because it creates more space and meant i could feature the name and date of the magazine again on the contents page.

Here is my first attempt at creating a contents page. I made my picture (chosen from my photoshoot) smaller than the full screen because i really like how the magazine i researched below looks with a smaller image. I thought that i would also add text, not disimilar to how the magazine below has written about whats in the magazine, because i think it is an interesting and modern look and fits well with the audience of my magazine. (I produced the text on word then c&p)