double page spread

 Out of all the photos I took I wasn't sure what one I was going to use for the double page spread. After I hade done some research I found that the image for the double page spread can be less serious and a wider shot of the artist. I felt that instead of having a close up mid shot of my model, I wanted a more long shot of her as the double page spread was an interview therefore its giving more information about my artist. She is still facing the camera therefore she is still engaging the audience. The smile could connote that the interview is light hearted and interesting. It also shows that she doesn't take things to seriously and gives her a more glamorous-girly look. I asked for my talent to wear a checked shirt in which the front cover you can see. I asked her to keep it simplistic with jeans and a jacket as I feel 'indie artists' don't usually look like they have put massive amounts of effort into the way they look.

I felt like the back ground of this photo was really bright and stood out amongst my model therefore I felt in order for my model to stand out more I should blur the background. After I blurred to background a little, I played with the colours and contrasts so that if I was to add any text then it would stand out. originally I wanted the quote to be in white as I felt that the words within the quote were pure and inspirational, therefore instead of having the harshness of the bold black I thought I could alternatively use the heavenly white colour. However because of the colours of the picture the white text did not stand out as much and it was much harder to read. Luckily when I added some elements of lightness to it, the black bold writing became easy to read and stood out well. I placed the quote next to my model as I felt it was relevantly placed as its something she said. I also think the text fills the space of the photo as over half of it is taken up by the nature background.  



My finalised double page spread put together



I took this idea from when I was doing research for my prototype double page spread. The magazine 'Q' did a feature article of Lady GaGa where there was a oversized L behind the black text on her interview. I thought this was very effective and I also thought seeing as 'Libby Lloyd' is double L I would reinforce this by doing this. I used a dark grey for the L as is juxtaposes the brightness of the opposite image. I felt that If I added anymore colour to the main article it would be overpowering and unprofessional looking. The colour Grey is key here as it is the colour of my magazine name therefore I wanted to maintain this housestyle. All the bold writing is the Pixlr font 'BEBAS'. I wanted a simplistic yet bold text that would suit my magazine's housestyle. It was vital to keep the same text constant throughout because otherwise I felt like it could become very messy looking. I based the article on an interview. I put the questions in bold black writing so it is easy for the audience to read and follow.  Initially I made the questions and the answers up myself after watching various you-tube videos of artists that I would compare 'Libby-Lloyd' to in real life. I wanted to keep the article based around the music therefore I included things such as saying her album came out yesterday, so that the interview could be based on the main topic of her album and her music in general. The sub heading 'exclusive' and the page number at the bottom are both in blue to yet again reflect the housestyle of my front page.