Progression Of Double Page Spread

I started off my double page spread by creating the background from two separate images that were taken to get the countryside and more vintage look I also changed the filter, the idea of using the picture of reads was that they fitted in already with the colour scheme. The other thing I started to do was sort the layout using my draft plan, this included using two opaque rectangles so the background would still be seen but so would the text. I was then advised to add another rectangle so more text would be able to fit into the double page spread giving the consumer more information making it more attractive and them more likely to buy it. The next things that I added were the masthead, title, sidebar, pull quote and kicker. I decided to have an unconventional pull quote after trying to get it go fit round the other text that would be place in the boxes however as this didn’t work and the was a lot of space free I decided to place it just to the side of the title, as shown in the final image of the double page spread. To make the kicker stand out I also used a different colour for the different parts of the interview text (the questions and answer and introduction) as this made it clearer to the audience and easier for them to read.  For this product I received very little feedback other than to add a date and web address to the bottom of the page.

Progression Of Contents Page

There were many different versions of my front cover image to get it looking right for the target audience and also like the initial draft that had been planned. As you can see from the top left image that I had a contents page which looked overly crowded and complicated with several different colours that wouldn’t attract the consumer, therefore by acting on the feedback that was gain was to reduce the cover lines and change the layout. From the middle image you can see that I had started to do this with everything being linier instead of crowded and the background colour changing, however I wanted this the contents page to fit in with my feature article and front cover, the ways I wanted to achieve this in were by the background colour, which from suggestions from my feedback I decided to go with a brown/ purple colour which would still give off that vintage hue and oldish look that made my magazine unique and different making it stand out more. From here I decided to try and make the different sections of the stand out more to make it easier for people to read, to do this I made each cover line in a different section a different colour however this made it harder to reader and didn’t look as appealing, my feedback on this was to make the line spacing smaller and change the text to right making it look all the same and more professional. The other thing I did to make it fit in with my front cover was keep all the cover lines to the left side and the images on the other side as I felt this laid out better. From this version I decided to make all my cover lines in one line down the side of the page, still in their different sections as this would give me room to place a range of images and the cover line and sidebar on the rest of the page without it looking crowded, all in all this made my magazine look more presentable. The final version of my contents page which you can see in the bottom right corner, is more attractive to the consumer and fits in with the colour scheme and also my idea of a vintage look to connect it more to history of musical theatre. You can further see that more images were added and the layout of the sidebar, issue number and masthead changed this is because I felt as this made it more unconventional to have them placed there making the magazine stand out even more and also because it didn’t make it look crowded. The final version does fit what I was trying to achieve.

Progression Of Front Cover

During this task I valued the importance of gaining feedback and improving my work as you can see from the images above the progress that was made in each stage, the image of the left was my very first template of the front cover, to give me an idea of where things should go and spacing. From here I decided to added more info to my cover lines, and was told that a website address may work on the front cover. Therefore, I trialed it to see if it looked right and where I could place it as you can I kept with it as it was able to look right and fit in with the rest of the design for the front cover. The other main component that was missing was the main cover line, there were many versions of this, including the text being in a faded rectangle however this didn’t look right as also didn’t make the front cover look attractive to the consumer therefore I changed it to the final one you can see on the right.