Progress of Magazine 3

Progress of Magazine- Double Page Spread

For my double page spread I decided to once again follow the same colour scheme from the front cover and the contents page (grey, blue,red, green). I used the same font styles, colours, and I also used the theme of the banner going across the top of the page from the contents page to make it look consistent. By keeping everything looking the same it will help to make it look professional, authentic and similar to the conventions of my chosen music genres (indie, alternative, folk) magazines. 

Before starting my double page spread I conducted some research into these pages in different issues of NME magazine to highlight the common conventions to use in my own work. I found two that I took some ideas from to help create my own, I liked the idea of just one image filling up the page on the left hand side allowing it to showcase the artist in a different way then in previous images, I used a drop capital, my article went down in three columns and I liked the idea of using a quotes from the interview in pull out form, fitting the text around. By completing the research it allowed me to map out ideas on my flatplans as to how and where things will be placed. I used a drop capital at the beginning of the interview as it follows typical magazine conventions. At the beginning of the interview I have written a small introduction of the artist so that the reader has some background before delving into the interview, to separate the questions from the responses I made sure that the questions were in bold font and a darker shade of grey. Gradually over time as my ideas for the front cover changed so did the double page spread, I decided that it needed some more colour so it would stand out and look more appealing, so just like the front page I added some colour to the drop capital and the heading (a shade of green). Along with the image this brightens up the page. Overall I am very happy with how my double page spread turned out, I would've liked to have spent more time on it but I think it still fits in with the other magazine pages and also looks similar to those I researched. I think this looks authentic and I could imagine this being sold in a magazine stand in a shop.