AS Media - Jessie Plant

Monday, 2 April 2012

Double Page Spread Sketches

Shown here are four Rough

sketches for my double page spread. I like them all therefore, I will decide which one to use based on how well my photographs turn out.

Extra Photo Research - Double Page Spread, Moodboard

Shown below is the Mood-board I made which allows me to see lots of different images that all express the image I am searching for in Alice. I like the ideas of the fields and long dresses and skirts. I believe this sort of style would really suit her. I have fields that I can easily access which will correspond with this research. I will take a variety of different styled photos in search for the ones which will look good. These will also be used for the miniature photos in the double page spread.

Double Page Spread Research

This page really stood out to me for numerous reasons. One major one was the photographs. The use of more the one photograph, I think, is extremely effective as it allows more for the reader to view and lets the page tell more of a story. The colour scheme is simple with the colours of black, white and red as the main ones. These all are very complimentary of each other and stand out off the page. The quote is also something that stood out to me and is something, I know is put on most magazine spreads so that the reader can quickly gain an understanding of what is on the page. The big photo taking up one page is a feature I am extremely fond of. Looking at this page, my plan, is to use one big photo graph for the background of my pages and have miniature photos.

This example is another which has one large photo that takes place mainly on one side. The large photo, I think, is very effective as it allows the characters to stand out. Again, there is the use of the banner on the top left hand corner which I think is effective as it allows the reader to distinguish between different pages of the magazine. There is a lot of writing on the magazine showing the main focus is the article its self and the photo reflects the personality of the band.

Here again, shows a large photo as being the main image of the page. The writing, again, is situated on the right. I will ensure my writing it on the right hand side of the page like above as I believe it most compliments my double page research.

Final Contents Page

Stages in Production - Contents Page

Using Photoshop

In my opinion, the photo of Nakita was nearly right. The only effect I used was to increase the contrast of the photo. This enables the model to stand out.

Since the photos of Rob were very dark, I decided to use the Brush tool in order to make the background WHITE. I also used the Magic Wand tool to select the glasses in order to make them BLACK. This ensured that they did not blend into the background. I used the Export tool to make the images JPEG's.

Into INDESIGN

Next, I began to plan the look of my contents page.

Looking at my previous research, I saw that most of the contents pages I looked at had headings such as 'WHATS NEW' and 'LIVE'. Therefore, I was keen to adapt this into my work by using the headings of 'WEEKLY/THIS WEEK', 'WHATS NEW', 'FEATURES', 'LIVE' AND 'PLUS'. Under these I was then able to put my pages. To ensure that the page numbers stand out, I made the colour of the numbers RED.

For the title of the contents page, I wanted to make a box to insert the text into. At first, I was keen for it to be RED so that it would stand out on the page. However, on further thought and looking at my research, I decided to make the box BLACK and the writing WHITE which would ensure that it would stand out on the page without drawing attention away from the writing.

To ensure that the headings stood out. I decided to make the writing of them WHITE with the background of BLACK which would be the same as the title so therefore, go well on the page. As well as this, at this stage, I prepared the typing for my photos. I put the names of 'Rob Rutnam' and 'Nakisha Pattni' in the font BROADWAY. This is so it would stand out.

Using the Place tool, I inserted the photo of Nakita and also Placed a mini version of the front cover of my magazine. I had to place the writing in different places in order to make it look clear next to the photo.

Using the Place tool once again, I inserted the image of Rob. Then, on the boxes of the headings, I used the effect of Drop Shadow in order to create a more 3D look.

To try and make the pages and their sections look more professional. I put the main point of band of each page and put in in BOLD in order to make the most important factors stand out to the reader.

Wanting to use a Different Font, I decided to make the font of the page headings CALIBRI as it looked professional and clear.

Shown Below is an idea I took from one of the magazines on my 'Contents Research'

Using the idea of the RED meant I knew that this box would stand out. I think having this within the contents page promotes a connection between the magazine and the reader. It is a feature I have seen in a lot of magazines. Including Fashion ones such as 'LOOK' magazine. I liked the idea of it as it made my Contents Page more personal.

I wanted to change the background so it was not plain WHITE. So therefore, I took the background colour of my Front Cover and made the contents page the same with the intention of adding a Gradient later on. This colours number's are shown above.

I made the font on the 'Editor' VIVALDI so that it looked like hand writing. This is a feature which I adapted from the example I took from the research. I think its a special technique that makes the magazine more professional.

Thinking about my design of the page, I decided I would rather create a smaller size title and put my Editor feature next to it. This made it look fuller.

Here, I decided again to change my positioning on the page. I also decided that I wanted to make the boxes of my titles bigger like shown her. I used the Group tool again. I think the bigger boxes fills the page more.

Shown here is all of the boxes increased in size.

Next, I wanted to change the Font of the writing around the photo of Rob. I changed it to BELL GOTHIC STD so that it stood out from other fonts on the page and I wanted to ensure that I used a variety of fonts through my pages.