Double page spread

This is very close to the final design of my double page spread. However, I think A few details should be tweaked. I feel the quote on the left page doesn't stand out enough and the right side seems to empty. I will change these faults by changing the font style and colour for the left side so it is more clear and vivid. With the right side I will push the text closer to the headline and fit in a tour banner promotion which will link to the text.





















This is the design for my double page spread for my music magazine coursework. I went for the the design of an image on the left page and the text on the other page. Choosing the right image for my double page spread was hard, harder than choosing any other image for the other parts of the magazine. I chose this image as the final one because the person's position faces towards the right page. This draws the readers eyes across the double page spread towards the text. I have also made the adjustments I felt necessary that I wrote about earlier. I even looked closer and focused on the smaller parts, I changed the arrow showing to turn the page into an image of a play button for fit into the theme of music.

Kerrang! Front cover deconstruction

This front cover has a clear focus to the band, Metallica. This clearly shown through the size of the headline 'Metallica' being bigger than the font size of the Kerrang! masthead. This draws extreme focus to main purpose of the magazine. Also this is accentuated by James Hetfield position being in front of the masthead. Kerrang! are only able to do this because there brand has become so well known that they can cover up their masthead and people know what magazine it is, the magazine has become so popular they could leave the masthead out and it would still be recognizable through it's image and style. All band members of Metallica are all wearing black, this all black image fits to their genre of music and the genre of the magazine appealing to the audience through this similar interest.

The formation of the band members is important as well, James has the front position to represent he lead in the band and to show the hierarchy of members. I like this cover over other Kerrang! covers due to the simplistic layout. I feel like some of the Kerrang! covers are too hectic and messy. Due to the main focus on Metallica they have calmed this style down and just put tag lines and images at the bottom instead all over the cover. An example of this disorderly cover is below the text. I understand that this messy look to the magazine is to fit to the style of the demographic and the ethos and attitude of the magazine but in my opinion this may encourage the opposite affect and put the audience off. The cover below illustrates this, I feel they have tried to fit in too much and therefore pushed out the photo of Bullet for my Valentine. I believe letting the main photo take up the focus of the cover would create a more appealing and attractive cover. 

Music mag flat plans

Front cover flat plan

Contents page flat plan

Double page spread flat plan

my music mag contents page

I am pleased with my first design of my contents page. however, I will go back over this page and finish it off and tweak the weak parts before starting the double page spread. I think I will change the font of the title (contents) so it is a bit more unique and stand out a bit more. Also I will change the sub-heading and finish off the bottom left hand corner.

After looking back over the first design I cam to the conclusion I wasn't pleased with the style and whole layout. This meant I didn't finish it off and started a different contents page to create a more professional feel and look to my magazine. I think I have achieved a more professional look with the second design and I'm pleased with the outcome and now I will start to design my double page spread.