Double page spread construction
- 2. The first thing I did was add my masthead. As you can see, I stuck to the same theme as used for my masthead and titles throughout my magazine. I used HACKED regular font, 100 pt in size. This way it stood out clearly on the page. I stuck to the colour scheme of red and black, which are the typical colours for an indie magazine. The next thing that I did was add the page number and magazines website in the bottom right corner of the page. I used Helvetica Neue Light for the website link and Helvetica Neue Bold for the page number – I made the page number bold so it stood out clearly, so readers would have no trouble finding certain pages. Both the website and page number are 24pt in size.
- 3. Next I added my main image for my double page spread – I used a relevant picture of my band ‘GRAPHIC’. To add my image I clicked ‘Image’ > ‘Open’ > Selected the image I wished to use and opened it. I then cropped the image and dragged it onto my double page spread where I resized the image to fit the page. I added a drop shadow effect by selecting it from the effects menu shown in the top right corner of the photoshop app. I decided to use a drop shadow effect as shadows are used throughout my magazine, so it fits the overall style.
- 4. Finally I included my story. I decided to have an interview between the band, so my story is strictly question and answer based. I added a different text box per question/answer. For the questions, I used PT Serif Bold font, 14pt in size – This makes the questions stand out clearly. For the answers I used PT Serif Italic font, 12pt in size – I also had the names of whoever is answering the questions bold to make this clearer to readers. For the quote shown in the middle of the article I used PT Serif Caption Italic font in a larger 28pt size – this is so it stood of clearly in between the article. I stuck to serif fonts as this is a typical font type for magazine articles and it looks professional overall.