Music magazine double-page article production

Step 1: This is the start of my double page spread, i started by getting the background colour the same as my front page, but the effect is different, instead of using grey fading into white then back into grey from top to bottom, on my double page spread the white starts on the bottom right corner and gradually fades into grey as it reaches out to the top left corner. Also i started by putting in the title of the article, i tried different fonts and sizes and the style i have chosen seems to go best with my idea, it allows plenty more space for pictures and articles. The page number has been included in the article only on the bottom right (4), the page number for page 3 has not been included because i researched other music magazines and found that in double page spreads usually there is only 1 page number included.

Step 2: Next i included the main picture i was going to use, after I had edited it.The image has been edited to align it with the middle crease of the double page spread, so it looks as though the artist is leaning on the crease as though it was a wall.








Step 3: Next I added the start of my article, i used a different font for the first letter "L", i had looked through popular magazines such as Vibe and seen that this is a popular technique used to help draw attention to the article.

Step 4: After the first part of the article had been inserted, i realised that there was too much space that was not going to be filled up without putting in more images and making the article longer, so i edited more images of the artist but also included the image used on the front page to make almost a timeline of images, going from the artist crouching in a small image, to standing in a medium sized image, to him then leaning back in a large image taking up most of the second page. The article had been made longer to make it wrap around the images and make the page look more compact and filled.

Step 5: Now the Double page spread is starting to look more realistic, a Question & Answer article has been placed in to fill the page up, i have used the colours red and blue in this part to help distinguish between the questions and answers, also i have made sure that the answers by the artist are quite long so the reader can get more out of the magazine. also included is a "EXCLUSIVE Interview" sign, this helps the spread look more realistic and eye catching so it helps it to compete against other major music magazines

Step 6: This is my final version of the Double Page Spread. To finalise my spread I put on the last few touches. by inserting another convention "Free Lil Wayne Poster Included", It makes it look more realistic and helps bring it to life, luckily everything went well together so there was not many touches to be done.