Stages of Double Page Spread

Stage 1

This is the first stage of my double page spread. Like my front cover I went through my photos and found the one that I thought would be most suitable. For my double page spread I wanted the picture to take up the whole of the two pages so I looked for a photo that had lots of plain space in the background so I could put text over the top, which could be readable.

Stage 2

Once I had selected my photo I flipped it vertically so I could fit the heading and more text onto the left side. I then added a small title at the top with Lucy’s name in the contrasting fonts of Segoe Print and Castellar as a small subtitle for my front cover then added a small line underneath. I then added four different layers of text to make up the title in Times New Roman font so that the words could overlap to create a good effect. I then copied and pasted an interview that I had written up earlier and put them into two layers so that they were easier to move.

Stage 3

I then copied a pasted more of the interview onto the right side on the page in a different layer and moved to fit around the image of Lucy. I also made the subtitle of Lucy’s name smaller and moved the text on left side further up the page.

Stage 4

For my fourth stage I added another layer of text completing the interview and moved it next to the first column on the right hand side. I then added pictures to the bottom of the page and gave them a white outer edge to give them a more photo album effect. I then layered the photos on top of each other to create more of a photo album effect.

Stage 5

For the fifth stage of my double page spread I added a small caption by the photo explaining what they were and typed it in pink to link in with the colour theme. I then added page numbers in the corner of the pages and the magazine website all in Times New Roman font. I also made my photos smaller and moved the right hand column of text on the right side a little further up the page so it was not to close to the pictures.

Stage 6

For my next stage I made the text smaller and added a small advertisement for Lucy’s album underneath the text in Times New Roman to link with the rest of the text. I then made up a thumbnail image of Lucy’s album. Because of this I had to change one of the photos, as they were too similar to the album cover.

Stage 7

For Lucy’s album cover I selected a picture that I thought would be suitable from my collection of photos. I then edited the image to black and white and used the guitar in the photo to structure the image as the guitar almost acts as a border of the image. I then added her name in black in Times New Roman and then the name of the album in black in Segoe Print. Underneath the title I added a small pug advertising a named celebrity. Once the image was complete I added it to my double page spread.

Stage 8

At this stage in the making of my double page spread I moved the right hand columns even more up the page so that the text didn’t overlap the edges of the photos and make it unreadable. I then moved the thumbnail of Lucy’s album a little further up the page so it wasn’t too close to the edge.

Stage 9

For the eighth stage of my double page spread I changed the style of the photos to a frame that created a better photo album feel to it. I then made the images smaller, cropped them and fitted them closer together. I then changed the colour of the caption to white to make it easier to read.

Stage 10

For the tenth stage I just added shadows to the smaller images of Lucy to make them stand out more.

Stage 11

For my eleventh and final stage I changed the colour of the questions in the interview so that there was a distinct difference between the questions and the answers. I also made the columns of text bigger on the left and right hand side of the double page spread in order to add more questions and answers. Once I had made the columns of text bigger I made the thumbnail of Lucy's album bigger and moved the smaller images down the bottom so the text wasn't overlapping them. Once I had done that I felt that my double page spread was final.