2. Just like my front cover and contents page I first open
up InDesign to produce my Double Page Spread.
After already selecting the image I wanted out of my
photo shoot I simply ‘file’ and ‘place…’ this into my
document. In my mock up I had decided to make the
image 2 A4 pages big however with a portrait photo I
was unable to do this without either stretching the
photo (therefore it would be very pixelated) or
cropping the image (but it didn’t give my desired effect).
Therefore I used the syringe tool in the left hand tool
bar on the page and with the block colour tool, filled in
the whole rest of the page the other side with the same
colour as the background in the photograph.
After I had placed my images and colour background
perfectly I turned on the document grid lines to I am
able to make my text and layout as neat as possible from
the page.
3. I decided to put in the article topic for this page in the
top right hand corner so the audience can see clearly
and easily exactly what type of article these two pages
would be about.
I then changed the colour and font of this to keep to the
house style of the magazine. This I did by adding orange
to the last word just like I did with my contents page
title.
Then I started on my title of the whole page. For this I
chose the name of the celebrity/ artist to make it
instinctively clear to the audience about who this article
is about. I used the same ‘Blake’ font as for the
Masthead on my front cover page of my magazine to
keep to the house style. If FRANKIE was in black as it
was it wouldn’t be seen easily on the page therefore I
changed this part of her name to white so that it would
stand out a lot easier.
After this I added in my introduction header, a small
piece of information to draw the reader in to start
looking and introducing the article. I changed this to
white to be seen better and not make black a too
common colouring.
4. I then added in my page numbers at the bottom
referring back to my contents page to make sure the
reader is lead to the right place. I used the same font as
on the contents page to make sure it looks the same size
and numbering all the way through.
I then added a box to indicate where my image was
going to go however I didn’t know for sure if this would
look right here so I left it until the end to confirm. I
planned to place in an image of the artist at a gig or
festival therefore I carried on righting in the caption to
go along with the image. I placed this next to the image
with the Georgia font and made this orange to stand out
on the black jacket.
After my first draft of my article I constructed my
second and final one. Once I was happy I simply copied
and pasted this into the text boxes on my article page
and moved the text around until I was happy.
To make my article look 100% professional I added in
my Drops Cap at the beginning of the article. This
attracts the reader in to the beginning of the article.
5. I then added a pull quote/callout which I
took out of my script and enlarged
around the middle of my article. I also
changed this to the colour of white so it
matches my drops cap. I then played
around with making the article look
perfect and professional with straight
edges and three perfect columns to make
it look neat and tidy.
I also added in the NOISE logo at the
bottom of the page next to my page
numbers and the website address.
I decided to take out the image in the end as I didn’t
feel it looked quite right. Therefore I took another
callout out of my text that my artist had said and
made this into a pull quote instead. I changed this to
orange because I didn’t feel I had enough orange it
there to fit the house style properly.
After playing around a bit I tidied the whole
magazine up by selecting the boxes and making sure
they fit in with the rest of the layout on the page. To
make it look professional, neat and tidy.
6. This is my finished final product which I am extremely happy with. It looks professional
and neat as well as having different conventions to build up a good Double Page Spread.
