Music Magazine Double-Page Article Production

This is the process in which I created the double-page spread for my magazine. I decided to create an interview, with the colour scheme carrying on from the front cover and the contents page.

This is the first step I took creating the double-page spread for my magazine. I started by measuring the middle of the A3 page, and then I added the images, creating the text around the images, as I did not want the text to go over the images at all. The background is the same as the front cover, and the contents page, as again, I wanted to have the same colour scheme, and this is also what is in my target audience feedback. I had noticed that the introduction paragraph was hard to read, and hurt the eyes with the background colour, but I left it because I was going to see if I could change it later, so it was more easier to read. I then had to add my questions, which was the thing that took the longest out of the whole project. I was pleased with how my double-page spread was starting to look. 

By this stage, I had added more questions and answers to the double-page spread. By now, I had noticed that not only the orange was hard to read, but some of the blue text was beginning to become hard to read. Again, I left this and continued on with the production, hoping to fix this issue later.

Again, By this stage I had added more questions to thee interview. I had also added the quote "I'm not arrogant!" to the page on the right, but it is very hard to read due to the background colour again. 

To try and fix the issue of the text being hard to read, I decided to change the background colour, and some of the text colour. I changed the introduction paragraph colour from orange to black, also in an attempt to make the text easier to read. 

This was how I had planned to finish the double-page spread, before I got feedback from my audience. 

In order to make the text easier to read, I changed the background colour again, to a much lighter colour, which makes the text a lot easier to read. I also noticed that there was a big space next to the picture on the right, along the top, and there was also some space next to the picture on the left. I decided to add more questions to fill the space on the right, and then added 'Bass' Exclusive Interview', and for the space on the left, I moved the text over slightly to take up this space. I then noticed that there was quite a big space on the bottom, so I then added a website address, which also makes it look more professional. 

After looking at the previous double-page spread, I noticed that I hadn't put any page numbers on, which are another common characteristic for a magazine.