Final double page spread:

I still kept a similar layout to the other drafts. I decided to duplicate the pull quote and give it a 3D look; this was so that the text would be able to stand out from the background. I also changed the slug altogether, my original slug was too simplistic and faded in the background of the page. I decided to add a bit more colour to it and make it a theme of colours I would use in another section of “Random Facts”. The colours used gave a bit more energy to the page which was full of darker colours. I chose the text n the slug to “New Sound” instead of “Music”, as music was too typical and expected as this is a music magazine. New sounds allows the reader to know what the double page spread s going to be about, which is exactly the purpose of a slug. I decided to just change the colour of the questions and not highlight them with a grey background anymore; I also thought that it would be better to increase the editorial content was it was quite limited, so I added another 2 questions to the interview. As there was an increase of editorial content I had to decrease the size of the side bar to make more room for the text added. Then I left aligned all the text as this made the presentation of the text look better and made it seem easier to read. I changed the font of “Studio 64” when it was mentioned twice in the text and made it into the same font of the masthead, this is good for continuity. I also decided to change the font of “Random facts” on the side bar and gave it a 3D affect; this helped it stand out from the other text present tin the side bar. I made the answers of “Random Facts” more detailed to make it more appealing to the reader and changed the colour of the questions to match the slug; I believe that this complimented each other well on the double page spread.

Double page spread commentary: For the double page spread again I kept the same colour scheme that I had for the front cover and the table of contents I have kept pink, grey and white colours. I have also included a black background which generally goes with very colours, as most colours stand out with a black background. The black and white on each page show a clear contrast and separates the A3 page into two, this is done with the use of the two colours. There is also a contrast With “Tyrone” written in white on a black background and “Lewis” written in black on a white background. The interview is kept in a small black font on a white background which goes well with the typical conventions of a magazine when it comes to interviews. I have chosen to highlight the questions with a grey background to make them stand out of the page and the other text underneath which are the answers. This shows a separation with the questions and answers, which can be useful to the reader if they do not want to read a dense editorial they can choose which questions they want to read an answer to and therefore they will not have to read the entire article if they wish so. I added a pull quote on the bottom left hand side of the page which isn’t an unusual place to usually find a pull quote, however I added a box with a solid grey background to make the quote stand out as I realised the writing in pink wasn’t very visible with the background picture and I wanted to keep it in the pink colour to stay with the same colour theme throughout. I have added a side bar which takes about ¼ of the page on the right hand side. Sidebars usually includes different editorial than the actual article on the same page however I decided to keep with the same topic and add “Interesting Facts”. I wanted to add a bit more information about the artist who the article was about and I felt that the interview wasn’t enough which is why I included this sidebar. This has very limited editorial content and is quick and easy to read, this relates to the types of people I expect will be reading this article.

My original idea for my double page spread is to spit the page into two different section, one side will be dominated by one picture and have a slug on the top left hand side, with a pull quote at the bottom left hand side. The other page will also be split into two sections. The half left section will have the interview, ad the right hand side will be a side bar related to the same article saying “Interesting facts” On the top right hand side where the side bar will be I will have more picture. As for the title of “Tyrone Lewis”, “Tyrone” will be on the left page and “Lewis” will be on the right page.