Analysis of Final Double Page Spread

Using the same concept of the draft of the second contents page, I decided to increase the capacity of the background to 86%, making a little dark and so that the abstract forest green were visible, bringing about a sense of ‘funky’ style. The original background consisted of shades of dark and bright green abstract patches, and did not permit the black writing to stand out, as it was contradicting and unclear.

I still used the rule of thirds, as I thought it would be best for the reader’s eye. And also, the close up image of the artist was still incorporated. The large image was originally small, and so I was afraid it might get distorted. I then found out that I could increase its pixels in order for it to look proportionate, without getting distorted.

Moving on, the writing was initially all black. In order for the double page spread to stand out, I thought of using two other colors; ‘pink’ for the pull quote and for the name ‘Flexic’ at the start of the interview, and ‘orange’ for the magazine’s name ‘BLAST’. ‘BLAST’ is written in orange color in the front cover, and the person that interviewed Flexic was from ‘BLAST’ and so I thought there should be some sort of and representation, even if its just a matter of the color. The same for using the color pink. In the front cover, there is a hint of pink used and so I used pink in the double page spread too, in form of the pull quotes, the name ‘Flexic’ and the website on the close up image and the photographer’s name too.

Why I selected this particular graphical image which the title is in, is because it has a hint of green, and brown too. When the background was still at its original color, it looked like brown symbolized ‘wood’ in the ‘forest’. Then, when I reduced the capacity of the background, I thought that it still looked great, as it has some sense of ‘funky’ in it.

Furthermore, the font of the text is ‘funky wizzard’. As my magazine is based on funky-pop, I deliberated that the writing should also add to the sense of funky too. The website and the photographer’s name on the large image are in a different font in order to bring about variety and to stand out.

Final Double Page Spread

Analysis of first draft of the Double Page Spread

Whilst going through the graphics book, I picked some innovative ideas up. But that meant diverting from my initial double page spread. I went on, defying my initial double page spread plan and I made this mock up of my second contents page in order to see whether the colors would match and look appropriate. The background was initially shades of green, and the writing was black. I liked it!

The writing wasn’t clearly visible and thus, I decided to totally eliminate the background and leave it plain white . Within an instance, I realized that it looked awkward. It looked bland and more of an old school magazine’s double page spread. The text in the third column was also too high up compared to the other columns and ‘Flexic’ at the start of the first column, couldn’t not even be read as it was in white, against a white background. This definitely couldn’t be my double page spread!

First draft of Double Page Spread

Analysis of Double Page Spread Plan

I may not be the best artist, but I’ve got a plan! This plan for my double page spread is based on the rule of thirds theory. This would allow the page to be captivating and that the close up image of the artist could be the center of attention. I decided to make each column interesting by having an image in the first and second column and a pull quote in the third column.

Double Page Spread Plan

Analysis of final contents page

As I wasn’t really satisfied with my first contents page that I had made, I decided to exploit the graphical world. Its very vast and wasn’t easy to decide on which concept I wanted to go with. I was contemplating on whether to use a totally different background color, or to use one of the colors on the front cover. I decided to play safe and go with the ‘pink’ shade, like a little of the writing on the front cover.

I then chose this abstract strip of color, as it looks really funky and thought that the pictures of the artists would look good in form of circles, forming the strip.

The writing is written in navy blue and white, still using colors from the front cover, I thought it would look more attractive rather than introducing a totally new color as ‘pink’, ‘navy blue’ ‘orange’ and ‘white’ are already in the front cover. In order to maintain the ‘funky-pop’ vibe, I decided to have font a little funky and sharp. The title is ‘old English’, bringing about a sense of variety and making it contrasting and vibrant.

Here again, I tried to play about with the conventions of a typical music magazine. As my genre is ‘funky pop’ one would expect it to be wild on, and crazy. I’ve provided to a totally different side of ‘funky pop’, my images are well placed in an organized manner and my writing is right aligned.