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DPS Interview

Double Page Spread Construction

This is the construction of my double page spread. This has been the hardest task for me, but it went the way I wanted it to. 
When I first thought about how I was going to do this I was completely unsure, but  after I looked at existing magazines and did my research I came up with the perfect plan. I thought of an image in my head of what I wanted for my photograph (this was before my photoshoot) and on my mood board there are the images of Drake sitting on a chair. I wanted to have something like that to then go onto the next page. When I then had my photoshoot I got the perfect position and I was picturing in my mind what it would be like. I had to flip the photo round so it could go on the first page, but that wasn't a problem. It may have taken longer than I wanted it to in InDesign, but I got there in the end and started to put it together. I came up with the idea to cut the photo wear the page ends in the middle and just have the feet on the side of the next page, to then have the text wrap around the image. That went all fine until I started writing up my interview. I don't know why but I struggled to get the text to go round the feet and the M at the beginning would not cooperate so I had to do it in a very interesting and more complex than it should've been way. Typing up the interview was what took the longest. I had writing a draft by hand so I was trying my hardest to type it up and get it all to fit. It took me ages and I had to make a lot of alters but I did it and now I looks amazing. 
When I started the dps, I was just going to have the one image. When I then had the issue with original images I added my favourite image from the photoshoot into the top right corner to fill the space out and I then added a baby picture of the model to where I was talking about when he was little. I did take that photo myself, but it was a photo of a photo. So I should think that counts. I had the elements of blue all over the page to have that synergy with the colour scheme and the rest of the magazine. There isn't much blue, but there is just enough. You can't have too much blue or it would override the grey scale in the colour scheme.

Contents Page Construction Development

This is the construction development of my contents page. Like my front cover construction, I will add screen grabs of my progress of making my contents page.

Also like my front cover, the masthead started out as grey. This is because I started both constructions at the same time. I used the same font for my headline as my masthead because I wanted to make links. When I started to go through and add in my contents, I added hints of the same blue so that the would be clear synergy throughout in terms of colour scheme and it bring it all together to look like one piece. I put the content in categories/subheadings, the same as what I did in my college magazine. I thought that because it worked so well last time, I would do the same for this one.

I chose this image because I felt that just the image on it's own with no editing or background added/changed then with the content on the left with the model looking that way down at it would be enough for a sophisticated contents page.

In the bottom right hand corner I placed the P from my masthead to do exactly the same as my college magazine. So it would create links and tie it all together.

I have changed my contents page completely because my feedback and comments stated that I didn't have enough photos and the ones I did have were all the same. So I thought I would start from scratch with my layout and construction.

Magazine Genre Specification

The genre of my magazine is R&B. According to my research, pop was the most popular genre. But I have decided to go against my research and make my magazine R&B because my photoshoot fitted that genre more. R&B musicians are very wide, they aren't a specific music type. R&B includes people like Rihanna, Drake, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, even Adele. So there will be readers that like Rihanna, but hate Adele. That's because they are very different, but they still fit into the R&B category. My model, Marley, is an artist very much like Drake. He fits perfectly in the R&B category. I decided to change my genre to R&B after I took the photoshoot and thought that the photos didn't look like a pop artist. I didn't want to redo my photoshoot, because I was too in love with the photos, so I chose to just change the genre, so I could work around my images.