Evaluation for double page spread

Here is the small version of my final copy of my double page spread for my music magazine. A larger image is attached further down in the blog.

One major difference from producing the front page and contents to the double page spread was the amount of text it contained. I had to consider a number of aspects before writing my article, including what kind of tone to use, informal chatty colloquial language or formal Standard English. After much consideration I decided to use Standard English with occasional informal language. I decided upon this because the target audience is further educated students who generally would have been educated enough to understand and appreciate that type of language use.

I decided to feature the main cover star as also the feature of the main article in the magazine; however this isn’t unusual, it’s very typical for a magazine to carry this convention. The shot that I used isn’t posed and is an action shot. Part of the reason I selected this specific picture was that it indicated an natural effect in an ordinary environment which conveys an un-materialistic tone.

The colour scheme used is the same throughout to keep in form with the house style. I felt like adding more photos onto the double page spread would distract attention from the main photo and clutter up the spread. CLASH likes to keep it's magazine simple and not chaotic, which signifies to the audience that CLASH doesn’t need to have fancy elements to the magazine, the content itself is adequate.

Planning out in advance what house style, colour scheme and other features I wanted my magazine to have, really helped make the process of actually making my magazine a lot smoother and straightforward. I made the title a lot larger than usual as it signifies and emphasises the position of the importance in CLASH.

I included the update of the release of the new single of the artist; this promotes them and keeps the consumer engaged in the story. I feel double page as a whole would really appeal to my target audience.