Double-Page Spread

Double-Page Spread After completing my front cover and contents page, it was time to apply the stories created into the double-page spread. After researching and reading many drum magazines, I decided I would follow the theme of an interview with a famous person. However, as I have taken a new approach to drumming, it required more imagination and creativity than I first anticipated. My story revolves around the drummer 'Axel Stixspinner' who is in a recently signed band called 'Revolution'. It simply goes through the process on from when he was younger to where he is now, talking about how he got into music and how he got signed, and then some information on his future plans and events.


With my double-page spread, it was a simple case of creating a script, a story line and then applying it to my magazine regarding the length and relevance. Using Microsoft Word, I spent the time to create the story, before cutting and editing parts that I wanted to use, and removing parts that I didn't. Here was my first draft of the script:

So after creating the script, I was ready to start writing up my double-page spread. I started off by creating a template of the page. I used my familiar colour scheme of black and red with a gradient in the corner. This allowed me to be creative and allow my header follow my colour scheme, by having black text, over the red gradient.

I then added my images, making sure to include different varieties to keep it interesting and unique. I resized all the images to fit different areas of the page, and gave them individual boxes with a red background to make them stand out against the double-pages own background.

Finally I added my text, with the edited script, and applying the same font used previously on the front page and contents page. I used columns to keep it organised and easy to read which relates back to the organisation idea used while creating hte contents page.

A key feature to my double-page spread is the "quotations" displayed largely. This allows my readers to have a "sneak preview" of the interview, which encourages them to read it, similar to a movie trailer before its official release.

I was consistent with my colour scheme throughout my double-page spread, keeping the dominant black and red, with the slight use of white. I applied this to my text, and completed my double-page spread.