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About my double page spread

My Double Page Spread

My double page spread is on nicki minaj because she is really big at the moment. The audience of my magazine is woman ages 18+, nicki minaj is popular with this audience right now so making a double page spread on her is good and fresh.

I used a magazine article page to help me get started; it had the persons name in a colour and big font. So I put her name in a big font to show straight away who it is and put it in pink to contrast with her hair in the picture and as she is young and new, the hot pink I’ve used adds a flirty and fun feeling which reflects her. The picture takes up a whole page and is a photo shoot image. I picked this one because its long and she looks glamorous and unique. Its colourful which adds more colour to the pages as the main writing is black. I filled the background in light grey because I didn’t want it white as it looks to plain and boring so adding even a hint of colour brings out all the elements on the pages. For the title I used Lucida Handwriting because its slightly flicked and looks oriental and she is from that part of the world. For the main writing I used Tahoma because it’s a clear, standard writing and isn’t difficult to read. I added a speech bubble quoting something she said, to make the reader want to carry on reading about her. I filled this in green to catch the reader’s eye. From another magazine they used an arrow to show that the article is carried on over the next page. I added this is because it’s a good element that I want to include in my magazine. I filled it in pink. The same pink as the title and with an arrow in white to contrast the dark pink.

This double page spread fits with my magazine because I’ve used fresh colours and a modern person to do it on. 

My Double Page Spread

About my contents page

My Contents Page

I used a magazine to help me with my own contents page. I have a big picture at the top of my contents page. The picture is of a girl sitting on a step on the street, she looks really chic and fashionable. This picture sends out a message that ‘if you buy the clothes we advertise you can look good even sitting on the street’. This reassures people they will look good with the clothes in this magazine. The shoes the woman is wearing are the piece of clothing my magazine are advertising but its better to have someone with the whole outfit so they know what sort of clothes to put with the shoes and then they will be more persuaded to buy the shoes.

The bold writing in the middle saying ‘In Spotlight…’ is the eye-catching writing so you know it’s a contents page. I chose to write ‘In Spotlight…’ instead of contents page because it reminds people of the magazine name and makes it more interesting.

The actual contents of the magazine I have split up into easy sections. I have Fashion & Beauty as one, Celebrity as another and Real Life and Every Week as two more. However the pages are not in order they are mixed up so the reader doesn’t get bored of reading just Fashion & Beauty, etc. I used blue to background the sections, I used blue because it’s a calm colour it creates a relaxed atmosphere. The things that are on the front cover have cover story next to them so if the reader is looking for a exact thing its easy to find it. I have a picture of a celebrity to break the writing up. I used pink for the page numbers because it complements the blue and the pink gives off a sense of love without being as harsh as red. I used black as the stories because it’s a statement colour and is always in fashion; also the blue and pink take the harshness of the black down to make it come together as a good calm relaxing environment.

I have thought about the little details that the other magazine had. It had a subscription at the bottom I added that in to.  

My Contents Page

contents page