Double Page Spread

Here is my original photo for my first draft of my double page spread. After experimenting with different camera angles I felt that a wide shot would be appropriate for this part of my magazine production. As you can see the photo consists of a  red motorbike. I felt that this colour signifies a hazardous tone, which reflects the overall theme that Hip hop music illustrates and I wanted this to fit with my magazine title of 'Renegade' and this underpins the turbulent attitude that is being portrayed throughout. I did not want to use a close up shot as I did not think that the photo would capture everything that I think is necessary in order to create the theme that I am intending.

The fact that my talent are leaning against the motorbike, emphasises on the reckless attitude and I feel that this also fits well with the tone of  the magazine. The emotionless facial expressions of both Aaron and Cameron covey the detached and callous point of view that I am going for. This could also signify that Hip hop music is taken seriously, as I have represented in an earlier post.


Here is my draft of my double page spread.

I was going to use this as my final piece for my music magazine, however after receiving audience feedback, I came to a conclusion that this was not effective in delivering the themes and tones that I would like my magazine to represent.

I edited the original photo that I took on 'Picmonkey' as it had many different effects and it allowed me to experiment and see which colours suited my magazine the best. I used the effect 'Cross Process' in the colour green in order to make the photo bring out its natural colours so that they stand out. The best example in this photo is the yellow colour that has been brought out amongst the trees.
I decided to use the font 'Freshman' for the quote that I have used on the photo. This is the same font that I have used continuously throughout my magazine processes. I feel that this font in particular stands out amongst the rest of the text and the darkened tone of the image helps reflect the boldness of the words.
I thought that using a musical quote would be highly suited as I have not used much language in relation to music itself. I also think that the abrupt tone of the quote reflects the ruthlessness of the people on the front cover. Having said this I felt as though I was not completely satisfied with this double page spread.

Here is my final double page spread.

As you can see, I have made some major changes to this piece, compared to my draft. Firstly, I have ensured that I have included my title in bold, in black so that it stands out to the audience and is obvious that the double page spread belongs to RENEGADE. I also felt that it would be necessary to remain with my house style and keep similar colour themes throughout the page itself. For this reason I have matched the font and some background colours with the motorbike to reinforce the risky or unsafe tone that is being created.
I noticed that in my draft of my double page spread, I did not make it clear to the audience who the people on the page are. Therefore I felt that the best way to make this clear was to physically link the photo with the name of the people. I did so by placing the words 'THE EASTSIDERS' on top of the top right hand corner of the photo. Although I wanted to create a theme of risk, I wanted to refrain from making the page look messy or unappealing in any way, so for this reason I wanted to keep the minimum font and photos on the cover, aside from what was only necessary.

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