My draft double page spread

For my double page spread, I wanted to make it relevant to the earlier pages in my magazine, so I decided to talk about the band who feature on the contents. I think this is a lot better than putting a random double page in my magazine as it makes it look more like a magazine and less like a couple of pages thrown together. I was looking at double page spreads used in magazines and I think the most effective ones were the ones that had one article spread over both the pages. I wanted this in my magazine as this would prevent the magazine from being too wordy, make it more spacious, more attractive to the eye and give more space for pictures. If I was to use this technique, I would have to make sure I respect the crease seperating the pages in the middle. If I didn't, I would have either text or a picture ruined due to the fact a huge fold will be going through it. To respect the fold, I will leave a little bit of space either side of it. I will do this so the fold doesn't ruin the page and so it makes the double page look neat and tidy.

I wanted a slightly brighter background than I've used in the contents and the front page because these pages have to sustain a reader's attention instead of just capturing it for a couple of seconds. I believe the background will attract the audience to the page so they don't immediately turn the page over and then the pictures and the text will then become the attraction. I obviously didn't want it too bright as this would have made the text and the pictures look less effective and make the double page spread look a lot less attractive.

To make the double page spread even more related to the contents, I used the same colour scheme and the same fonts. When comparing the pages together, it makes the contents and the double page spread seem related and I believe this helps make my magazine look a lot more professional. I also wanted a banner adverstising the band's songs and where to find them. I decided to make it the same colour as the text, which I believe didn't take too much attention away from the contents on the double page spread which is exaclty what I wanted. Obviously I wanted it to attract some attention or it would have been pointless to have it, so making the size of the banner bigger did the job well.

I got some family members, staff from school and some pupils to analyse my double page spread. The improvements I could have made to make it better were:

• Less white space
• More effects on the pictures
• Mix up of text styles