Completed double-page spread

This is my completed version of my double page spread. This was done using Photoshop so that I could create the layout and edit all the text, images, and colours used in the contents and front page to make it look as professional also possible. This double page follows my original idea almost perfectly but does have few changes made. First of all the background is ray of light or explosion instead of just a blank background or one with the mise-en-scene used in original photograph because when I applied the new background it looked a lot better and blended well with the text and images and contrasted well with the backgrounds used in the contents and front page.

Plus the heading used to show that the double page spread was in a specific section of the magazine was changed (this technique has been used in various other magazines like metal hammers ‘all accesses’). This is because the original idea was meet with extremely negative feedback from me and other people (worse than that of my masthead), this is mainly due to the fact that the colour scheme used seemed very out of place and didn’t contrast well with the overall theme of the magazine plus no other font was used in the magazine which showed a lack of consistency. So in the end I used the same font used in my masthead for the front page and contents page since it fit will with the magazine layout and showed consistency throughout the magazine.   

Completed front page

This is the completed version of my front page. This was done using Photoshop so that I could create the layout and edit all the text, images, and colours used in the contents page to make it look as professional also possible. This Front page follows my original idea rather closely but has fewer changes made. First of all the background is ray of light or explosion instead of just a blank background because when I applied the new background it looked a lot better and blended well with the text and images, plus the masthead is different since response to my original masthead was meet with negative feedback from myself and others, so instead of making one word be inside of a letter I just did both words separately and personally I thought I turned out better. Also the main image isn’t as big as the one used in my flat plan, I did this because I wanted to include more text on the page without making it seemed too crowded.   

Completed contents page

This is the completed version of my contents page. This was done using Photoshop so that I could create the layout and edit all the text, images, and colours used in the contents page to make it look as professional also possible. This contents page follows my original idea rather closely but has fewer images but more text and the headings are different colours than the ones used in the original plan. Though it didn't follow the plan completely I personally think it turned out better since the finished version didn't seemed nearly as crowded as the original and the colour scheme used was also a lot better.