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.