Doble Page Spread Development/Progress

 

FINAL DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

INSPIRATION / RESEARCH

I like the simplisity of this double page spread, the size of the image and the different fonts that are used that all come together to create a powerful double page spread. I plan to do something similar with my double page spread but use my house colours as this is a convention I would like to follow.

PROCESS

 First, I selected an image of Amanda in moton and cropped out all the background and anything I did'nt want in the image. By changing the ocupacity of the image I made her slightly less visable as I plan to place my article over the top of her and need it to be visable.

 By duplicating the image, I made the second slightly smaller and less viable.

 Again, I duplicated the image making the third even smaller and less viable. This creates the illusion she is moving, growing and getting bigger which is what the article is about and her main feature story so this use of imagry re-enforces the message of her rising to the top of the charts on a visual aspect.

 This is how I was able to manipulate the images to change the ocupacity and adapt the coulours to enhance the gold and black to match my colour scheme.

 By adding a larger imge, this becomes the pages main image, I adapted the colour of her eyes and lips and changed the headphones from siver to gold to match the colour scheme. The angle of the image implies she is rising to power and looking up to the future. Her eyes now appear more golden to match the colour scheme and show how she sees golden opertunities.

I airbrushed and bklended her face to appear more flawless and even. I made her lips stand out more and enhanced the shadow on her face to continue the mood it created on the cover.

I have layered up Amanda in the left which will fall below the article to re-enforce the main feature story of how she rose to the top of the R&B music industry. I adapted the ocupacity to make the text for the article clearer on top of these images. In the main image I have changed the colour of Amanda's lips, teeth and eyes to make her more appealing and the gold tone fits in with my house style. Also I have changed her headphones from white and silver to white and gold to match my theme.



My first draft of my double page spread. To imoprove I could change the font of the title to match the one used on the cover so it continues the theme the reader associates with the main feature story. Equally, I could adapt the other fonts which I have used and make them more conventional, and reposition the text at the bottom of the page inside the main article.


PROCESS VIDEO

RE-DRAFT

The start to my re-drafting process was to completly change the layout of my current double page spread to be more conventional as well as appealing to my target audience. I have included all of my house colours so far and plan to retake some photo's to get one that is better suited for my double page spread.

I decided I need some different pictures for my double page spread, with Amanda in a different gold and white dress, to re-enforce my theme colours and continue the house style.  I was able to use a Lambugini in the mages which I had not originally planned to do but through more planning I became aware that many popular artists use expensive props and setting to set the themes in the article and to symbolise their success.

 

The image I have chosen to feature on my double page spread has atmospheric lighting, though I attempted to experiment with the focus of some of the new photographs I took, as I became aware that some articles tend t select slightly less focused images to give the impression that it's a paparazzi image and the subject has a lot of fame. The image I used portrays Amanda in an expensive car, the focus is slightly blurred, which I enhanced in photoshop, and the colours of the image are all white gold and black. Again by increasing the brightness, I was able to make Amanda look glowing, which re-enforces the message of fame and success, as well as her name which is White. All the decisions I have made will communicate the messages of the main feature story to my target audience.