Double-page Spread - Production

In what ways are you designing your media product to use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. For my double page spreads, I wanted it to encompass all of the elements that I put forth in my cover page and contents page. I used the same model and same font so my magazine could be coherent and well put together, as well as keeping my colour scheme simple and minimal, in order for it to appeal to my target audience. I also chose a minimalist colour scheme in order for my magazine to be coherent and flexible.

How are you designing your media product to represent particular social groups?

2. For my double page spread, I am trying to make the design and layout interesting in order for it to interest my reader, and grab their attention. Also, I am using pictures from my photo shoot that the readers haven’t seen before, which also adds to the originality and excitement of my double page spread. Ideally, double-page spreads are supposed to be engaging – this includes and interesting story, nice pictures and an intriguing lay-out, which I am also trying to include in my own double page spread.

How are you attracting/addressing your audience?

3. I’m attracting my audience by making my layout look more appealing and simplistic, as this will appeal to my middle-class, female audience. Also, the text is sophisticated. I looked at other double-page spreads of music magazines, such as ‘Kerrang!’ which gave me ideas as to how I should lay out my double-page spread, and what I would need to do to make it easily accessible and understandable. I also looked at colour schemes and picture layout to gain a bit of knowledge on how I should work with my own magazine. From the magazines I looked at I learned that there weren’t a lot of pictures, as to divert from making the double page too busy, which could possibly make it difficult to understand. In that aspect, I don’t think that I tried to challenge the norms, however I managed to make my double page stand out by using a minimal amount of colour, and choosing a simplistic layout while still sticking to the ‘normal’ double page layout.