Georgiana Angus

    This is my draft of my double page spread for my music magazine. I had the idea that my magazine, as it pays homage to vintage and classic music, would have a monthly article where they would review and talk about an artist prior to the 21st century. So I decided to make a mock up of this article. I had David Bowie as the main point of my article as I had already made a cover of him and I decided I could continue with that theme to demonstrate my ability to follow a house style. I am also working on a mock content page which I will post soon. 

 

For my double page spread, I followed on with the colour scheme I had previously laid out in my David Bowie cover. However the pink, which is what I was going to use for the block back ground, was too dark, so I used a more washed out pink for the main body.

 

My article on the page is unfortunately not my own, as I didn't want to spend to much time on my draft. So instead I wrote the introduction so that the basis of the article was down, and then the rest of it was a Wikipedia article. For my real thing I will write it myself but just to get the feel of what the text would look like on the page I cheated a little. I added a few bits of intertextuality into my portion of the article to indicate I understand what it means and how to use it consciously. In addition I thought that would be a nice add on for Bowie fans out there.

 

The main layout of the page was just to demonstrate that I knew how conventions worked and to be honest I like it much better than what would happen if I did it non conventionally. I don't know if this is because the conventions have been ingrained in me since a young age but that's an essay for a different post. Within the main text I used 3 basic columns, then went onto adjust around the quote I put on there. I wanted to use it as a pull quote but unfortunately I did not have an interview with David Bowie so I used a famous quote of his instead.

 

And finally to add more interest to the second page, I added a picture of David Bowie at the bottom right hand corner. I choose one specifically where he was looking dead into the camera as I wanted to make this page stand out a little more, and so having his signature eyes on show, was a way I hoped it would catch the readers attention. In addition its the only picture of David Bowie I have so far that is looking at the camera. The main photo of the article and the cover have him looking away, but this one he is looking ahead. I did this because the quote is on that page saying how he wants to be more than human, and the way he looks into the camera is almost as if he is addressing the reader himself. The idea of being more than normal hits home with a lot of people, so looking them in the eye makes them relate more to him than the other pictures where he is looking away.