Final Double Page Spread

Today I finished the improvements on my double page spread. This is the final version.

And here is a closer look at each page individually...

 

 

I am now extremely pleased with the appearance of my double page spread; I feel that the improvements I made look much better and more professional.

For example, I changed my popping colour from a dark green/blue to red. I think that this makes my double page spread out much more. Furthermore, it is a conventional colour used in Empire magazine, therefore it suits the product. I decided to change this because red was a prominent colour in my film as it symbolised danger and, as part of my bully's costume, evil. Moreover, it suits my genre as it looks very dramatic. I also wanted to sue this on my poster to make it stand out therefore I used it on my double page spread to suit my house style.

I used the 'eyedropper' tool to ensure that it was exactly the same shade of red on my poster, also to portray a strong, professional house style.

I also changed the font of my headline to the same as my title font on my poster, also to make my house style strong. I chose 'Deja Vu Sans Mono' because it was available across Premiere Pro, Photoshop and InDesign. Therefore, I could use the same font on my film, poster and double page spread. Seen as the amount of fonts on all three programs were limited, the font is simple however it is very bold. To make it more interesting, I used the 'bevel', 'emboss', 'stroke' and 'drop shadow' tools to make it stand out more. I also added a red background to it, which reinforces my popping colour further, making it stand out more.

I used this same font with the 'Verdict' sub-heading...

however this looked like it was part of the main headline. Therefore, I decided to not to use this design. I still used 'Deja Vu Sans Mono' as this was also featured in my pull quote as well as the headline but without the drop shadow and red background. This really helped to split it the two titles up more.

In the article itself, I used a different font which was easily legible. I wanted to use a serif font because I felt that these look more professional, suiting the article format.

I also altered my drop cap to be next to the text as opposed to above it was more obvious which paragraph the letter belonged to. I used the font from my headline to reinforce my house style through font and colour.








One of my researched concepts, 'A Girl Like Her', also used a red background in part of the title. I think that this worked well with my own work as it ensured that my headline stood out the most on the page, especially with the popping colour. However, I think that my use of white text on the red background makes my title stand out more.






Overall, I am very pleased with the final version of my double page spread because:
-the red popping colour does not detract from my images, but draws attention to my double page spread
-the red also suits my drama genre as it connotes danger
-the title and drop cap feature the same font and design as on my poster, which emphasises my strong house style
-the font 'Deja Vu Sans Mono' is used in my title, drop cap, pull quote and sub-headings which means that it all ties together and looks professional
-it is more eye-catching than the previous version