In existing magazines I have seen a tag in the top left/right-hand corners giving an indicator of what the topic of the page is. On my double page spread I took this feature on board, and used it within my own, with the tag saying 'highlights'. This will denote to the reader that it will show the 'highlights' of the topic. I have used a small, orange, rectangular box with 'highlights' in pink, 'rainy days' typography over the top; this fits in with the house style. It has been positioned at the top left-hand side of the left page. I have used another tag on the right-hand side of the right page, which states the masthead of the magazine; VOLUME. The same colours have been used for this also. The reason for the colours, are due to the masthead. To gain significance the masthead must remain the same throughout, so placing it onto a white background would not work, as the thick, white outline would not show. Therefore I had to make a rectangular box that would fit the size of the word, and situate it behind the text. To create a house style, I did this for the 'highlights' tag.
The headline is one of the most important aspects towards my double page spread. I knew I had to do something creative that would catch the eye of the reader. For this reason, I wanted to include the V Festival logo within it. Therefore after consideration, I came up with the word 'marvellous', this way I could use the logo in replacement for the V. I wanted to make the headline personal to the audience, so made the headline to do with them by using the word 'your'. The typography I have used is the same as before, so the consistency would be seen, creating the significance. 'Rainy days' has been used again. However, the problem I had with the headline was the placing. The first thing I did on the double page spread was the column to the far right of the article, about the tweets/texts sent to the magazine. Therefore without disrupting this work, I had to make the headline on two lines, rather than one. Although, I first saw this as a problem, I now feel that this was good as it means the headline is bigger making it more noticeable, than it would be if it was just on one.
My double page spread is based on the highlights of V Festival and the interview of David Guetta. For this reason, I had placed 'exclusive interview' near the top of the page, by the headline to show the importance and this would be one the first places to be seen, so before the reader can flick over the page they will be intrigued. The reason for this would be as 'exclusive' is a tag word, meaning it seems to be the one and only place available for the audience to view this. I wanted to tilt the text, so it looked like it belonged as part of the bi-line. Although I did actually manage to tilt this, I wanted it to seem more prominent, therefore I placed a orange box behind it. However, the on photoshop I was not able to tilt the box without the sides becoming jagged. I felt that this made the double page spread look unprofessional, so I kept the box aligned with straight edges, yet still tilted the text. Although I had this problem, I do feel that it does not look too bad.
As I said before about the far right column containing information of tweets/texts. It is a feature that probably took me the longest to create. Firstly, I made the box, I selected the shape I wanted, and filled it in with the same pink, which has been used throughout. To begin with my idea was to do texts, which would encourage readers to text in, in hope for their name to be printed on the next edition of the magazine. This took a very long time to do, as I had to find a phone suitable, that would relate to the audience; therefore used the iPhone. I then put information around it. However, I then came up with the idea on twitter, which I personally feel is great, as this will also relate to the reader and another way to entice them, but would also provide extra promotion of the product. I did this, as well as, a supposed sent in picture text.
The images I included on my double page, consisted of some I had taken at the photoshoot I had set up. I used this as images of the reporter. The photoshoot involved taking pictures of my friend, that was dressed conventionally of how someone as a festival would dress. As she was holding a microphone I felt that it would be appropriate to use as the reporter. At the beginning of the article, a medium close up shot was used, of her talking/smiling at the same time, so would encourage the reader to read on. At the end of the article, the image shows the back of her. This image does not only show how she is dress, but denotes the end of the article. The image was bordered with a thick, pink outline. On photoshoot, I was unable to just select a border, so I had to make a box, and place the image over the top.
After I had put on my pictures, headline, bi-line in place, I then began writing the actual article. This took me a very long time. To start I created a drop-cap letter. I made this by writing a singular letter 'A' and enlarged to the point, to which I felt it was big enough to class as a drop-cap letter. From then on, I just kept writing and writing about the supposed highlights of V Festival. I used the same font of 'times new roman' throughout, in black, yet when it came to writing the interview I changed the colour of the typography. The questions I wrote in pink, to continue with the house style, and the answers written in black to continue with the same writing as before. The writing was difficult, as to include highlights and an interview would take up a lot of room. When using the typing tool on photoshop, the gaps between the lines were rather big, so individually I had to create new lines for each time I wanted to end the text. The reason I had to do this was to create the columns, a common convention of any magazine article. At the end of the article, I placed a little paragraph relating to another page, within the magazine. I did this so that the reader would actually read the page, after reading the review on V Festival. I incorporated the headline into the text to remind the reader of how 'marvellous' it was.
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