Double Page Spread Construction

By using InDesign I had the advantage over Photoshop as I had a structured column format and also had a double page spread available. I had already written the script/interview and it it available on Microsoft Word and I simply just pasted it into Photoshop. This is just a simple layout just to get a feel in response to several magazines that I looked at in my research. I decided to do a statement at the start - a kind of brief summary and then underneath I set the scene so the reader could feel like they were present.

  

I used the same font as on the front cover which can be seen perhaps as safe but I saw it more of an identity which can be associated with the artist himself (font: Alias). It is a quirky and characteristic style. In terms of colour scheme I also remained consistant - using black on white. I used font size of 72 which made this the largest piece of text on the page which I felt was very important as ultimately this is the name and therefore identity of the feature.

I then positioned the text using the guided columns. The problem that I encountered was the words being hyphened at the end of a line if they did not fit as appropriate. I simply had to press enter and let them slide down to the line below thus making the word complete. I had to make sure that the paragraphs were equi-distant from each other as well as spaced accordingly within itself - I used the justify tool several times. To make each paragraph stand out, at the start I enlarged the primary letter as a 'drop-cap' and made it red - keeping to the house style/theme. I did this by highlighting it with the cursor and the selecting the colour swatches to the red which could be seen in my contents and front pages.

After clearing up my photo's resolution in photoshop I inserted it as a JPEG into indesign. I had to have equal spacing between the paragraphs to make it look clear cut. I aligned it with the paragraph above. I think that the dark colours are dominant against the clean and sterile background giving them impact. For the photo to the right I used the desaturation tool to make it differ to the opposing photo.

I then used the pull quotes in 'Telegraphico' font size 20. It is rather simplistic and clear therefore it does not detract from the text. I used the most poignant quotes which I felt I wanted to reflect the character's personality and the jist of the feature.

The page numbers in my opinion have some sort of characteristics and therefore carry through with the identity of the magazine to show some sort of consistency. I thought by mentioning the name at the bottom it would again repeat this 'identity. I used the rectangle tool twice as a square simply sections it off from the rest of the page. I then used the colour sampling tool to get the maroon/red colour I have regularly used throughout. I also repeated the 'American Purpose' font for the text.