Double Page Spread Production

I will show you the steps I took to create my final copy of my Double Page Spread. Firstly I will talk about the content. I Decided to interview myself and have the whole interview based around my band This Years Winner Is. I found this easier as I didn't need to find a band of similar genre, and with my band fitting the genre of the magazine so well it seemed like the right thing to do.

He're is some infomation of This Years Winner Is:          

This Years Winner Is is a 5 piece pop - punk band hailing from the shores of the Isle Of Man. They regularly tour around the UK and Europe and are in persuite of "making it" after there release of there Debut Album. They formed in september 2010 and started a huge hype with there EP "In At The Weekend", having established reviewers such as Lushbeat and Alternative press dub it as the UK's best pop punk release, and also giving it a 4 and a half star rating out of 5. Playing comes naturally to them, and they love doing it, so I don't see them stopping anytime soon, which in turn makes there goals 100% achievable.

This was a photoshoot we orginised ourselfs in 2011 to keep fans interested and also further promote the band. The members are as follows:

Ethan - Guitar

Stuart - Bass

Elliot (myself) - Vocals

Ben - Guitar

Darren - Drums

We used all our own equipment to create this image ie lighting/camera/ tripod.

This is an image I created using Photoshop. It really represents the band well ie Blue skies = happy music. Its also easy on the eye and something younger customers would find appealing.

Music Video: "When In Rome"

These are the stages I took in creating the double page spread:

 I edited this image so I could use the colour of the background as the canvas of the page. Also, I decided to place myself on the right side of the page because it will be the first thing a customer would see in opening the page, which is more inviting than a page full of words.

 I tried to think of something quick and quirky for my heading so I used something which was relavant to the nature of the interview, and also something which fits the conventions of a real media product, ie its something that wouldn't look out of place in Kerrang/Rocksound.

 The interview itself was easy to construct and the content is funny and easy to read. I chose the questions based on questions I see in Kerrang and also what I thought was a stereotypical question to see a band member to be asked in an interview. The convosatioin flowed and I think it serves its purpose extremely well.

 I saw in many music magazines the notion of putting captions of the interview placed on the page in a larger font to stand out. The quotes usually used in magazines are there specifically to represent the artist in a certain way ie the quote could be something sexual to appeal to the opposite sex, or the quote could be funny to appeal to a certain group. It all depends on what type of genre of music the artist is in to determine which quote to use. I decided to try and use both a slight sexual appeal with " I have never sweated so much in my entire life!"... this can be related to both playing on stage or something of a sexual nature and I feel it fits the nature of the interview whilst also being a little bit edgy. My other quote "poor old lady", was purely used to represent the artist as a funny youth which relates to the young customer buying the magazine! It also has that edgy vibe to it also, and with it being highlighted I want the reader to think "that poor old lady? what the hell is that all about!" then read the entire article.

I noticed as I was printing off the double page spread that the black box around the line of the heading looked messy, so I changed into a different patter which looks much better. I have also just noticed that the interview itself is slightly out of place ie not centeral. Below is the finished copy of the piece.