Double page spread process and final design

My attempt at designing first double page spread ended up like this. I designed the main heading of the article in the same font 'Cheri Liney' so stick to the same house style of the front cover. The colours pink and purple are still in use and will be throughout the magazine, so that everything can piece together nicely, as well as this, I still used purple for the hearts because I see this as a unique style for the design throughout the magazine.  I decided on the image of my model Derrie because I think it looks quite fun, as she is holding a hairbrush as a microphone. As well as this, the hairbrush is an essential accessory for everybody, mainly girls, therefore it is an object that reflects on a girls everyday life.

When continuing to design my double page spread, I typed up the interview and put the text into positions so that it didn't look too squashed and there was enough room for the relevant questions. I did type up some more answered questions onto a word document, however there wasn't enough room to fit this all onto one double page spread; this lead me to picking the most important interview questions. I kept the image and the title in the same place, because they both stand out here and the image breaks up the writing a bit. I also added a little introduction to the interview, because to me this bit is important as it tells you about what is going to be spoke about and a little bit about the artist.

By looking at this design I produced, I have changed the introduction about Derrie because it says that I interviews her about embarrassing moments, which I did, but some of the answers took up too much space so there wasn't enough room left to include that bit of the interview. I thought about including it still and getting rid of some of the other question and answers, but the questions I have included now are more relevant and important I would say. As well as this, I made another change of adding a thumbnail image which was a selfie of Derrie because it reveals a bit more of her personality and what she gets up to in her free time, so that the audience can see a bit more about her and it draws them in, also to me, it breaks up the massive chunks of text which is a lot to read, but will be interesting for anyone who likes/ wants to know more about the upcoming star Derrie.

This is my final design of my double page spread, I have made a few changes from the last design that I had produced. I adjusted the location of the writing a bit to spread it out more so that everything didn't look as squashed together and unattractive to read, however the interview still covers the space of the double page spread. I was able to do this because I moved the main heading over to the left which enabled me to move the introduction to the right of it, which is really effective because you naturally read from left to right, so the title comes first and them the introduction should be read straight after, then followed by the interview. Finally, I moved the thumbnail image and the cover line for it to a bigger space after I had moved all of the text around, now the image fits nicely between the text. The use of the colours blue, pink and purple helps me to stick to my house style of the magazine Pop it, the colours all work well together and don't clash. Also, having the writing as black makes it stand out from the light blue background which is good. When designing the double page spread I decided to use the colour light blue for the background, as this was considered an option for the main colour scheme of the magazine as well as pink, purple and black all recieving 60% of the votes in the survey I produced, meaning I had to try and incorporate all of these chosen colours some how, which I have managed. Overall, I am happy with all of the changes that I have made to end up with this final design of my double page spread.

Following the description of my previous final design above this, I have made a few changes after receiving the feedback my teacher gave me on my double page spread article. I made these changes on my actual design so that everything was written properly and made sense. I added a brief introduction into the life of the star Derrie at the start of the interview and I also centralised the heading of the article because this will then be the first thing that the audience sees when reading the magazine. Overall, I have moved around the layout of the article slightly to make everything fit better so that I can include everything that I need to on it. Therefore, this is my final design of my double page spread.