DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD.

To create my double page spread I first had to choose the images I wanted, I took three images of my singer posing 'Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil'. This was a typical saying and image used within the hippie era, therefore I thought was appropriate to use within the double page spread.

I then cropped the images and modified them using the feather tool. I placed the images along the left hand side on top of eachother to allign the double page spread.  All the images used connote a singer who is laid back and tries to keep alive the old hippie era through her fashion sense, her type of music and her general lifestyle and outlook on life. I wanted my singer to be a comnplete opposite to the typical musical sensation who's head grows with the fame they recieve and eventually ends up in rehab and then in some reality tv show as an attempt of a 'come back'. I wanted my singer to be down to earth (literally!) and someone for the reader of the magazine to look up to.

I then chose two more images to allign the page as a border on the right hand side of the page. I chose a image of the singer laying down in the grass and an image of the singer sitting on a fence holding the guitar. I used the lasso tool to draw around the figures I then used the eraser tool to discard the bits I didn't want and to neaten it up. I flipped both images horizontally to fit the page.

Next I added text to start off the interview. I wrote the singers name, 'Dakota Shine' in a large size font to capture the readers attention, I used different fonts on both words to add spontinaity and create a more appealing read. Then I introduced the interview in a purple font and also ended in the same colour. My feature is a question and answer piece ranging from questions about her recent tour with a band called 'The Etons' to her fashion sense and musical flaws. The questions connect to my text on the front cover 'Flowers|fashion|flaws' Flowers being the name of her new album, her fashion sense and her musical flaws. The queastion and answers are in a pink/blue colour scheme, similar to the colours used on the front cover for the article features to promote the continuity and link all pages together.

I then added quotes from different sections of the article in bold, hot pink font in varied fonts in different places of the double page spread to make it more appealing to the eye. I feel using bright colours agaisnt the crisp white background creates a contrast and looks appealing to read. Lastly I added a shape across the bottom to allign the page with the number 5 to the left. I also added a shape with text promoting the singers new album.