Double Page Spread Plan

This is a quick plan made using paint. This is an idea of how I could set out my double page spread, I have gained inspiration from the research that I have done before.

Double Page Spread Research

I have looked at a few pop magazine double page spreads in order to gain inspiration. I have found that a common theme running throughout the double page spreads is that the article isn't a full article written about them it is more like an interview showing the questions asked and how the artist responded to those questions. Some of the questions are quite generalised and others are about their music. I think that this has being done to make it easier to read and so that it wont get boring quickly for a younger audience. The tend to have one main image with one smaller image included in the article. The common way to have this layed out is to have the image on one side and the writing on the other.

Final Contents Page

Steps To Contents Page

Different Compositions - Contents

I have tested a range of layouts for my contents page in order to find the one that I like the best. 

In this layout I have moved the text and the smaller images, I like this one because all of the images are kept together in one place. 

In this design I have stretched the text to make it longer and moved the images around making my main image centre of the page.

In this design all the smaller images are bunched together, I think that it makes it look to crowded.

I really like this one the most out of all my contents pages because it is nicely laid out and easy to follow

Plan

This is the idea that I have for my contents page, I will have one main image then I will have smaller images to support this image and add more colour to the contents page. As my magazine is a weekly magazine I wont have as much content as some magazines as there as less pages to fill. I will keep to the font and colour scheme which is on my front cover.

Contents Page Research

I have looked at these contents pages in order to gain inspiration for my content page. I have noticed similar features that run throughout the magazines. They tend to have an image of the front cover on the contents page, then around that image they have numbers pointing to parts of the  cover this tells the reader where the headline articles are in the magazine. They tend to have quite a few images on the contents page as it makes it more colourful and interesting to look at. The colours that are mainly used are pinks and blues just like on the front cover.