Double page spread designs

This was the first part to my double page spread. I was looking at a recent issue of Kerrang!(Featuring 30 seconds to Mars), and I was getting techniques on how I can link the layout towards my pages. In this issue there were little images but mainly writing. They combine the pictures so that they had enough room to write on them, and because of the pictures having a white back ground they managing to blur the writing into them, unlike me.

This layout was good but the problem was that I had to keep changing my font size just to fit everything in and then it lead to having to create loads of pages until I ran out of pictures.
I was disappointed that I couldn't edit my quotes and make them smaller so that I could squeeze them in and make them fit. If I changed the size then it would become all pixelated so then you couldn't read it.
However before I decide to take some of their ideas I wanted to give the layout a go myself. I thought the first attempt I did was good but didn't seem that professional. Usually before an interview there is a blank page where the write a shot intro of who they interviewed, a small title of the band and maybe a picture. I wanted it so that I had a log interview and not a shot questionnaire. Although I might cut some of my writing out so that it becomes a small interview about the CD.

This was the 30 seconds to Mars influenced magazine. Once I scan in the issue I will make compare notes but I don't think I will stick with the idea because its mainly copy right and none of my original ideas.

However I do like it but I think I might change it a bit more so that it has the 30 seconds to mars issue idea but has more of my approach towards it.

I was told as long as I had one double page spread then I was fine. I will now need to complete my first designs and reform them so that they have columns so that it becomes more like an interview from a magazine and now just rows of writing so it looks too complex. I think the black blue and red work really well for this page and its background. Looking at the first attempt of my interview I would say that for a first go even though I need to complete writing it I feel that it went quiet well.
Things I need to improve on are to figure out how to make my writing is to make it into columns, create a shortened version so that it will fit 2 pages and have all the information I want.

As you can see I need to finish editing this page and have some more pictures. I'm still going to keep the originals but like I said create it into columns, maybe even try making so that my writing appears on my pictures.

This is my final idea. I took my time and created it with getting layout designs from previous Kerrang! magazines.

I think this is the best version and I have actually completed. As said I have cut down my words to fill up one page. In my other versions I had taken a wrong approach, and try to go it alone. Once I looked through old magazines I started to understand what I was doing wrong.

I wanted a clean layout with approite questions and a mini story of their life and how their band was created. My images show the location of their interview (Studio), and I think it has really nice effect. I only just managed to squeeze in a little quote I think an improvement on that would have been to make it a bit bigger, find a bigger place to add it. Then merge it into the background colour.

I only chose 3 basic colours because I wanted it to about the interview giving vital information also it was to base it around the genre of music featured. If I was to change it to a brightly coloured background then I feel it would be far too distracting and almost give the reader an opinion that they are a pop band because of the colours and make it too distracting.

I think I could have repositioned my band logo somewhere else and again make it bold and stand out.

I feel that the readers will think the layout is a bit basic but gives useful advice on the band. Once I had complete this I had to double check my front cover to see if I had featured what I had said about the band, other wise this would be misleading.

Over all I very please with my double page spread, I took my time and personally it really did pay off. I so far have done everything I wanted to improve, such as experimenting more with layouts comparing to the real magazines and giving good information on why the band are featured