specfic research double page spread

I found it very difficult to research a double page spread that i actually wanted to use and focus on. As magazines in the hip hop and R&B genre are hard to find with there only being a couple such as Vibe and Volume. I also found that many magazines are part of the 'pop' genre and all have the same type of layout. I decided to focus on this double page as i feel it is perfect for my style of magazine and will reach out to my social group. I will base my double spread around this using the layout with many small pictures along the top and one large in the centre, drawing attention to the model leaving no question of who the double page is about. I also like how there has been a quote pulled out and used next to the model which is where the focus is, as it is an interesting quote it then entices people to read. I also like the lay out of the text and the lines underneath the border of pictures which again makes it stand out and make it an overall strong double page spread, which is why i will use it in the creation of mine.

general double page spread research

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Organising becky

This lesson i have decided to plan ahead and make a time schedule in order to organise myself as i am currently behind on tasks. My time schedule includes when i will do my photoshoots, when i will blog and when i will print screen what i am doing. This is what i will be doing in my spare time and lesson time is not included in this schedule.

Wednesday the 23rd February - After school i will be doing a new photoshoot for my final front cover design. I will take the camera home from school and will reshoot with my model.

Thursday 24 February - I am going to come in for the full day and work on my media work making sure that my front cover is in order, using my new pictures that i have taken and editingand manipulating them in order to create the pictures to be the best possible.

Friday 25 February - During my free lessons i will blog all of my current progress up until this point. Print screening and annotating what i have done and explaining my reasoning behind these decisions.

(28th front cover due in)

Wednesday 30th - I will take my first contents page photoshoot.
Monday 4th - I will take my second photoshoot for the contents page in order to improve the images.
Thursday 7th and Friday 8th - during my free lessons i will edit my photos from my photoshoot and create the contents page. While doing this i will print screen my stages of editing the photo's and post this onto blogger.

(feb 14th - 23rd i am in Thailand)

Monday 25th - Finalize details of my contents page and finish it off, making sure that everything has been blogged.
Tuesday 26th - First Photoshoot for doublepage spread
(28th contents page due)
Saturday 2nd - 2nd photoshoot for double page spread
Monday 4th - I will implement my pictures into my double page spread, the text will already be there and the double page spread would be in order and the layout set as i would have done this in a previous lesson.
(4th first draft double page spread due in)
7th and 8th - during my free lessons i will finalise the double page spread and make sure that i blog, as blogging is taking much more time than expected so i will want to make sure i am on track with this.
13th,14th,15th - BLOG EVERYTHING
(15th double page spread due)
15th - 28th - time will be spent on evaluations.