Double Page Spread Practise.

After researching the three Double Page magazine spread pages, I decided to try one myself to gain practise for when I come to making my final one. As I have spoken that I got my inspiration for my theme, from a new modernised 60's band called 'The Like', I decided to look on google at some of the pictures of the band, and turn them into a double page spread. First of all, I outlined the pages with a funky, gothic thick line, to help convey that it was double page. I chose a close up picture of the band, with the singer at the front, the keyboard player and guitarist side by side, and the drummer at the back, just like I have written about during my research on real magazines. Overlapping the large image, I have made a large title' LIKE', as the band are called 'The Like'. I picked a colour that would contrast with the black and white, but also kept with the vintage colour scheme of a deep wine red, also with some slight shadowing to create a slight 3D effect to stand out and catch the readers eye. The next page could have had some more text, but as it was a practise, I was more focused on the layout. I really like the structured image of the four members in each corner of the page, with a large prop, '&' with the text in the middle, that is a layout I will consider maybe using. I also liked how the first page looked quite busy with the four member of the band taking up most of the room, with a B&W striped background, contrasting nicely with the plain white back ground, and black colour scheme to again co -ordinated with the stripes on the page before. To improve this 'Practise Double Page Spread' I realised from looking at real magazines that the pages are the wrong way round, as the text should be on the left side of the page, with the large images on the rights side. Also the title should be higher than the image instead of being below, so that it attracts the audience more clearly.