Part 1

I opened my image in adobe photoshop and then in another window i opened an A3 page, i copyed my image onto the A3 page and then transformed it using the move tool and the maintain aspect ratio tool. Once i had fit my image on the A3 page i merged the two layers so that my image was the background. I then began to add the article for my double page spread in an Arial font sized 37pt, i used Arial because it is an easy font to understand and is also sans serif showing that my magazine is informal. I put the logo on my double page spread to show that it is an exclusive article to the magazine, making the reader become more attatched to the article. as it can not be found in any other magazines. The title of the article has the word "exclusive" aboe it in a stencil font sized 50pt, this also makes the article seem more exclusive and the use of stencil font can interpret the article as being approved. The article title is a white Arial font, sized 75pt which i may change as it does not stand out in the background.

Part 2

I changed my title colour to black so that it stood out more on the background. I then added my theme in thee space above as i felt it completed the top half of the contents page. I then used the chalk and charcoal effect that i used on my front cover. I thought this would help my magazine seem more professional, rather than changing effects on every image.

Part 3

In the final stages of my contrustion, i decided that my title must be much bolder to demonstrate to the audience the masculinity of the article, i changed the style of the font to disintergration to follow the continuity of my masthead as this is the same font. I changed "exclusive" to the colour red, to show that it is seperate from the title of the article. I felt the article was to short, so i added to it making it longer and more interesting using a sarcastic tone so that my audience could relate to me. Once i had made my title bigger there was a small amount of room for the theme, therefore i moved it to the bottom of page 2, just underneath the article to fill up the empty space. The background of my double page spread was very plain so i decided to research and find something that would spice it up. I used the site http://www.brusheezy.com/ again and found a brush called cracked walls. This brush pack came with about 20 different brushes and i used various amounts of them. I began by downloading the brush and installing it into photoshop, next i made only the background visible, and i began to place cracks around the page on the walls. However, the cracks had a background that they had been made on, this was slightly darker than my original background, making the cracks look less realistic. To change the density of the background from the brush once i had placed a crack i went to edit>fade brush tool, and changed the opacity to 33% on each one so that they all looked equal. When using this brush i went around the bands, leaving a white ring around them, i done this by purpose as it makes the bands look like they are glowing and highlights them too the audience. I added cracks to the walls because it follows the continuity of the look of my front cover. Next i added my page numbers, that are in the far corner of each page. Finally i added a quote to attract the audience, I made the quote very dominant because it will draw them into the article as it say "there will be trouble". I made "trouble" slightly larger than the other words and also i highlighted it red, this is because the word trouble is what my target audience will be attracted to. I did not want to make my contents page to crowded as i did not want to give off the impression it was a gossipy styled article, as this is usually what females enjoy.

Large Double Page Spread