Final pages

Double page spread picture layout draft

This is a    picture i am testing to see whether it would look better as my DPS picture. I like it as its a good size and nice colouring, however it is rather blurry.

Audience Feedback

Final cover, contents, and double page spread

 

Double page spread development

I have added captions to the photos in this Double Page Spread development. I have also added page numbers. Overall i have arranged the writing into paragraphs so they are paragraphed and made easier to read..

Final contents development 1

This is my development of my contents page. i have added more photos to it to make it more eye catchng and to give people more of a preview for whats inside the magazine later. i have also moved the contents so its in the centre of the page so it is the centre of attention, but still gives the page number bits enough room.  



Cover page development 3

This is my third development of my cover. I changed the main image for the double page spread to a close up so it stands out to people. I also changed a few fonts to make them stand out too.

Cover development 2

This is my cover so far, since last time ive added in more details for whats inside the magazine, ive also change colours of the competition advertisement so it links to the colours used inside and stands out a lot more. Overall im liking how the cover looks at the minute however i may change the main picture so being black and white so it links with the double page spread colours, however i may also need to change the shot to a close up so it will still stand out more.

Other picture for the contents page

 These are the photos i will include on my contents page. This will be included in an article on 'Jackasnack.'

It will improve the look of the contents page as its more eye catching with more pictures. Also it will give people a small preview of the articles to expect within the magazine itself rather than just previewing the double page spread. 

Cover development

For this draft of my cover i changed the main picture so it fits in with the magazine more and looks better quality. i also took out the big bold red lines to improve layout of the page as a whole.

Mrs D

Well done for hitting your deadline. I like your page design and layout. Some effective images - they need captions and are they easy to see? Don't forget about page numbers and range of font sizes.

Final draft of double page spread (with audience feedback)

This is my final draft of my double page spread.



Audience feedback

• Nice colours
• Links to cover
• recurring theme throughout
• eyecatching

• separate photos more
• can be hard to read due to colour
• use range of photo's

Double page spread article text

The bits highlighted in red will be the pull quotes i use for this double page spread article. 

As bands go, Tape It Shut have had an incredibly action packed year filled with touring, recording, and writing for their new album. This week we caught up with keyboardist Jac Whitehouse and talked to him about how their year has been and whats happening with the band in general and what will be happening with the band.

We met up with Jac outside the Tape It Shut tour bus in Oxford for the show at the Oxford O2 academy. We asked Jac how the touring was going so far, this is what he had to say..........

"This year has been a crazy year for us, i feel like we have visited every place on the Earth!", he admitted to both him and the rest of the band being absolutely ecstatic to be touring the world, despite it being very intense gigging. "It would be an understatement if i was to say this was easy for us, the amount of organisation and preparation the went behind making this tour work was insane and the work load was incredibly heavy! It was hard for all of us to leave our families and friends too, but i have to say it is all definitely worth it, each and every one of us on this tour, band members, management, tech, everyone is having the time of their lives." To prove this, Jac had given us some inside gossip on the goings on of the tour as it has progressed. "Oh man! Where do I begin! We have had some crazy s*** happening on this tour! Every night is a party for us! A few weeks ago in Sweden Andy (Drummer of Tape It Shut) got arrested for having nurofen! The cops thought it was a hallucinogenic drug or somethin'." And even that's not all this motley crew. "We lost Sean and Jack one time in France cos they went out drinking before a show and seemed to just go bar hopping, one bar to another. Then By the time it was show time we finally found them on a curb of a random backstreet talking to a random guy who was either a dealer or homeless, or both." So so far it sounds like there have been so crazy times with the Tape It Shut gang. We had to ask Jac how much trouble him and the band have got into with police and anyone else after hearing all of this. "Surprisingly, apart from the nurofen incident, we haven't had much contact with the police, we've had bar tenders threatening to through us out, and we've been barred from a few clubs, but apart from that we've been behaving ourselves." So apart from ALL of that they've been been keeping out of trouble. We asked Jac how playing the new songs off their third album is to their fans. "Its awesome! We are getting great reception from the crowd even when we play new songs off the album which arent big singles, its great!"

We are sure your all familiar with the big news of the preparation for Tape It Shut's fourth album, and Jac has some exciting news to add to this. "We are currently writing our new album whilst on tour, and may I just say, I know I'm bias here, but i have to say it's sounding brilliant!" Sounding like good news to you? Well here is what to expect for the fourth album, "We went a bit more experimental on this new album, more electronic stuff, which being the keyboardist is a nice addition to the sound for me. We took inspiration from people like Mindless Self Indulgence and Powerman 5000 for this next record, all of us have been listening to those two bands non stop recently, epecially Dan, he is obsessed with them both! I personally would  like to call it 'Space Punk' or somethin' like that." So it sounds like we will all be expecting something very new from Tape It Shut on this fourth album, but how do they think the fans will take it? "Each and every one of us understand that change is a big thing for a fan to deal with as its a change in sound and style which they may or may not like, but I can honestly say that although we have more electronics as i said, it is still us, we still have all the power chords and fast paced rhythms, you can tell its still us from the first song. We aren't going all electro dancey like Deadmau5 and Daft Punk, don't worry." Very trust worthy words there from Jac, looks like we will still seeing the band at the Reading and Leeds Lock Up Tent this year rather than The Dance Tent, so Tape It Shut fans be not afraid. 

This then brings us on to the last subject of our interview with Jac. Now the massive success of the bands third album and the writing of the fourth album isn't the only big news revolving around Tape It Shut at this moment in time. There appears to be a big rumour spreading around rock fans everywhere that there is a co-headliner tour for the band which will visit America and Europe is planned with none other than the punk band Launch Control. We decided to interrogate Jac on this 'rumour', however he was playing his cards very close to his chest. "I can neither confirm, nor deny the possibility of this supposed tour with the lads of Launch Control, next question..." Judging by the big smirk on his face as he said this, it looks like this tour may be more than just a rumour..........

                   

Double page spread draft 1

This is my first draft of my double page spread. I have taken two images, one for the main image and on for the side column on the right. I am going to arrange the writing around the main image on the left page and in two columns potentially on the right.

Mrs D

Well done for hitting your contents deadline. I'm still not a huge fan of the image here. I know you have worked on them but the fact that his arm is cropped off looks strange. I like your use of colour and the layout design works well. The stars could be better positioned and use a larger and different font style for the name of the band. Keep up the good work.

Final Double Page Spread heading

I decided to use a completely new font as the main audience feedback of my last logo was that they arent relevant enogh to rock and dont represent the specific genre well.

This new font I am using got good feedback as it reflects the genre very well and gives a redellious punky feel.   

Main heading for double page spread font

These are my font ideas for the main heading of my double page spread. I will get audience feedback on them soon.