Construction: Double Page Spread

Construction:

Double page

Spread

Lloyd Hanchard

Whilst the construction of my double page spread was used on a different Adobe format, Adobe InDesign, the steps shown will be a tad different than previous posts concerning the construction of my work. However

here are the steps taken:

Manipulation of Image 1&2 (first page):

The following two images were used in the first page of my double page spread, these images were however not manipulated in any way. On the other hand, the only effect used on these images was the feather effect that can be found in the toolbar within the InDesign program:

Manipulation of Image 3 (second page):

Step #1:

With the lack of colour showing as the background of the double page spread, I decided to go with a lighter gray tone to adjust the blank approach that the document was representing at first, and this is not something I wish my piece to connote.

Step #2:

In this step, I simply added the titles of each article, using the same font in some words, however in a couple of letters I adjusted the font for a more aesthetic and contrasted appearance within the double page spread. (Didn't want the articles to look the same).

Step #3:

In this step, it shows the red "tips" texts added to the second page, another way of creating contrast between the pages was to use the red toned font.

Step #4:

In this section, I added the link to the video on the "Base-Chase" website, and also added the sub-headings to each page. (Noticed above the article titles on each page)

Step #5:

In this stage of the construction, I added specific graphics using the "rectangle" tool which would give me a solid guideline of where my content would be arranged on each page, whether the content being images or text. (However some graphics were used simply to give an aesthetic effect to each page).

Step #6:

This stage simply shows the addition of the sub-headings in each box (where images will be placed) on the first page, and the page numbers on both pages.

Step #7:

With the addition of the images of DJ Lou and GRAM, my double page spread is beginning to give a connotation of its "Hip-Hop" based style, with the stances and also the pose DJ Lou is showing in the second image.

Step #8:

After adding the text to the double page spread, I incorporated a contrast between red and black fonts to emulate a variation in artist throughout the double page spread. The final spread is shown below:

Final Double Page Spread