For my double page spread, I was very unsure what to do for it. I knew I wanted the same font and colours so there is that clear narrative going through the magazine. I then asked my Mum and she thought a competition or a questionnaire was a good idea so my ideas grew from there. As D.J Howell is the main character in my magazine I decided to ask him questions. I then came up with an idea that the questions could be in a competition, I found 1 other contender who is very involved with the Hip-Hop music at an amateur level, 'Joe MC'. Who ever answered the most correct answers won the Hip-Hop crown and my other idea was to include a record contract so there was a lot at stake! It was best out of 3 and D.J Howell came up on top both times and became the Hip-Hop king winning 3-0. After the result i decided to talk about the artists in depth because that way the reader will be able to understand why they answered the way they did and to feel involved with the artists life, which is one of my main targets for 'Rhythm'. My favourite aspect of my double-page spread is the 3-0 at the bottom. The colouring is in army colours so its shows that the competition is vital for their career's. I also like that there is a lot going on in the spread because normal magazines have very busy double-page spreads, so its realistic.
The fonts I used were, abite, 28 days later, defused, soul mission and base2. These fonts were used throughout the magazine. The reason for choosing these fonts is because they’re very urban and rough around the edges, just like the majority of my target audience.
My double page spread is different to other magazines; however ‘Vibe’ used Jesse v Obama. Mine was more head to head and straight to the point without dwelling on it. I believe that is what the targeted audience want. I have done some research however I have asked Hip-Hop fans for their opinion and they think it’s great. Questions i asked are at the bottom of evaluation. When using the software ‘ AdobeIndesign C2 ‘ I did not know how to make the font wider, because it was very squished together, but still readable which is the main thing. After completing my double page spread for ‘Rhythm’ I was very happy with the outcome. But being it be my own work I knew I maybe slightly bias so I went round my college finding people, I asked 2 Hip-Hop fans, boy and girl and 2 other people who are not such big fans of Hip-Hop, again boy and a girl; Hip-Hop fan 1 (Daniel Woods): Yes, brilliant! Exactly what I would like to be reading about, Artists going head to head, Love it! Hip-Hop fan 2 (Jade Townsend): It looks very sophisticated and well thought-out. I like the colours used and how it is laid out. It does look very busy however it’s very clear what is happening in this double page spread. Other music fan (Jake Powell): Well it does look good, but I can’t really read the red bit, so maybe widen the text or enlarge it. Other music fan (Emma Cook): The text is very small, on the other hand it looks like a real double page spread you would see in a published Hip-Hop magazine.
After receiving this feedback I would definitely make the font much bigger and wider, because Emma Cook struggled to read it, however Jade Townsend thought it looked very sophisticated and very well thought out, but maybe this is a negative because it doesn't look urban enough. But Daniel Woods who is a young black man who i mainly target, really liked the magazine so i was extremely pleased with that.
With this feedback i am pleased but i would maybe put more text in to make it look more rough and urban because comments from Jade made me feel i have over thought the spread. Also i could have changed the font to maybe a different colour because it is quite a challenge to read it clearly. However i am happy with the overall outcome of my double-page spread.
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