Double Page Spread production

In today's lesson I produced my double page spread. I used QuarkXPress to do this, similarly I used this to complete my contents page therefore had gotten used to using this program. I print screened how I produced my double page spread, step by step.

Interview for double page spread

What do you think is the best thing about being in a band?
Joey: Making music and getting birds no actually just making music we don’t get any birds
Alex: the banter between the band is hilarious

How long have you been together and when did you start up?
Joey: it’s been about 10 minutes now
Connor: 2 or 3 months now

What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s happened to you at a gig?
Connor: Jay turning up, that was embarrassing
Joey: I’d say probably Alex giving 5 year olds his signature
Alex: yeah the year 7’s
Jake: yeah giving the children his signature at that charity gig we performed at, that was so funny

Who has the worst habits in the band and what are they?
Connor: Alex being late
Alex: yeah I’m always late, shit that’s bad isn’t it

What do you find annoying about each other?
Connor: Alex being late
Joey: Alex nicking my boxies and my blazer
Alex: Joeys always wearing checked shirts
Connor: that hasn’t even came out before, you said it like it was an ongoing joke
Alex: you do wear a lot of checked shirts
Joey: yeah I do

What’s your favourite song to play? And why?
Connor: probably Price Tag (Jessie J) it’s quite fun to play, like the chords and stuff are exciting
Alex: yeah Price Tag or that new melody with written in the stars (Tinie Tempah) and Eminem, it’s like original so it’s fun
What has been your lowest point about being in a band so far?
Connor: I reckon it was when it was 2 weeks before our first gig and we didn’t have any songs practiced properly
Alex: yeah we only had like 4 tunes
Connor: but we did it
Joey: we overcame it, in a twist of fate
Jake: we forged them rivers

Where would you all like to end up?
Jake: playing at Wembley or headlining Leeds fest, or any festival.  That’d be incredible
Joey: anywhere playing music, I don’t want to spend my whole life playing in pubs though, I want to go somewhere
Connor: Wembley
Alex: holy shit that would be amazing
Alex: yeah and I want to go on “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”, if I made it in a band I’d go on there

Is this what you want to do for the rest of your lives?
Joey: not sit in this garage, but play music yeah

What’s your biggest fear about being in a band?
Connor: flopping
 What is flopping?
Connor: getting up there and just going down
Joey: or staying somewhere but not going anywhere
Connor: and playing gigs in the Wirral all our lives
Jake: not getting anywhere

What band or singer would you most like to be like?
Alex: we were beautiful (joking as this is Alex’s other band)
Connor: John Lennon or that fella out the kooks (Johnny Borrel)
Alex: Gary Barlow
Jake: I was thinking slipknot but alright
Joey: yeah slipknots a good one
Do you argue a lot?
Alex: no, we love each other
Joey: we don’t argue
Alex: we actually haven’t had an argument
Joey: f*ck off
Connor: f*ck off

Joey: we don’t argue, why the fuck are we arguing?
What do you find relaxes you all before a gig?
Alex: spliff, no I’m joking, I just go really quiet
Connor: yeah I’ll ring you and be like “Alex where are you?” and you’re like dead quiet mumbling weird words
Joey:  Remember that gig we played and before we went on you all went for a poo
Connor: that wasn’t us
Joey: yeah that was Luke and Jay

Who is the bossiest?
Connor: Randy
Alex: yeah I’d say I am, I’m not bossy I just want to sound good
Joey: yeah especially when it comes to tuning
The boys start doing impressions of Alex having a go at them for not being in tune and interrupting the practice.

What is your favourite thing about being able to play music for people?
Alex: I get a buzz, seeing the smiles on their faces and that.
Joey: seeing the smiles on their faces and seeing them dancing to the music
Alex: yeah that is good
Joey: and seeing that you’ve made something and they dance to it and take their clothes off and stuff to it, it brings a tear to your eye.

Who is the biggest flirt?
Joey: definitely Jake
Jake: me? Why?
Alex: yeah I never flirt.
Connor: yeah sure you don’t

Photographs for Double Page Spread

Above are some of the photographs I took for my Double Page Spread. I kept the genre of music magazine in my mind therefore produced photographs that signified the Indie Genre therefore give the right meaning out. I used the middle picture because it portrayed the boys personalities and the genre of music very well.

Production of contents page

In todays lesson, I began to produce my contents page. I used QuarkXPress to do this. I took screen shots throughout the time I was completing this task. In the end, I decided against doing a contents page that took over 2 pages because it wasn't needed nor was it what the magazines like Q and NME do frequently.

Photographs for Contents Page

Above are some images that I took for my Contents Page. I used some of the images above that seemed more appropriate with my genre of magazine and article headings.