My Final DPS

Out of all the trial and errors, I came to the conclusion to submit this one as my final DPS. I felt that this one had more features of an Indie/ Rock magazine and that it worked better aesthetically - the colours and layout - as opposed to my other choice. I also felt that this headline was much more interesting and eye grabbing than my initial headline. I was able to almost accurately to create what I had planned; a quite simple yet attractive DPS article.

I also later on added boxes to the page numbers and masthead at the bottom. I just wanted to add a little more detail. I also enlarged my headline making it stand out more.

DPS Drafts

1st Draft:

2nd Draft:

3rd Draft:

DPS creation stages

A rough step by step of how I reached my final DPS. 

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The original unedited image

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I brightened the image just a little bit more and added a yellow colour filter. I did this to achieve a more dreamy effect on my main image.

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I added an enlarged quote from my artists interview that i thought strongly related to the image and appropriate text. I felt that the quote linked well with the image as it is a long shot of my model holding the guitar whilst looking confidently and intimidatingly at the camera. This connotes power, hence 'take over the world'. 
I also added my masthead and page number at the bottom.

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For my final 1st page image, I finalized it by adding the magazine website at the bottom of the page (above the page number at the bottom right corner).
I also included the name of the feature artist my DPS is covering (at the top left hand corner).

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This is my plain, initial image that I used to work from for my second page of my DPS.

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I added more depth to the photo by increasing the contrast up to 75. I feel this made the image slightly less washed out, and more toned.

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I later on added inserted my headline (which was more of a title), then my standfirst. This helped with my positioning whilst adding the 3 columns for my article. I typed the text to slightly wrap the edges of my model.
I also decided to add extra information after the article to inform the reader that there is more information on my artist in the next two pages of the magazine. I again added the page number and masthead to the page.  

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My DPS then underwent a big transformation to become my final page 2. I changed the fonts or the article and standfirst (so that it wasn't all caps lock anymore) and it had the enlarged 'T' for the first letter of the actual article. 
I changed the font and wording in the headline to make it seem like less of a 'title' (so to speak). 
Also as an extra addition to the page, I put the website of the magazine underneath the small magazine masthead.
 I still kept the colour scheme of blue, black and white. 

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I had two ideas for this page for my first Draft... For the colour of the background image to be a mixture of a little bit of magenta and yellow using the colour balance tool. This created a more dreamy affect which linked to some of her music. I also kept the old fonts and headline for this one.

So I combined these two pages together to create my first DPS. (Final choice)

I also combined the these two pages together to make my second DPS

Magazine Double Page Spread Photo Shoot

This is a collection of the top 10 photo's from my DPS photo shoot.

My survey link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GGVBNHC

Double Page Spread Analysis 1,2

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