Double Page Background Draft

Deciding the background colour was not difficult because I was aware that in earlier research, the colours I was to use were black, white and pink. However as the rest of my magazine contained black text, white background, and occasional pink in places, I decided to give the double page spread a slight USP, as it was the 'exclusive' interview. So reversed the colours, so that it contained a black background with white text.

When I actually put the text onto the black background, it looked dull and was not unique at all. This was a problem, because the image was also black and white, with pink stars on her face, so the black background needed to be more unique. This resulted in gradient changes. I had the options of linear, circular, or diamond gradient changes. I chose diamond because, when you look at the page, it looked like a star emerging from the middle of the page. This was very appropriate for the article, and Rochelle is indeed a star emerging from a band.

I chose to use the second background, as the text was easier to read off of.