In order to make pictures stand out more and make them look a little 3D I drew a white box around them using the rectangle tool and put the picture on top of it. I then right clicked on the box layer, clicked on blending options and made the shape have a drop shadow. I also think it gives the photo a more polished, professional feel. I used the photo not for Mulvey’s Male gaze Theory (1975), which states that women are used in media for men’s pleasure. I have used this photo for the complete opposite, a role model for my target audience as 70% of my audience are young females, therefore they feel like they can relate to the person in the photo also as they are of similar age, linking with Blumler and Katz uses and gratification theory (1959), which suggests that people do things with media and interact with it, for example young females will read my magazine to establish their own identity as they feel they can are similar and can see themselves in the artists featured in my magazine.

Firstly I included a drop cap because conventionally on all double page spreads there is a drop cap at the start of the text to draw the readers eye to it and to make the article look more appealing, therefore making my double page spread look a lot more realistic. I also put it in the main font and main colour that is used throughout the front cover, contents and double page to create consistency as if I didn’t the magazine would look like a mess and not professional, therefore not like an actual magazine. I changed the colour by clicking on the colour icon at the top of the page, which then brings up the pop up to the left which allows you to choose whatever colour you think is suitable.

I drew a line starting from one side of the page, finishing at the other to give the page more dimension and to again make it look more realistic and professional. I didn’t do it for any conventional reasons as not every typical double page spread has this. I also think it makes the page look more jazzy and not boring which I think suits my target audience well as they aren’t boring and I think they would find this more visually appealing. By clicking on the line tool, which you can see to the left it allowed me to draw a line whatever size I want.