Here is what I have accomplish so far of making my double page spread.
I darkened the background photo's of a club, this was to enhance the colours used. I made the image of the singer have rough edges; this was to give a more rock effect.
I placed the magazines logo's on the bottom right and top left of the double page. This was so that the readers would see the logo and remind them of what company owns this magazine. I also kept the colours on the double spread to link with the company logo. This also was to help remind people of who owns the magazine.

 

Here is what I have achieved so far on my Contents page. I once again placed the magazine name in the top left so the readers will see it first. The Contents title is next to the name so people know what page there on; the date is also at the top.
 I placed the page numbers in white over a red back colour; this was so that they stand out and lets the readers know that these are page numbers.
I have also faded a photo of a club in the background, this was to give the page a better look.
I used another photo of the lead singing in Exterminus to give the readers an idea of what to expect on page 20 of the magazine.

This is what I have done so far, working with photo's I took, to make my front cover of my rock music magazine. Like I mentioned in my pitch, my main image is a girl who is the lead singer of Exterminus. Having looked at many types of rock magazines, I wanted mine to be different and stand out, so I made sure that the girl on my cover didn't wear any clothing that ordinary rock singers did (Gothic clothing). I did want to show that she was a rock singer by making her wear a top with a skull. She also held a guitar as soft rock singers do play acoustics's within some of their songs like Nickleback, Breaking Benjamin and Thirty seconds to Mars.
I also faded out an image of a club night behind her. This was to give the magazine cover a better look, rather than have a plan white background which would really look that good.
I placed the name of the magazine in the top left hand side, this is so that the readers would instantly see the magazine name as everyone reads from left to right and begins at the top.
The headlines on the cover are all in the colours of the magazine name and the clothing of the girl, this helps it look part of the magazine.
In the top right is a yellow advertisement; this makes it stand out from its bright colour and help get people's attention.