This document discusses planning and designing a double page magazine spread. It analyzes features used in successful magazines like Q Magazine. These include using large distinctive letters or logos to catch the reader's attention and represent the artist. Placement of these graphic elements and body text is important to guide the reader's eye flow in a "C" shape across the pages. Pull quotes are also analyzed and used to highlight key parts of the article and entice readers to engage with the content.
2. Photo shoot Planning
The reason I chose this image is
because the model is clearly happy.
Facial expression are vital to grip the
readers attention. The image which
only focuses on the models face
makes it clear to us that she is the
subject of the article. The mid-shot of
the model crouched down shows her
gesture and body. The long her, red
lipstick and jewellery suggests she a
extremely feminine artist. This also
convey the target audience this is
aimed at ABC1 women & men. The
background which has been cropped
and panned allows the audience to
focus just on the model rather than
the mise-en-scene. When choosing
the right image, I mad sure I used a
shot which used the rule of third.
3. Double Page Spread analysis
The letter ‘P’
which takes
up the whole
right side of
the double
page spread
is a feature
which is
common in
most Q
magazines.
By changing the opacity this allowed
the body text to stand out as well as
the letter. The reason I placed this
letter on the double page spread is
because it represents the artist name.
( Paula) It also make the article stand
out more by catching the readers
attention. The red font follows the
colour scheme of the magazine.
My inspiration
has been taken
from ‘Q’
magazine. The
‘L’ which stands
for Lady gaga
automatically
grips the
readers
attention.
This was an effective feature in the
way that is reminds the reader of the
artist but allows make the body text
stand out. This effective letter covers
the long body text across the A4 page
and almost eliminate the reader from
seeing how much writing there is,
therefore this will pursued the reader
into reading the text straight away.
4. Double Page spread analysis
Successful magazines seem to find a special niche or
have an identifiable difference from magazine titles that
are currently on the market. Like ‘Q’ magazine their
short, catchy logo will always be something readers will
always remember. The page number and issue date is a
common convention used in all magazines, specifically
music magazines. The red logo is eye-catching. This is
essential to catch the reader attention as they are many
other magazines of the shelf.
Q magazine create a mark that is distinctive,
recognizable, is appropriate for their topic, and is usable
in a range of places, only one of which is a magazine
cover. The catchy and memorable logo forces the
reader to constantly remember the magazine. Simple
features like this will easily increase the marketing
process of the magazine. . Logos stand out more when
they use value rather than color contrast.. As for Q
magazine the white stands out on the red box.
5. Double Page spread analysis
The title is an introduction for the reader to have an
insight of the story/article.
Pull quotes are serving to entice readers into an article
or to highlight a key topic. The pull-quote must be short
and effective in order to persuade the audience to read
the article.
Pull quotes are used to emphasize excerpts of text.
Since users almost never read but scan we need to
provide them with some focus anchors to fix their
attention to the most important parts of our articles.
The red, bold and bigger font allows the quote to
stand out. Pull quotes are generally placed in the
middle of the article to at the top. Notice that the pull
quote is placed along the ‘C’ eye flow.
