2. The picture I chose to be the main
image on my double-page spread
consisted of my model wearing a
burgundy top, along with red lipstick.
However, I thought that these colours
did not stand out too much and didn’t
make the page look as though it’s from
a pop magazine. Therefore, using
Photoshop, I adjusted the colours of
her lipstick, to match the shade of red I
had used on my front cover and
contents page. I also changed the
colour of my model’s top from
burgundy to purple, as purple was one
of my feature colours, and also
because I had already used purple on
my front cover and contents page. By
making my model’s lips brighter and
changing the colour of her top, the
image resulted in looking much vibrant
and eye-catching than it had
previously. It also fitted in with my
magazine genre due to the use of girly
colours and also because of the way
the model was posing.
3. For my double-page spread headline and stand first, I took inspiration
from the above music magazine DPS, as I felt that the layout was very
effective and eye-catching. I used three different fonts for each
heading, as I wanted to meet conventions and make it look similar to
the real media text. The words ‘Hannah Kay...’ are written in the font
‘Annie BTN Regular’. I decided to use this font because it looks as
though it’s been handwritten, which is effective, as it gives a more
personal feel to the reader. Another reason why I chose this font is
because I had previously used it on my front cover, for my pull quote.
Therefore, I thought that by using it for the artist’s name, it would
show the consistency between all three of my magazine pages. For
‘The new singing sensation’, I used the font ‘Balloonist SF Bold’ as I
wanted this heading to stand out the most, as compared to everything
else on the page, hence, why I also chose to make the that text red.
This resulted in making the heading seem very bold and the first that
catches the attention of the reader. For the stand first, I chose a
completely different font as compared to the fonts used before, which
was called ‘Artane’. In order to meet conventions, I added italics to the
font and chose to keep the font colour black.
4. For the main body of my DPS (the interview) I chose
to include all three of the fonts I had used for the
headings and stand first. I decided to include an
introductory paragraph, before I started the
interview, to give the audience a little background
information of my artist. I thought that including this
would be effective, as some readers may be able to
relate to it and also, because it would give readers
the chance to get to know about the upcoming artist
a bit better. I chose to start this introductory
paragraph with a ‘drop cap’, which consisted of the
font ‘Balloonist SF Bold’, as well as italics. I made this
whole paragraph the colour purple, as it is one of my
feature colours, and also matches the main image of
my model, in which the colour of her top is also
purple. For the main interview, I used the colours
black and purple, as I wanted to keep a colour
scheme going. The questions asked used the colour
purple, whereas the artist’s answers were written in
black. I thought this was effective because it was
readable and followed conventions of real media
texts. I have also included a quote towards the end
of the interview in ‘Annie BTN Regular’. I chose this
font because I had previously used it on my front
cover for another pull quote. I wrote the pull quote
in red, as I wanted it to stand out from the rest of the
text on DPS, as I feel it is an essential part of the
whole page.
