The author created two layout designs for magazine articles. For the first design about music, they placed images in the corners and text in the middle but simplified it to be more readable. They added a sidebar with key information overlapping an image. They were happy with the modern, interesting design but could have used more white space. For the second design about film/theater, they split an image and placed it on either side of text. They included a title and name at the top/bottom and made questions bold in an interview to make it clearer. They were pleased with the abstract layout but could have used more blank space and better quotes.

1. For my first layout idea I wanted to create an article for a music magazine that would interest both
the target audience and other audiences to do this I wanted to make it look interesting and different
from the common article layout, I made a few changes and developments to the layout until I was
happy with my result.
This is a screen shot of how I started my article layout, I wanted to ensure that I would have enough
space to include both text content and images or just one big image, my initial idea was to used four
images in all of the corners of the page and place the text in the remaining space but I decided it
would make it unreadable and hard to follow for the audience so I simplified my design.
After simplifying the design I created this which shows where I planned my text to go using Lorum
Ipsum to create a text replacement in order to work out how I was going to set my page out, I then
decided to include a sidebar which would tell the reader what the article is about and key
information about it and the person.

2. After deciding to include a sidebar I used it to my advantage to make the page look different and
more interesting than other articles by placing it in the middle row, this way it would overlap the
image and create an interesting effect ad it would also bring more attention to the side bar and the
information within it.
I then added in the image I had chosen which I made sure was a high quality image because I was
creating an article for a music ,magazine so all of the content I included had to be of high quality, I
positioned the image to where I thought it looked best and then made sure that the sidebar was
placed in front of the image and that it was on a white background.

3. Overall I am happy with my final design because it looks like it could be used in a high end
magazine because it looks interesting and slightly abstract which gives it a modern theme, I also
think the use of boxes and square shapes fit in with the modern theme which would suit the young
teenage target audience.
The advantages of my final design are that it looks different from the common article layout which
was my initial plan and it also fits the modern theme of which would attract young teenage audience
which is the main target audience, I also like the way the image is positioned as I is positioned
around the sidebar box. The final aspect I like about my finished design is the quality of all the
content, the image is of high quality and the layout is of similar quality to what you would find in a
high end publication.
The disadvantages are that I could have used more of the white space to make the article look more
modern and make it look like it would be able to be used in a fashion magazine, I also think I could
have redone the text so that it was a real article.

4. For my second design Idea I wanted to again create an article but more for a film or theatre based
magazine, to do this I made my design look modern and abstract to create an artistic theme in which
the target audience would be interested in.
I again used the same layout as my first idea by using a simple three by three grid in order to layout
my design fitting in with the modern theme, I also only needed 3 columns to create my design,
although I did change the width slightly of the space in between the boxes.
First of all I added the text from Lorem Ipsum which I wanted to put at the bottom of the page
landscape and have the image at the top but I decided to change it as it was too simple and didn't fit
in with the abstract theme, so I changed the position of the text to the centre column of the layout
and planned to split the image and place both sides on either side of the text.

5. When I found the image I was looking for I edited it in photoshop in order to precisely split it in
half so that I could place each half on the InDesign page on eaither side of the text.
I placed the split images on the two sides of the text but I was still not happy with the design so I
included a title at the top which I changed to make it look like the original artwork of the title which
had been used in the theatre production, I thene wanted to make it clear that the article was about
the lead actor so included his name at the bottom in the sam text but a little smaller.

6. In the end I was happy with my design and changed the text in the middle to an interview with the
actor about the theatre production I had found on the internet which I think made the article much
more clearer and easier to understand, I also seperated the questions from the answers by making
the questions bold, finally I added a small pull quote at the side of the text to make it look more
interesting and it gives the reader more to look at.
The advantages of this design are that it looks abstract which is what I was aiming for because of
the way it has been laid out and also the way I have split the image instead of just placing it at the
top of the page above the text, I also like that the pull quote makes the article look more profetional
and creates more content for the reader to look at.
The disadvantages I think are that I could have made it look more modern by leaving more blank
space and using better quotes to put at the side.

7. In the end I was happy with my design and changed the text in the middle to an interview with the
actor about the theatre production I had found on the internet which I think made the article much
more clearer and easier to understand, I also seperated the questions from the answers by making
the questions bold, finally I added a small pull quote at the side of the text to make it look more
interesting and it gives the reader more to look at.
The advantages of this design are that it looks abstract which is what I was aiming for because of
the way it has been laid out and also the way I have split the image instead of just placing it at the
top of the page above the text, I also like that the pull quote makes the article look more profetional
and creates more content for the reader to look at.
The disadvantages I think are that I could have made it look more modern by leaving more blank
space and using better quotes to put at the side.