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The document discusses the design elements of the Little White Lies magazine page layout, including a pink overlay emphasizing the magazine's design over the article content, branding with the LWL logo as a full stop, and structural elements like subdividers, a two-page format with a large colored first letter drop cap, and folio with page and issue numbers to help readers navigate.
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- 1. Little White Lies Page Furniture Like Zerox - Could imply outdated or could refer to the fact it was initially a comic Header on the right-hand side - pun for “Back to Front” Strap/header - Shouts to the reader and creates curiosity, by line is author of the article Pink overlay to fit with the pink theme. Suggests LWL design is more important than actual film article Full stop is LWL logo - branding Slug located in bottom right hand side of the page Gives details on basic info Folio - page number and issue number Sub dividers help split up passages - more appealing, user friendly Two page structure - section in the middle is the “guitar” First letter is called a “drop cap” as it starts with a capital letter and drops a few lines, this stands out with its size and colour and also tells the audience where to start reading