The document summarizes the steps taken to design an interview layout for a magazine page in InDesign. Key points:
- The interview text was first written and spellchecked in Word, then imported into InDesign where font size and style were adjusted for the page layout.
- A long thin rectangle was placed at the top to feature the artist's name in italic text for visual distinction.
- A large capital 'P' was inserted in a text box to sit behind the body text.
- A photo was edited in Photoshop to black and white with increased contrast and brightness, then cropped and placed in InDesign.
2. I wrote my interview out in a word document before I placed it in in design. I did
this so that I could easily check for any spelling mistakes, I made sure that my
questions and answers for the singers interview sound professional and like they
are from a real magazine.
3. I then moved my text from the word document into in design, I altered the font
size and style until it fit the page nicely and I felt happy with the presentation. I
made a small quotation in the article which I though was a main section and made
it bigger and bolder with large speech marks around it. The text at the top is some
simple facts and background information on her and then the questions and
answers follow after a small introduction to make the text flow.
4. Next I used the rectangle tool to put a very long but thin rectangle across the top
of the page and then used an italic font to write the artists name so that it stands
out from all the other text. I have kept all the text on the page black so that it looks
simple and doesn’t clash with any of the other colours throughout the magazine.
5. I then inserted a text box just for the letter ‘P’ I wrote it in a capital letter and in a
massive font size and placed the letter image to ‘the back of text’ so that it sits
behind the current text that is on the page already.
6. I edited my image which originally looked like the image on the
right by using photo shop, I changed the colour of the image to
black and white, I darkened the contrast and increased the
brightness.
7. I then placed the image from photo shop into in design and cropped the image size.