Research and planning: Double Page Spread Draft

Double Page Spread Draft

Research and planning: My Front Cover So Far

My Front Cover So Far

So far I have put on my masthead in the font I earlier planned it to be and I have added the cover stories I have planned to use on the cover. Here is my magazine so far: 

Research and planning: My Plan For This Week 24/11/14

My Plan For This Week 24/11/14

This week I will aim to complete these posts/tasks:

• Model release forms
• Model head shots 
• Location recces 
• Risk assessment 
• Extra posts 

Research and planning: Serif Fonts

Serif Fonts

Serif 
The serif font is used for body texts, which is the main part of a printed text not including headlines, as they are considered easier to understand.



Sans Serif 
Its a readable font thats easy on the eye therefore you can read it easily. It is much clearer than serif therefore is used for mass text such as text within the article.

Research and planning: Double Page Spread Language

Double Page Spread Language

Even though two magazines can base a double page spread on the same thing (such as an interview), they can both be written and be laid out in completely different ways.

For example here is a interview spread from a pop magazine: 

This interview is surrounded by numerous bright colours such as pink, orange, blue and green. It is also put across to the reader in a fun way, obviously with a carrier bag of questions and small images for what type of question. More simpler sentences are used, some which are in speech bubbles/in a graphic to draw in teenagers and make the spread more exciting. Slang words such as 'OMG!' and 'LOL' will also be used in pop magazine articles, as stereotypically teenagers are the main people who use acronyms such as omg etc. Swearing would be prohibited from pop magazines as they can set an example for children and teenagers, and would get in a lot of trouble if they was setting a bad example. Different sections of the text are in different colours which will keep the market audiences attention. There is 3 different images on this page and lots of small graphics again to keep the market audiences focus.

And here is an example of a interview from an indie magazine: 

This image sticks to the typical colour scheme for indie magazines, which is black, white and red as the typical target audience is an older age than pop, therefor the colours are more of a strict and deep shade. Black white and red are also easy on the eye, as with pop magazines the colours have to be bright to draw in young children as they would be persuaded by bright colours and appearance more than the actual content of the article. Where as teenagers or young adults would be more persuaded by the content of the magazine than just what it looks like, as it is tailored towards individuals specific intrests where as pop is more global. The article is set out formally as the target audience is of a older age, the writing is in small columns, in black and white, whereas in pop magazines there are bright coloured writing, speech bubbles etc. The language is also directed to an older audience as there can be swearing and inappropriate language, which would not be acceptable for young individuals to watch. There is only 1 image on the page to not distract people from the text, also the image is big so that there isn't too much writing, as even though the target audience is older, it isn't that much older and the audience may be put off by 2 whole pages of writing.

Research and planning: My Double Page Spread

My Possible Double Page Spreads

In Roughcopy I could create my double page spread on numerous things, such as: 

• A news article, giving information of a recent story from the news, featuring something to do with an artist or a music venue etc. 
• A story, to do with an artist or fan stories, from gigs etc. 
• An interview, from an artist or an upcoming artist, possibly including there recent or upcoming tour. 

My double page spread will be on an interview. I will use this for my double page spread as the layout of an interview spread (formal but not overly formal) conveys my genre well as that is how my genre is and I will be able to show my genre well through that spread. 

Research and planning: Other Possible Double Page Spreads

Other Possible Double Page Spreads

In magazines there are different articles what could be on a double page spread. Things such as: 

• A news story. Here is an example of a news double page spread:
  

News spreads are formal looking. They have a simple font, so it is easy readable. Also with a few simple pictures so it does not draw away the attention from the information. 

• A interview. Here is an example of a interview double page spread:

Interview spreads are quite formal looking as they have a professional font, and not things such as bubble writing. But they do not look overly formal as they have more colour then a news spread and they have pictures. They usually just have one large picture on interview spreads and they also include a quote from the interview.

• A story. Here is an example of an story double page spread:
  
   

Double page spreads that are focused on a story are usually found in pop or television magazines and not in my genre (alternate). The spreads are usually a lot more colourful and have more pictures than other double page spread. 

Even though they are rarely found here is a story double page spread from my genre: