Developmental diary Double page spread

Darby Savage

Title-

For the title I just used text box and chose which font I wanted. I chose to place it at the top of the left hand side of the page as that will be the first thing that the reader will look at when they are turning the page. At first I thought that I wanted it to be underlined as it would highlight its difference from the rest of the page but after I had done it, with the help of my teacher, I decided that it didn’t look right so removed them.

Byline-

I made the byline in the same way that I made the title, by using text box tool. What I wrote was just telling the audience who was writing the article and who they were writing the article about. However I did want my name, the journalist, to be highlighted so that people will notice it so I changed the colour of my name so that it stands from the page.

Images-

For the images I did the same editing techniques as what I did on the contents page, however since I am using many different images on this page I also used Hue/Saturation tool to change the brightness and saturation of some of the photos to make them more individual. I decided to lay out the images in this way because I think it looks interesting and draws the reader to look at them because the are over lapping and it looks different to other articles. I really think that the images make this page look a hole lot more interesting because of the colours and they are also visual aids for the body copy.

The body copy was made using the text box tool. I had to lay out the body copy in columns so I just did a strip of text box for each column. I wrote six columns, this is because in a real magazine article for the double page spread there are loads of columns other wise it will just look bare. I think that what I have written is alright and suites my target audience because it is informative and uses simple formal language. The reason I used language like this is because my target audience is between the ages of 25-50 so they wouldn’t necessarily understand slang or language specifically for a younger audience. This can be linked to the representation and stereotypes theory because I am using the stereotype that adults wouldn’t know recent language and slang.

The caption-

I just did a little caption to accompany the main image as I thought that it would make the whole page look a lot more professional, as it is a usual feature on a magazine page. I did this using text box again as it is the easiest way and still looks really nice.

Drop cap-

I wanted the drop cap to sink into the body copy and I couldn’t do this in the same text box. So I had to give it its own text box and place it a couple of lines through the body copy. I think that it turned out well and makes the body copy look better. I found it quite difficult trying to line it right with the body copy as it would keep jumping to far to one side but when I held down the control key at the same time it helped me place it easier. Once I had done that had to clear everything up.

End blob-

To get the end blob I just used the custom tool and chose one of the shapes that I thought would look nice to put at the end of the page. I chose an arrow as I thought it was the simplest thing and would not create any confusion as it is really basic.

Bottom of the page-

I added in things that are typically seen at the bottom of the page such as page number, issue number and the name of the magazine. I just did this by using text box tool as it is easy and simple.