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About my double page spread

My Double Page Spread

My double page spread is on nicki minaj because she is really big at the moment. The audience of my magazine is woman ages 18+, nicki minaj is popular with this audience right now so making a double page spread on her is good and fresh.

I used a magazine article page to help me get started; it had the persons name in a colour and big font. So I put her name in a big font to show straight away who it is and put it in pink to contrast with her hair in the picture and as she is young and new, the hot pink I’ve used adds a flirty and fun feeling which reflects her. The picture takes up a whole page and is a photo shoot image. I picked this one because its long and she looks glamorous and unique. Its colourful which adds more colour to the pages as the main writing is black. I filled the background in light grey because I didn’t want it white as it looks to plain and boring so adding even a hint of colour brings out all the elements on the pages. For the title I used Lucida Handwriting because its slightly flicked and looks oriental and she is from that part of the world. For the main writing I used Tahoma because it’s a clear, standard writing and isn’t difficult to read. I added a speech bubble quoting something she said, to make the reader want to carry on reading about her. I filled this in green to catch the reader’s eye. From another magazine they used an arrow to show that the article is carried on over the next page. I added this is because it’s a good element that I want to include in my magazine. I filled it in pink. The same pink as the title and with an arrow in white to contrast the dark pink.

This double page spread fits with my magazine because I’ve used fresh colours and a modern person to do it on. 

My Double Page Spread

About my contents page

My Contents Page

I used a magazine to help me with my own contents page. I have a big picture at the top of my contents page. The picture is of a girl sitting on a step on the street, she looks really chic and fashionable. This picture sends out a message that ‘if you buy the clothes we advertise you can look good even sitting on the street’. This reassures people they will look good with the clothes in this magazine. The shoes the woman is wearing are the piece of clothing my magazine are advertising but its better to have someone with the whole outfit so they know what sort of clothes to put with the shoes and then they will be more persuaded to buy the shoes.

The bold writing in the middle saying ‘In Spotlight…’ is the eye-catching writing so you know it’s a contents page. I chose to write ‘In Spotlight…’ instead of contents page because it reminds people of the magazine name and makes it more interesting.

The actual contents of the magazine I have split up into easy sections. I have Fashion & Beauty as one, Celebrity as another and Real Life and Every Week as two more. However the pages are not in order they are mixed up so the reader doesn’t get bored of reading just Fashion & Beauty, etc. I used blue to background the sections, I used blue because it’s a calm colour it creates a relaxed atmosphere. The things that are on the front cover have cover story next to them so if the reader is looking for a exact thing its easy to find it. I have a picture of a celebrity to break the writing up. I used pink for the page numbers because it complements the blue and the pink gives off a sense of love without being as harsh as red. I used black as the stories because it’s a statement colour and is always in fashion; also the blue and pink take the harshness of the black down to make it come together as a good calm relaxing environment.

I have thought about the little details that the other magazine had. It had a subscription at the bottom I added that in to.  

My Contents Page

contents page

About my magazine article

My Magazine Article

My magazine article is about fashion. I think it fits into my magazine genre, as some items on it are quite expensive but not designer. I didn’t choose to put designer items on there because not a lot of people who buy this magazine could afford to buy them.

My main title is word art Arial black size 36. It has a black fill and purple outline. I choose these features for my main title because they are bold and eye catching also the purple outline brings the black out to make it even more eye catching. The writing underneath the main title is Bradley Hand ITC size 10. I choose this because it gives the page a feminine and calm feel. For the paragraphs I used Tahoma size 12 because it’s a clear and easy to read font. For the ‘Spring Colours’ writing I used Arial black size 22 in pink. I used pink to break the black up on the page. For the writing ‘Get These Hot Heels’ I used Carbon Block size 26 in blue. I used this because it’s bold and bright. For the writing ‘We Love…’ I used Arial black size 20 in red. I used red because I have pictures around it and it draws your eyes into the middle. Also the red connotations for love, lust, desire and passion. For the writing in the black boxes I used Tahoma size 9 in white. The white writing against the black background works well and makes it stand out.

I used bright pictures to make the reader want to pick it up and look at it. I used Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez as the two celebrities for the page because they were wearing the same colours as what I wanted to put on my page and they looked nice and fresh. I found three dresses that were not too expensive and looked appropriate for my magazine genre. They were also the same colours as what I wanted on the page. I also found some heels from river island which were eye catching and different. I used a headband that is cream and has detail on it, a statement ring, a big chunky necklace and long feather earrings for my ‘We Love…’ section. These are all eye catching and unique. Also these four items are popular so people are more liking to what to look at them.

I put prices next to all my products so readers will know how much they are and where to get them.

I used a fashion magazine for inspiration and ideas. I learnt that all the little parts of a fashion page have to come together as one and all the fonts and colours need to complement each other.

Magazine Article

fashion page

Spreadsheet Results

Spreadsheet Results

I got some people in my class and outside my class to complete my questionnaire about my magazine. I put the results into a spreadsheet and then sorted the questions to find the most popular answers.

The sorting gave me these answers:

1. What type of magazine do you buy?

Fashion was the most popular answer

2. Do you like the name of my magazine?

Yes was the most popular answer

3. What feature do you like about my magazine the most?

Colours was the most popular answer

4. Do you like Rihanna as the background?

Yes was the most popular answer

5. Do you like the font of the title?

Yes was the most popular answer

6. If you could change the font of the title what font would you change it to?

Keep it the same was the most popular answer

7. Do you like the background colour?

Yes was the most popular answer

8. Do you like the type of stories on the front cover?

Yes was the most popular answer

9. Do you think the price should stay the same or higher or lower?

Stay the same was the most popular answer

10. Do you like the general layout of my magazine?

Yes was the most popular answer

Final Opinion:

The final opinion of my magazine from other people was to keep my magazine features the same as the majority of people thought everything was fine as it is. I think my magazine is fine as it is, so im going to keep it the same.

Spreadsheet

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My Questionnaire

Questionnaire

Spotlight Magazine

*Tick the bullet point*

1. What type of magazine do you buy?

·    Fashion

·    Gossip/teen

·    Motorbike

·    Football

·    Other

2. Do you like the name of my magazine?

·    Yes

·    No

3. What feature do you like about my magazine the most?

·    The background

·    Title

·    Stories

·    Colours

4. Do you like Rihanna as the background?

·    Yes

·    No

5. Do you like the font of the title?

·    Yes

·    No

6. If you could change the font of the title what font would you change it to?

·    Tahoma

·    Century Gothic

·    Keep it the same

7. Do you like the background colour?

·    Yes

·    No

8. Do you like the type of stories on the front cover?

·    Yes

·    No

9. Do you think the price should stay the same or higher or lower?

·    Stay the same

·    Higher

·    Lower

10. Do you like the general layout of my magazine?

·    Yes

·    No

Target Audience

Target Audience

5 fonts for my magazine

Times - i choose this because its formal and i like the shapes of the letters and suits my social class of my magazine. It also went well with my picture. 


Tahoma - i didn't choose this for my title because its to informal and doesn't look like a magazine title font, however i did use this font for my little stories on the front of my magazine.


Comic Sans MS - i didn't choose this because its to young and round letters and didn't meet the social class of the rest of my magazine.


Century Gothic - i was going to choose this because its similar to Times however Times looked better for my magazine.


Arial Black - i didn't choose this because its to bold and didn't look right for my magazine and clashed with my picture.

Block design of my magazine

5 titles for magazine

Spotlight - I choose this because its suitable for the target audience and social class. Its a good name as everything in this magazine is in the 'spotlight'.


Blush - I didn't choose this because i think it sounds more of a make-up magazine.


Passion - I didn't choose this because it doesn't sound the social class i wanted my magazine to be. It also sounds to young for the magazine.


Glam - I didn't choose this because there's a magazine called 'Glamour' and I wanted mine to be more original and fresh.


Chic - I didn't choose this because I thought this was to much of an expensive name and to common.

Blog post

Blog Post

In class we were asked to find the answer to these 5 questions:
1. The most popular games console in the class, and the top game played.
2. The radio stations that people listen to and their favourite DJ.
3. The number of times people visit the cinema and what film they saw last.
4. How many people have satellite TV and how many hours they watch in an average week.
5. Which social network site and how many contacts do they have on it.

The answers to these 5 questions were:
1. The Wii and Just Dance.
2. Kiss and most people don’t have a favourite DJ.
3. Five people visited the cinema regulary and Step Up 3D.
4. Thirteen people have satellite TV at home and most people watch 14 – 28 hours per week.
5. Facebook and most people have 200+ contacts.

We did a questionnaire to find the answers to these questions. Everyone filled it in and the teacher photocopied us them and gave them back to us. We copied the answers into a spreadsheet.

We then sorted by each question. For example to get the most popular games console we searched games consoles. And the same for the other questions.