Evaluation Question 1 (Double Page Spread)

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of a real media product?

Double Page Spread (DPS) comparison

 

 

The DPS on the left is the real media product. The heading for this is almost as wide as the first two columns on the first page. The largest font on this page is the title that says ‘LIVE’, this automatically tells the audience that the article is based on a live concert. Then next biggest text is the title ‘BLACK VEIL BRIDES’ which is the band that the article is based on, this title is in large, bold, white writing. The extra information under the title is smaller than half of the font used on the title saying ‘BLACK VEIL BRIDES’. There is a variation of eight font sizes and four different font colours. There are a total of three columns for this article. The main image covers almost the entire second page; the image also has a small caption. There are an extra three images on the left of the article, one of which is labelled again with a caption. This article also includes one use of drop caps on the third column on the second page.

On the right is my DPS, my heading is the largest font on the two pages and spans across the whole of the first page. Under my headline is the name of the album, featured in the interview, this is the next largest font. I also have my magazine name and logo worked into my DPS by the headline; I did this to maintain the usage of my magazine title for branding. On the spine of the DPS I have a small amount of text saying ‘find more at www.moshmagazine.com’ this font is the smallest font on the two pages. There is a variation of eight font sizes and three different font colours. There are a total of three columns for this article, the same as the real media product. My pull quote is near half the size of the headline as it is in the real media product. To show in the interview what the question is and what the answer is, I have made each question all capitals, bold, and in white and the answer in regular writing in black. The main image covers nearly the entire second page, like on the real media product and again I have the caption to go with my image. In my article I also use drop caps once under the titles before the Q and A