My magazine cover is pretty conventional; the masthead is
placed at the top and is in a big font, so that people can see that this is the
name of the magazine. The real magazine on the right has a picture of Calvin
Harris taking up most of the space on the cover, for mine, I used a picture of
my friend and re sized it so that it takes up most of the space. My main cover
line, which is associated with the picture of the magazine, is the biggest of
all story lines to show that it is the featured article in the magazine. My
magazine features a promise on the cover of the magazine, which includes a free
CD that the consumer gets with the purchase. The barcode can be found in the
bottom right hand corner where it is placed to not get in the way of the cover
picture or in the way of any cover lines.
My contents page is conventional,
and also follows the purple, black and white house style, and uses the same
fonts as the cover of the magazine. 3 pictures are placed on the right side of
the magazine which is associated to stories in the magazine; the biggest
picture is also associated with the main cover line. The contents page allows
the readers to see what else is included in the magazine, and has page numbers
next to them to show what page it is on.
My double page spread follows the
house style of the magazine again. It is split up into 4 columns where text is
placed that make it easier to read. The picture takes up the whole double page,
but the text is wrapped around his head so that they do not get in the way of
each other. A drop cap is placed at the beginning of the interview, and a pull quote
is placed at the bottom of the third column. The text the interviewer asked is
in purple, and the answers given are in white, to allow readers to easily see
who said what. My article follows the basic conventions of double page spreads.
