Evaluation question 7
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Draft text
This week, legendary band ‘Burnout’ have made a surprise return after their 3 year outage after talented lead singer, Matt, decided to leave, to everyone’s surprise, and start a solo career.
On their return, Burnout released the new single ‘Ignition’ which sold 300,000 copies in its first few days, and immense guitarist Ryan has announced the release of a new album which will be out later this year.
This is my draft text for the start of my article on my double page spread. I plan to use formal language in my article but i will try to give my layout a more informal feel to try and appeal to more than one target audience group. I have chosen to do my article on a band making their return as this is an unusual but interesting topic. There are very few bands which split up and reunite, but they always make big stories in magazines if they do.
Draft fonts
Georgia
This font is quite bold which would make it very good for cover lines on my front cover and maybe for pull quotes on my double page spread. I wouldn’t use this for my article as it looks very spaced out and would not be able to fit much text on my page.
This font is quite bold which would make it very good for cover lines on my front cover and maybe for pull quotes on my double page spread. I wouldn’t use this for my article as it looks very spaced out and would not be able to fit much text on my page.
Franklin Gothic Book
This font is thin and close together so i would consider using this for my main article on my double page spread. I may also use it for my editors column on my contents page. I will not be using for cover lines on my front cover as it is not big a bold and therefore will not stand out and be eye catching.
This font is thin and close together so i would consider using this for my main article on my double page spread. I may also use it for my editors column on my contents page. I will not be using for cover lines on my front cover as it is not big a bold and therefore will not stand out and be eye catching.
This font is very bold and has good effect on it for me to use it for the masthead on my front cover. It also relates to the theme of my magazine. It would not be good to use for any other text as it would be hard to read in a small size due to the effect on it.
Double page spread analysis - Big cheese
Typography
In this double page spread, Big Cheese have used serif font. This is to emphasise the genre of the magazine which is rock/metal. Also the serif font indicates that they are aiming for a slightly older audience than its competitors such as Kerrang. The title of the article is not written in capitals which gives the magazine a more relaxed feel and not so in your face as a Kerrang or NME article.
In this double page spread, Big Cheese have used serif font. This is to emphasise the genre of the magazine which is rock/metal. Also the serif font indicates that they are aiming for a slightly older audience than its competitors such as Kerrang. The title of the article is not written in capitals which gives the magazine a more relaxed feel and not so in your face as a Kerrang or NME article.
Layout
The image on this double page spread is very large and takes up the entire verso and half of the recto. This leaves very little room for the main article and therefore they have had to make the font smaller for the whole article to fit in which also makes the article harder to read and is therefore not ideal. The title of the article is placed in a very unusual spot, along the bottom of the page. This is so that the whole page doesn’t seem as though it is in your face, you have to scan down the page before you know what the article is about.
The image on this double page spread is very large and takes up the entire verso and half of the recto. This leaves very little room for the main article and therefore they have had to make the font smaller for the whole article to fit in which also makes the article harder to read and is therefore not ideal. The title of the article is placed in a very unusual spot, along the bottom of the page. This is so that the whole page doesn’t seem as though it is in your face, you have to scan down the page before you know what the article is about.
Colours
The colours of this double page spread are very dark which gives the pages an old fashioned feel to them and that they are aiming for a older target audience. Despite the use of dark colours, the colours contrast well in terms of the text, they have used white and red to go over a black background which makes the text easier to read even though the text is small. The use of dark colour also relates to the genre of the magazine which is rock/metal. Rock and metal bands tend to wear dark clothes and have dark hair so the colours of these pages relate to that.
The colours of this double page spread are very dark which gives the pages an old fashioned feel to them and that they are aiming for a older target audience. Despite the use of dark colours, the colours contrast well in terms of the text, they have used white and red to go over a black background which makes the text easier to read even though the text is small. The use of dark colour also relates to the genre of the magazine which is rock/metal. Rock and metal bands tend to wear dark clothes and have dark hair so the colours of these pages relate to that.
Images
The main image in this double page is very large. This is to emphasise that the article is about them. The way the band members are positioned and posing pictures give the article a more relaxed feel to it rather than in your face like other rock/metal magazines. They have used a long shot in this image so they can fit all the band members in. The background in the image makes the band members stand out as they are wearing dark clothes.
The main image in this double page is very large. This is to emphasise that the article is about them. The way the band members are positioned and posing pictures give the article a more relaxed feel to it rather than in your face like other rock/metal magazines. They have used a long shot in this image so they can fit all the band members in. The background in the image makes the band members stand out as they are wearing dark clothes.
Mode of address
The mode of address in this double page spread comes across as formal. This is indicated with the type of font they use and layout of the page. They use serif font which gives it an old fashioned feel which shows that they are aiming for an older audience than the their competitors. The layout of the page shows that the pages are not all in your face like a Kerrang article; instead it is a more laid back layout.
The mode of address in this double page spread comes across as formal. This is indicated with the type of font they use and layout of the page. They use serif font which gives it an old fashioned feel which shows that they are aiming for an older audience than the their competitors. The layout of the page shows that the pages are not all in your face like a Kerrang article; instead it is a more laid back layout.
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