DPS Layout

The picture I chose to be the main image on my double-page spread consisted of my model wearing a burgundy top, along with red lipstick. However, I thought that these colours did not stand out too much and didn’t make the page look as though it’s from a pop magazine. Therefore, using Photoshop, I adjusted the colours of her lipstick, to match the shade of red I had used on my front cover and contents page. I also changed the colour of my model’s top from burgundy to purple, as purple was one of my feature colours, and also because I had already used purple on my front cover and contents page. By making my model’s lips brighter and changing the colour of her top, the image resulted in looking much vibrant and eye-catching than it had previously. It also fitted in with my magazine genre due to the use of girly colours and also because of the way the model was posing.

For my double-page spread headline and stand first, I took inspiration from the above music magazine DPS, as I felt that the layout was very effective and eye-catching. I used three different fonts for each heading, as I wanted to meet conventions and make it look similar to the real media text. The words ‘Hannah Kay...’ are written in the font ‘Annie BTN Regular’. I decided to use this font because it looks as though it’s been handwritten, which is effective, as it gives a more personal feel to the reader. Another reason why I chose this font is because I had previously used it on my front cover, for my pull quote. Therefore, I thought that by using it for the artist’s name, it would show the consistency between all three of my magazine pages. For ‘The new singing sensation’, I used the font ‘Balloonist SF Bold’ as I wanted this heading to stand out the most, as compared to everything else on the page, hence, why I also chose to make the that text red. This resulted in making the heading seem very bold and the first that catches the attention of the reader. For the stand first, I chose a completely different font as compared to the fonts used before, which was called ‘Artane’. In order to meet conventions, I added italics to the font and chose to keep the font colour black.

For the main body of my DPS (the interview) I chose to include all three of the fonts I had used for the headings and stand first. I decided to include an introductory paragraph, before I started the interview, to give the audience a little background information of my artist. I thought that including this would be effective, as some readers may be able to relate to it and also, because it would give readers the chance to get to know about the upcoming artist a bit better. I chose to start this introductory paragraph with a ‘drop cap’, which consisted of the font ‘Balloonist SF Bold’, as well as italics. I made this whole paragraph the colour purple, as it is one of my feature colours, and also matches the main image of my model, in which the colour of her top is also purple. For the main interview, I used the colours black and purple, as I wanted to keep a colour scheme going. The questions asked used the colour purple, whereas the artist’s answers were written in black. I thought this was effective because it was readable and followed conventions of real media texts. I have also included a quote towards the end of the interview in ‘Annie BTN Regular’. I chose this font because I had previously used it on my front cover for another pull quote. I wrote the pull quote in red, as I wanted it to stand out from the rest of the text on DPS, as I feel it is an essential part of the whole page.