Wednesday, 9 March 2011

2nd Ancillary Task - Double page spread in a listings magazine

For our seconds ancillary task we have decided to do a double page spread in listings magazine. We chose this over a radio broadcast as we felt it would be easier and more exciting to do. Therefore we decided to do some research regarding listing magazines and their articles, particulary the RadioTimes.













As you can see, these are both classic images of a double page spread article.
For example both of these begin with a larger first letter at the beginning of some paragraphs, they also have a dominating picture which gains the attention of the consumers. With regards to pictures they both also have smaller images around to make it more visual and interesting. These smaller images also have captions to explain to the reader what the image is about, which is effective. They also seem to have a large title which is easy to read, these titles are also in colour.












The writing aspect of these articles are also similar. For example they both have a standard black font which gives it a more professional look to it. It is also kept neat by the fact they are writen in paragraphs to make it an easier read and also how they are put into columns which I believe is expected.


Both of these above images do not reveal all of the key features I do not feel, however other images from listings magazines do share more key features.

For example, these two images are from magazines, the first RadioTimes, which I believe myself and Conor may be concentrating on more so. As you can see these images have the name of the magazine they are from, which is seen as a key feature, they also have the date in which the article was created and some have the time if they are relating to a programme which we will be. These images also stick to the other key features, such as neat columns and black fonts. They also have the larger letter at the beginning of some paragraphs and share a dominating image along with a large title.

Many articles also have the page number at either the bottom or the top of the page, with many articles also having a sub heading with a brief summary of the article in.
With taking these key features into account, myself and Conor will have to stick with these and with the layouts of these articles in order to make ours look as professional as possible.

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