By Tom Sharman

Unit G321 – Task 25Evaluation Activity 1 – Page Layouts

MastheadThe masthead on the coverpage is located at the top leftof the page, similar to mostother magazines. I chose tofollow convention to lookprofessional and recognizableto regular viewers.

Left ThirdI chose to add a left third as itis a good way to addinformation about the issueinside the magazine, on thecover page. It’s on the left sowhen on the shelves in stores,it is clear to the viewer. It isconvention to have a left thirdon magazines.

LureI added a lure onto the coverpage to promote the article inthis issue. It gives more depthand offers interest. Also, it is amagazine convention.

Byline/ Cover lineI chose to have my main articleas the byline as it is clear andstands out from the rest of thepage. Bylines are conventionalon cover pages.

BannerThe banner gives extrainformation and is a graphic. Ichose to have this as it isconventional.

BarcodeThe barcode is a convention asit allows the magazine to besold. I chose to have it at thetop as the rest of the layoutfits best around it being at thetop.

House StyleThe house style is red, whiteand black. These colours aren’tdominant to a particulargender and also look dominantand professional. I amfollowing convention as othermagazines such as Q followsimilar house colours.

Main ImageThe dominant image is largeand covers the entire page. Idecided to lay it out like this asI felt it was most striking andvisually appealing.

GraphicsI added graphics to make themagazine look more appealing.It also allows me to promotearticles and advertisements. Ichose to have it on the rightside as it looks nice and placeswell with other elements.

AdvertorialThe advertorial promotes thefree MP3 inside the magazine,it is clear and looksprofessional and encouragespeople to buy the magazine.

Masthead/ TypefaceI chose to include themasthead in the contents pageon the same position as I felt itframed the page nicely andlooks professional having thelogo on every page

IndexThe index is a convention anddisplays pages inside thearticle. I chose to make it apaper rip effect as a housestyle and make it like the leftthird on the cover page.

Page numbersI included page numbers in thehouse style. It looksprofessional and allows usersto navigate the magazine.

AdvertorialI included an advertorial topromote a competitionavailable in the magazine.Advertorials are a conventionon the contents page

EditorialThe editorial is a conventionon the cover page. I includedmine underneath the index as Ifelt that it looks best here andfits nicely. I included copy ofthe text as well as a framedpicture of the editor. This issimilar to a lot of othermagazines as is a convection.

TitleThe title of the contents pageis located at the top and isclearly shown. This is similar tomany other magazines and is aconvention to have the title atthe top of the page as it isnoticeable.

Main ImageThe main image is thebackground image to thecontents page. I chose tomake this the background as itis visually appealing and alsopromotes an article.

FramingI chose to frame the imagethat the elements didn’toverlap the main part of theimage. I used cropping to dothis.

QuoteI chose to include a quote hereto introduce and promote thearticle featured on thecontents page. This fits thelayout and style of the pageand looks visually appealing.

Website/PageNumberI chose to include the websiteaddress and the page numberto give information to thecustomer that they mightneed. It also looks nicelyplaced on the layout of thepage.

Masthead/TypefaceI chose to have the masthead located inthe same position so there was a housestyle in the layout of all my pages. Ithink it also looks very professional.

TitleI chose to place the title of the pagesnext to the masthead so it is clear andnot too distracting from the otherelements on the page.

Article TitleThe article title is very large and in atypography style. It follows the housestyle colours and suits the page and it’slayout. It is conventional to have thetitle at the top of the page.

QuoteI added a quote on the left page as it filled upsome space and looks very nice. Often indouble page spreads they contain quotesfrom the artists so I followed this convention.

BylineThe byline is the editor and photographerof the article. I included this as many ofthe other magazines contain this and itlooks very professional

GraphicsThe graphics are the same as in thecover page and promote the samething. I chose to locate it after thecopy as the reader may wish todownload it after they have readthe article.

CaptionThe caption is locatedwithin the picture togive extra details aboutthe picture.

StraplineI chose to locate the straplinebetween the title and copy of thearticle to give the article moredepth and explanation as anintroductory paragraph.

FeatureThe feature in the DPS is the indepth article text. I chose toinclude this to narrate the articleand to also give information. Iarranged it in columns as it isconventional.

CopyThe copy Is the text in the article. Imade the copy into two columns asit is conventional for the text to bearranged as such.

GutterThe gutter is in between the twocolumns of copy in the DPS pages.This makes the magazine layoutlook professional like othermagazines and is conventional.

Mode of AddressThe mode of address in the article isinformal as the target audience is youngadults and they won’t want to read amore complex piece of writing.