Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Final Article

I have posted two copies of my article due to some technical issues I had with uploading certain images to my blogspot. Number one correctly displays the colour of my article and once number two is clicked on, the clarity of my article will be correctly presented.

I chose to write an article in the form of an interview with an upcoming girl group named T-Starz. Again, I chose this layout to follow the bright coloured theme, as it draws in the readers attention. Whereas, the images with accompanying anchor statements introduce a more visual appeal. I constructed the article using Adobe Photoshop CS2. I took all of the pictures other than the one of 'Taylor Daines' and the image with all three girls lying on the floor. This was because I appeared in both of these pictures and therefore was not able to take the pictures myself. 

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The font I used for the heading, which is diagonally stretching across the double spread, was chosen because it appears as though it has been stamped. This creates the effect of labeling , which is what I was doing - labeling the page. Conversely, the dripping paint effect was added to show continuity throughout the pages of my magazine. I added a short introduction to the article beneath the heading 'T-Starz'. This introduction consists of a short explanation of the topics that are featured and other general information. 

There are short biographies in the bottom right corner of the double spread, which includes basic information about the three T-Starz. The categories are name, age, status, date of birth, likes, dislikes and zodiac sign. I added page numbers to the article to make it seem more realistic and also made sure that these page numbers matched those referenced in my contents page. The last feature I decided to include was having the subjects names in a bright pink colour to stand out against the teal green. This helps the reader see the structure of the interview and also gives a better range of colour when looking at the piece on  whole. 

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