For the double page interview, the first thing I decided to do was to create the layout with the pictures for the interview to go on So I decided to make the background of the pages black and white. I did this as i feel that it conforms with the rest of my magazine and are two colour that suit my magazine so well. i added some effects to add some impact on to the page to make it more appealing to look at. I also wanted the top left quarter of the first page to be the area where the title of my story 'Living the Dream' would be placed and a picture of my band, including their logo. Linking back to my contents page, where it says 'STAGE Exclusive' I placed the same text in a bar at the top of the page so that it stretches along both pages. I did this to show the link to the contents page and that I haven't forgotten about it and it all links together. I chose the two pictures of Sam and Izzy doing hand signals as it is the perfect iconic image to welcome the reader onto the page and read the interview. It also shows some character for these two people. Another Choice i had to make was about putting another image at the bottom centre of the page so the text can be flow around it. I thought this was a good choice as it brings attention to the page of the two band members posing, baring in mind they are the same model I thought that I had to pick two similar pictures. Every Band has a manager and I thought it was only fit to include an image of their manager, Gaz, on the far left centre of the page. Another thing that I learnt I could do to motivate my images more was to add an anchor to the images I felt needed them. I put one next to Gaz and the picture on the bottom centre of the page. Furthermore, I took the image of Gaz as if the camara was looking up. I did this because he is the manager and has power of the band. In addition to this, to make my pages look professional i thought that the inclusion of the page numbers at the bottom was important as i shows the magazine convention and is the correct number that is shown on the contents page.
After creating the basic layout, all that was left was to write the interview. I didn't want to write a very robotic interview that was just full of question and answer. I wanted to write more of a story interview that was written in some parts like a dialogue and had a running commentary with it. I also wanted to write it in such a away where it never got boring and was full of interesting facts and stories about the band. I also chose a couple of interesting, fruitful quotes from the interview and enlarged them. I did this as it seems to be one of the conventions in interview writing for magazines.
After receiving Constructive criticism on my work i went back and adjusted. One of the problems with my work was the layout. I was advised to set the second page out in columns as it followed the idustry convention also I was told to move some images and add some around to make it look less wordy. Finally, I added who the article was by and who did the photography (which I missed out first time round). After tweeking it this was the final result:
After creating the basic layout, all that was left was to write the interview. I didn't want to write a very robotic interview that was just full of question and answer. I wanted to write more of a story interview that was written in some parts like a dialogue and had a running commentary with it. I also wanted to write it in such a away where it never got boring and was full of interesting facts and stories about the band. I also chose a couple of interesting, fruitful quotes from the interview and enlarged them. I did this as it seems to be one of the conventions in interview writing for magazines.
After receiving Constructive criticism on my work i went back and adjusted. One of the problems with my work was the layout. I was advised to set the second page out in columns as it followed the idustry convention also I was told to move some images and add some around to make it look less wordy. Finally, I added who the article was by and who did the photography (which I missed out first time round). After tweeking it this was the final result:
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