R&P: Media Magazine Page Layout & Design

Lucy Scott, Media Magazine, February 2008

This article will be very helpful when putting together our magazine cover, and our poster. It gives us guidelines in composition, lighting and framing and how meaning is acheived through these. I found useful the explanations of how audiences relate to advertising - even though not film based it still was relevant. I also found the rule of thirds composition was extremely helpful and it refreshed my memory of the basic layout of advertising. As well as helping us with layout and design it also emphasised the importance of imagery and text and how together they can have to be clear for the reaser. The section on the 'Silver Spoon' campain thought about placement of their text and image extremely carefully, and it showed me just how much thought goes into where you place you text.