A seletion of possible fonts to use for my music magazine. The fonts I have chosen are quite decorative and eye catching so would be used for a title or heading.
Research
As a preliminary exercise for creating my double page spread article, I researched and annotated a selection of music magazine articles from the website "rocksbackpages". These are the articles I researched:The Verve: Manchester Roadhouse by Paul Moody (NME) : This article applied directly to my double page spread as it features a gig review. The article is fast paced with vivid description, locking on to the audiences interest to make them feel as though they're actually there. A description intro, like the one I have used in my article, transports the audience into the atmosphere of the gig which is an important factor of live music. The use of speech also contributes to this and the article becomes more like a narrative than a piece of informative text. Similies and metaphors are included as a form of diverse description making the article unique. Rhetorical questions pull the reader into the article, encouraging them to form an opinion of their own. The writers opinion is summed up in the conclusion, bringing the article to a close.20 Questions: The La's by Stephen Dalton (NME) : This article, a short interview with quick fire questions, is similar to the sort of thing I wanted to include in my double page spread to complement the gig review as a way of providing the audience with more background information on the band. Again, the article is fast paced, ensuring that the reader dosn't lose interest, and short punchy scentences indicate a hard-hitting, forthright approach. Overall, a lighthearted, joky tone is envoked in the interview due to the witty questions and the sarcastic responses the band gives to them. This makes for lighter reading, than the main body of text which is the interview. The lack of description in the interview creates a contrast in writing styles with the gig review, making the text, overall , more diverse and interesting.I also researched into an album review, "Arctic Monkeys: Whatever they say they are, thats what they are" by Caroline Sullivan (The Guardian) although this type of article didn't apply to my double page spread.For further annotation, follow hyperlinks.Further Research: OkGoTo create my article, I found some background information on the band using their web and myspace pages. This enabled me to bring a contextual element into the article, particularly in the interview and synopsis, providing the audience with practicle, yet interesting, information.
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