Headline: Good Golly Miss Miley!
Deck: Pop music’s wildest child knows what you think about her – and she totally doesn’t care
(From a Rolling Stone article about Miley Cyrus published October 2013)
Monthly Archives: November 2013
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Blog Assignment – headline & deck
Hi everyone, for this week’s blog, you just need to post a well-written HEADLINE and DECK of a magazine FEATURE story. This post is due on Friday at midnight.
You don’t need to comment on others’ posts this week.
For those of you who are doing floating redos, please upload your project to the blog by Friday at midnight.
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Magazine feature
Above is Men’s Health’s article published every month on a specific workout. The layout of this two page article is what attracts my eye. Men’s Health not only utilizes the directions of how to properly perform each workout, but has pictures to give readers an accurate description. This simply layout and placement of text and pictures creates an easily navigable article that will entice readers to read all the way through.
Magazine
I like the way Car and Driver has had their layout for years because it tells you whats going to be featured in the main articles of the magazine before you read it. The bold headline of the magazine helps to draw in the reader for car enthusiasts with big company names and popular car brands. Every cover the magazine features vibrant cars dueling it out or in an action shot to further attract the reader.
Favorite Magazine Layout
For my preferred magazine, I chose Complex Magazine’s 2009 Kanye West cover. Personally I am a huge fan of Kanye West not just as a musician, but as an individual and an icon of my generation. But what I felt Complex did that really helped attract the viewers eye was their use of visual hierarchy. They made KANYE WEST the biggest text after “COMPLEX” to help attract the attention of Kanye fans to the magazine, and used the term “MOST INFLUENTIAL BRAND” to further intrigue the reader. In addition, they did a good job of putting white text in front of Kanye’s polarized face, which is something difficult to do because they are both lightly toned.
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Magazine Spread
I think this magazine spread is very creative and eye-appealing. Although the feature runs on two pages, the elements work together to create a sense of unity. For example, Taylor Swift runs through the gutter of the spread, connecting both pages together. The image of Taylor also separates the elements in the page. The headline and deck are on her left, while the actual story is on her right. This method ensures that the two elements don’t mix together. The headline design itself is very creative as well. It takes up lots of space and commands reader attention, though doesn’t overpower the photo. The color scheme of the word “love” ties in with Taylor’s dress nicely, and the stacked and overlapped letters create a graphic, artsy feel. The silhouetted photo of Taylor keeps the page simply with its size and lack of background, and her draped hand leads the eye to the headline. Finally, the small elements of the page (like the author’s name placed within the “e” and the red dropcap at the start of the article) make the page look complete against the white background.
Web Interface Project
