Photographs: before and after editing

Before

After

  

Completed website (ancillary task)

Please click here to see the web page I have created that promotes my radio play (it will open in a separate window).

Main task (radio play): 'The Prime Morrister'

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Double-page spread - article text

Double-page spread article - planning

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Research/inspiration from Radio Times

This is not a double-page spread like mine will be but I like the content of the article, including the question as the 'kicker'.

Left hand side of a double-page spread. I like the variation of the font between 'Fame?' and 'I'd rather have a cuppa...' which makes it stand out.

The right hand side of the double-page spread from above. Notice how the article is only on 1 side of the two pages to give prominence to the photograph.

Language and register

Not only is the style of language important to make my article an interesting read but the language and register must also be suitable for my target audience. The target audience for my double-page spread will be the same audience for my radio play which I set out in a previous blog post because the aim of the article is to advertise the play.

The most important thing to avoid will be 'modern' words and phrases that a young person would read and understand but a member of my middle-aged target audience would not.

As I mentioned in my blog post about the target audience, they will enjoy culture and so references to culture and in-jokes around this will be okay.

The register, as with any magazine, should be personal and speak to the reader directly i.e. using 'you' and 'I'.

List of magazine article conventions

• Pull quotes - Quotes from the article separate from the main article text, usually in different and larger font
• Headline - Usually large, eye-catching and in a different font to the rest of the article
• By-line - Name of the reporter
• Kicker - The introductory paragraph to the article, usually in bold, designed to attract the reader's attention
• Page number, magazine logo and date of publishing are usually included on every page
• A dominant image
• Anchorage - Text to explain the photograph
• The "pyramid structure" (pictured right)
• A large capital letter at the beginning of the first paragraph

Photography Planning

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