Layout:The lay-out of this film magazine's DPS is very simple and professional looking compared to film magazine's targeted primarily at the younger age groups. It has an independent magazine feel to it in the the way it keeps it's lay-out quite simple, which allows the professional element to show to the audience. Independent magazine's such as Little White Lies don't usually use much text and instead have illustrations to grip the audience to an article or review of a film featured in their magazine. They have typically laid-out a heading which is conventional to other film magazine double-page-spread's because this allows the reader to instantly be targeted to this page because of the title. If the title is small, the reader will quickly miss what the rest of the article is about and will gladly skip past this page onto the next. You need to have a bold title, which also fits with the rest of the stylistic features on the page such as the primary colour palette to allow the page to look professional and modern , which in tern will keep the reader wanting to buy this certain magazine because it relates to what they would want to see in a film magazine.
Another thing to point-out about lay-out is the text. There is very little use of text on this double-page-spread review, however the way the text is laid-out is still quiet appealing and keeps the pages professional level. It's very simplistically laid-out, and looks quite neat in terms of lay-out. The text also fits nicely underneath the headline, which creates a very professional and pleasant looking page for the reader to get they teeth stuck into. Also, beside the text they have put another piece of text about the new film, which has been positioned in-line with the text of the main article. It is also shown in a bold text which is also a nice change in style and allows the page to continue to interest the reader with these slight, but very significant options.
Another element I like in terms of lay-out is the how they've laid-out the name of the film. Sky fall has been laid-out very stylistically. I like the black rectangle over the top of the film name and also the way it has been positioned at the top of the page, in what is a small looking font compared to younger aged film magazine's. They have also shown the name of the film at the bottom of the page, with a blue looking object this time highlighting the film's name. This adds another type of stylistic element and lay-out choice, which in my opinion is very effective for this professional looking page.
The last thing in terms of the lay-out of this page is the image. Having an image from the film put in the background for this page is a very conventional style many magazines are beginning to incorporate into their page designs. Even though the image from the film Skyfall fits well for this double-page-spread, sometimes having the image dominate the page can make the page look boring and ultimately very uninteresting for the reader. However, I believe it works well on this DPS because of the way the rest of the text, headline and other stylistic features are laid-out on this page. Like I said before, the page ultimately looks professional and intriguing because of how everything comes together in terms of the lay-out to create a very high-quality looking double-page-spread. I will hopefully try and do this with my magazine double-page-spread to create the same effect this magazine has been able to do.
Overall, the page is laid-out very professional and neatly which draws me in to want to read more of this magazine because of the professional feel which I ultimately look for in a magazine. I also like the fact they have gone almost minimalistic in the way they have laid-out the image and text, allowing every element in this double-page-spread to sync incredibly well with each other, resulting in a very intriguing looking DPS.
Colour:
Overall, the colour of this double-page-spread is quite limited. The primary colour comes from the image featuring Daniel Craig, which I believe works well with the other elements on this page, such as the headline and general text. It has a light tone to it which is quite appealing to look at. You have a light grey coming from the sky, mixed with the dark green and brown of the hills which adds a slight gloomy feel to this picture. However, you then have Daniel Craig standing stern in a navy blue suit which allows the colour palette to switch up and change tones. This works very well because the greyish background and the fact they have added a navy blue colour from the suit allows the audiences eyes to be directed at this specific colour. I believe this is a good technique, because sometimes in other film magazine's they have too many colours going on in one page and it begins to look unprofessional. This is becoming a conventional trend in film magazine's such as Little White Lies and Empire who tend to use an image from the film as the background for their double-page-spread which allows for, what I believe is, a very professional looking double-page spread.
Because the background is quite bright, the text needs to be able to stand-out, otherwise it could be lost in with the colour palette of the background. The black text they have used for this magazine's DPS is a conventional attribute in many film magazines, mostly when their background has a quite light tone. In contrast, you would use a white text to allow it to stand-out from a darker looking background. The title I believe works very well in front of this light background and really allows itself to stand-out to the reader. As soon as I looked at this page I was drawn to looking at the title because the colour, contrasted with the font type stands-out increasingly well. This is definitely a conventions I want to add to my magazine double-page-spread. The text below the title is also black, and I can see it quite visibly. Even though the colour palette is ultimately very limited, keeping to primarily more darker secondary colours, it allows the page to obtain a professional tone which is sometimes lost in other film magazine's because of the over-use of colour.
Text Use:
Overall, there is very little text used in this double-page-spread. The main section of text consists of only two very small paragraphs of text talking about the film the page is dedicated to. This goes against common conventions of double-page-spread film reviews because you normally have around half a page of text to review the film and allow the audiences to have a general understanding of what the film is like and whether or not they want to ultimately see the film itself. Because the text on this page is so brief, you can't really get a definitive answer and detailed review as to what this certain film is like. I want to follow the typical conventions of a double-page-spread review page and have at least one half of the two pages to primarily have text which I hope includes a detailed review of our short film.
The headline 'Something Old, Something New' stands-out very effectively on this page. The background itself is very light in colour, which allow them to have a definitive looking headline to attract audiences into this review. The black colour, contrasted with the bold font works very well and I am instantly drawn to this part of the page. However, even though I like the font, I feel that the designer chose the typical, even 'safe' type of font to allow the page to have a typical professional quality. I would have liked to see a more ambitious and un-convetional looking headline to give this double-page-spread more stylistic depth which I feel would've interested and appealed to audiences even more.
Camera Shot (Type):
There is only one image on this page and it is shown in a wide shot. The image is the background for this double-page-spread which is quite appealing, something I would also like to replicate for my final design. The camera shot itself, a conventional wide-shot used frequently in many magazines, allows the reader to see the background in detail, and it also allows Daniel Craig to stand-out very effectively to the reader. The wide-shot ultimately fits in very well with the text featured on this page. Daniel Craig is positioned sternly on the other-side of the page, while the other side has the classic James Bond Aston Martin which also fits nicely underneath the columns of text.
Mise-en-scene:
The mise-en-scene of this page conventionally features columns of text which is a typical trait to any professional looking page in a magazine. The columns are laid-out like this ultimately to make the lay-out of text look more professional on the page, which in tern allows the overall lay-out of the page to fit together more stylishly. Another convention in terms of mise-en-scene is showing an image of the main character, who is also most likely a big acting name (in this case Daniel Craig) to draw the audience into this review page and allow their fascination and intrigue in this image to fester, ultimately leading the reader to almost become tantalising to seeing the film. That is ultimately what an image on a review page should do to the reader. The image must make them excited and intrigued to see this film, and want to read this review.
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