Australian photography and games magazine double page, contents page
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Double Page Spread Analysis Jarad Tansley Australian Photography Headline. The title of the article. Because of the subject of the photography this article contains, they decided to use the popular childhood game “Chinese Whispers” as the headline. The colour scheme of the article is a dull orange, with black and white, as well as browns, to accompany it. The orange colour was likely chosen because it matches the photography’s lighting. A “tag” on the page saying “Travel Special”, which lets the person know this is part of a series of articles on photography of foreign countries. Its background is a world map, which is a symbol of travel and tourism. The photography of the article. Since the magazine is based on photography, the article required the use of photography. The subjects of the photos are places in China. The language of the article is casual, informal language. This is used as the article is based on the photographers’ perspective and not a reporter at Australian Photography. Even if it is informal, the grammar and spelling doesn’t make any intentional mistakes, Image captions. These allow the the photographers to explain the photographs and technical specifications without interrupting the article. Publishing date, name of the magazine and page number. This lets the reader know what edition of the magazine, and what page, they are reading. The word “Chinese” is italicised to emphasise the subject of the photographs. “Whispers” is also emphasised, but in a way that prevents it from being emphasised more than the word “Chinese” The heading of the article. Headings are usually formatted with one style, unlike the title/headline. The article itself is formatted in columns. This makes the page look less cluttered and makes the article look shorter than it actually is.
Transcript of Australian photography and games magazine double page, contents page
Double Page Spread AnalysisJarad Tansley
Australian Photography
Headline. The title of the article. Because of the subject of the photography this article contains, they decided to use the popular childhood game “Chinese Whispers” as the headline.
The colour scheme of the article is a dull orange, with black and white, as well as browns, to accompany it. The orange colour was likely chosen because it matches the photography’s lighting.
A “tag” on the page saying “Travel Special”, which lets the person know this is part of a series of articles on photography of foreign countries. Its background is a world map, which is a symbol of travel and tourism.
The photography of the article. Since the magazine is based on photography, the article required the use of photography. The subjects of the photos are places in China.
The language of the article is casual, informal language. This is used as the article is based on the photographers’ perspective and not a reporter at Australian Photography. Even if it is informal, the grammar and spelling doesn’t make any intentional mistakes,
Image captions. These allow the the photographers to explain the photographs and technical specifications without interrupting the article.
Publishing date, name of the magazine and page number. This lets the reader know what edition of the magazine, and what page, they are reading.
The word “Chinese” is italicised to emphasise the subject of the photographs. “Whispers” is also emphasised, but in a way that prevents it from being emphasised more than the word “Chinese”
The heading of the article. Headings are usually formatted with one style, unlike the title/headline.
The article itself is formatted in columns. This makes the page look less cluttered and makes the article look shorter than it actually is.
Contents Page Analysis Jarad TansleyGames Magazine
Website URL. This allows regular readers to get more from the magazine they read. Screenshots of video games
and video game art. This allows readers to have a look at different games of different genres, and its characters. One screenshot may attract its audience, which contains two women in bikinis on a beach.
The contents page contains page numbers and titles of the page, as well as small descriptions. This gives the reader a preview of what is in the magazine. Some do not have descriptions, however, to make the reader have to go to the page listed to read about what they want. The pages are part of sections, such as the Retro Gaming section which allows readers to look at older game consoles and computers.
Page number and magazine name. This lets the reader know what page of the magazine they are reading.
The language of the magazine is informal, possibly to make the reader find the magazine more interesting.
The colour scheme is red, with white, black and greys. Red is seen as a “male” colour to many people, although it is also seen as a gender-neutral colour as well
A news article. The news article is about how the Gamecube and XBox would be getting online capability, and concerns about the UK’s broadband facilities. This news article would appeal to gamers at the time.
The contents and news titles are larger than everything else, except the images. This makes the titles stand out from the other text.
