Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Page Furniture



Drop Cap is a large letter normally at the start of the article or a paragraph indicating where the reader should start reading

Pull quote is a quotation from the interview. the pull quotes usually stick out, this is done by placing the quote in a different font, colour or size.

Caption header/ caption is a brief description that explains the picture.

Reader Interaction it gives the reader information on how get involved some how e.g twitter page

Crosshead gives informational about about the featured celeb

Head sell/ strap

Byline

Folio & Slug

Information Bar

Conventions of DPS

  • A large image is normally used. The image(s) is about the artist featured on the page.
  • A pull quote from the interview or sometimes its lyrics to the artists song. the purpose of a pull quote is to attract the attention of the reader
  • Large, bold, different title. this is to attract the readers attention this is normally done by making the title in a unique font so it stands out.
  • Text in columns and the first letter of the article is different, this is called a drop cap and is a piece of page furniture
  • Other smaller images of the featured artist is also used on the the 2 pages
  • Banners or Pugs advertising or informing the reader on something
  • House style that is similar to the front cover and contents page however different colours may be used but the same fonts should be used to ensure a consistant feel is given to the magazine.

Examples of DPS