Single Page spread research

Before I can think about how I'm going to do my double-page spread for my final production, as well as what it will be about, I decided to carry out research on general celebrity interviews and music magazine interviews. This would be a better range of research, as I am able to compare easily and see how I can adapt my interview for the purpose and demographics.

Interview with Celebrity (Actor - Tom Felton):

Conventions: The interview in the image shows general conventions of an article in a magazine. It has a title with the person's name to tell the readers what the page is about and who it is about. As well as having an image of the celebrity (on the right) to attract the audience and fans of the person. The magazine has also included a quote next to the image of the model to try to get the audience interested in the magazine. 

The interview: The layout of the article is presented in the form of an interview, this interest people to read it more as its separated text and is a written conversation. This makes the magazine seem more believable as fans of Tom Felton will know more about him and his personality, which would want them to read the interview, as well as it looks more interested than an article written about interviewing the celebrity with little quotes of what they actually said.

The page shows conventions of what an interview in a magazine should look like with the questions and answers separated clearly. In addition, from looking at the image, you can see that the questions the interviewee asked are highlighted, while the answers are in normal text, which doesn't stand out as much. The answers don't need to stand out as much because by highlighting the questions and making them stand out to the audience, it is more likely that the audience will read the questions then become interested in the answers, so they read more. 

The magazine interview also shows separated parts of the interview with the model, in a different form, for example, the question in the bright pink square it a more amusing question the target demographics would find. They place this in the pink box to attract the audience, as well as make the page different so the audience doesn't get bored.