29th September 2010




In this blog I went onto the internet to look at real life magazines to see what devices they use and to learn the layout of it. One example of a magazine I looked at was GQ magazine.



With this magazine the title is big and bold and so it stands out. Secondly the colors of gold and white which is also in the title are prominent everywhere. For instance at the sub headings are in gold. What you can also see is that the rest of the text is small when in compared to the title.

Most importantly the picture of Beyonce is clear to see and is in the background, this means that the text doesn't get in the way. What I learnt from this is that the image and the text all have to blend in with each other like in this magazine gold, white, and black all intertwine and that it shouldnt look jimbled up and muddled.

Now lets compare the previous magazine to something more like a tabloid.

Here the title stands out because it's in red. However the sub-heading "Cheryl" is bigger than the actual title. What I took from this is that I wouldn’t want the sub headings to be overbearing because it makes things to chaotic.