Final DPS Task:24

Here is my final double-page-spread review page. Looking at the design further their has been slight tweaks from the original flat plans and the draft versions. The key aspect that has changed from the draft is the colour for the background. As discovered from my survey results I have seen that the audience wanted dark colours. However as seen in the draft that didn't turn out successful and wasn't easy to read, for this reason I have gone with a simple, clean and professional white background as i wanted function over design as a key part for the information side of things.

Other slight fixes include Font change, coloured rating system and also I have separated the images to give some clean differentiation between them and also incorporate some of the background so they don't appear over the whole page.

I am very happy with the way my review page has turned out. Initially I was worried about the layout choice and the text content but in the end I am very happy. In terms of the review itself, I wanted to write something which was captivating and gave certain teasers and insights that allowed for a slight description of this film. However, the amount of information given is only enough to allow for the reader to be intrigued and wanting to watch the film. This was a key aspect of the DPS that I was worried about because if I got it wrong it could have meant I either gave away to much making it have a low appeal rate or not giving enough that no one was wanting to see the film. To find out how to perfect it I was always re looking over professional DPS to compare.

In addition to content parts such as colour was key to allowing this review to appear smart, stylish and above all be pleasant to the eye. When looking at such magazines like Little White Lies and Sight and Sound I found out that the colour was mostly muted with key parts or accents being in an alternating colour to break up the page. For this I used Red as my colour of choice, and I believe this worked well. I like the way the colour separates the large amount of text and pull the audience into parts such as the rating system that I have used. This in obviously a major part in many other magazines so I believe the incorporation of it in mine has helped a lot.

A conventional trait of many real life film magazines is the rating system and more in depth information. I ultimately believe I have followed this style and convention to the best of my abilities and this resulted in a professional review page.