In TOTP magazine the photo of the celebrity is taken as a studio shot rather than a particular location e.g. in a forest. For this reason I have decided on a studio laid back setting rather than outside which is more indie than pop. The only image is placed on the right side of the page and does not overlap onto the other page. The picture is not affected (by being bent or creased) when the magazine is folded in half. The interview is written in a Q&A format which is what I would like to for my magazine; it contains approximately 10 questions. The interview includes important quotes which have been pulled out and highlighted by writing them out again but in a larger and different coloured font to make them stand out; this is a good technique to use. I have used a highlighter to pick out where the quote was written in the article; there has been two pull quotes used. I have noticed that these quotes have been rephrased rather than picking out the actual quote; this could be done to shorten down the quote e.g. the pull quote is "I'm shy and awkward" rather than "I'm actually just a bit shy and awkward". Another example of a pull quote is "I kissed her on the cheek" by using the word 'her' it makes people who have just read the pull quote want to read the whole article as they are pulled into wanting to know who 'her' is; the actual quote is "I kissed Geri on the cheek". Drops cap has not been used to start off the article in this magazine. The name of the celebrity has not been written in big letters to draw attention to it instead they have a picture who they assume people will recognise. For each member of the band there is a different related competition as well as promotion for their new music situated at the bottom of the page. There are page numbers on both of the pages of the DPS but there is no name or logo of the magazine included. In the contents there is no image but only written content about which pages each DPS is featured on (this takes place in the form of it being mentioned in the editor's letter as well as being underneath the 'celebs & gossip category". Also only one of the competitions from one of the DPS is written on the contents page. From reading the interviews in TOTP, there were between 10 and 12 questions asked. For my magazine I would have to see how long the answers were in order for it to fit onto the page.
From 'We <3 Pop' magazine the layout takes a similar look however the actual article goes on to further pages. As there is an introduction to this article before getting into the questions drops cap is used to show the reader where the start of the actual article is. A studio shot and a Q&A format has been used. There are design elements used of 'cover story' being written in a star shaped box, there is also pink boxes situated underneath the article. The layout consists of all the text on one side of the DPS, giving the image a whole page to itself except the name of the artist; meaning that it could be ripped out and used as a poster. There are two pictures included which are the main image and a smaller one which is placed with text wrapped around it. The name of the magazine is written in the form of its website placed in the bottom left hand corner making it recongisable. The artists' actual name isn't used to start the article, instead there is a quote from the article used.
I decided to look at other genres of magazines to see how their DPS is laid out:
In Kerrang! magazine there is a fairly long introduction written introduced by drops cap. There is one pull quote used which is situated in the middle of the page and the text is wrapped round it. The title includes the artists name which makes it clearer who it is than rather just having his image. The image of Worsnop is a studio shot of which has been cut out and a enhanced glow has been added around the outline of his body. His expression is him seeming like he's shouting, he looks a fierce character. His pose with him swearing shows he doesn't care what people think; this pose is suitable for young adults and above. There are 5 more images included which are all screenshots of scenes from his music video which turned heads as that is the main base of the article; there are captions in three of these screenshots. These images have a white border which enables the reader to distinguish between the different images when they overlap each other. There were 16 questions asked which are clearly recognisable by having the questions in capitals, a different font and colour to the answers. There are page numbers along with the title of the magazine situated on both pages.
This double page spread in NME goes across four pages, on this particular double page there is a long introduction which is brought into play via drops cap. There is also one pull quote used. There is no title as such to the article, there are two quotes from each artist used instead. There is one studio shot of the two looking happy and friendly which gives a positive vibe. As there are two people answering the questions, the people's names are written before their view is written; this makes it clear and easy to understand. The names and questions are written in bold and italics but in the same colour as the answers. There is a design element used which is a ribbon which is what the two have achieved as they are 'NME HEROES' (this also enables the reader to distinguish which magazine that it is). The date of the issue, the title of the magazine and the page number are all written in the bottom right hand side of the page.
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