This is my final product for the Induction task. Now I am
going to evaluate this Double Page Spread.
Firstly, I had to think of what to write about in this
article and what magazine to write it for. I could have written 5 facts about
an artist or other 5 features of an artist, or songs of a genre. I chose to
write about 5 electropop songs that I think are the best in this genre. I had
to consider the success of these songs and their genre to make sure it was
really electropop (as it can be confusing whether a song is electropop or is
from another sub-genre of electronic music). So because of this, I had to do
research about popular electropop artists. During my research, I learnt several
things. I have found out about Mixmag which is a popular dance music magazine,
so I decided that I will be writing this article for their "next"
issue. I also found 5 popular songs/artists from this genre. So after my thorough research, I had to draft
the article. I decided on the order of the songs and write things about the
article in the style of Mixmag (which I also had to research about). I wrote
about 50-100 words for each, putting the most important information about the
song and the artist, how the songs can make people feel and their success. I
also wanted to put pictures on the pages, so I had to write descriptions for
those as well. I had to decide what pictures to put on the Double Page Spread
too.
As the best software for creating this article was Adobe
InDesign, I had to learn how to use it. During the creation process, I gained
different skills. I have learnt how to create an A3 sized DPS; make a textbox
which was using the ‘Text’ tool; to make a box for photos using the ‘Rectangle
Box’ tool; and to put photos on the page. I did the last one by going on ‘File’
in the upper left corner, then I went to ‘Place…’ and then I clicked on the box
I created for the image. For this, I first had to search for high resolution
photos and save them onto my computer, then place it onto the Double Page
Spread. I have also learnt to make a drop cap (used at the start of each box; a
letter/number that is bigger than the normal font size). In conclusion, I have
learnt how to use the most basic things in InDesign.
However, I have things that I could improve on. My targets
for improvement would be:
- At the top of each box, the name of the songs touch the line framing the box, which I could put further up away from the text so it looks more attractive and neat to the eye.
- I should not frame the title of the article as it might look more aesthetically pleasing.
- I could also improve the article’s background because as we can see, it’s just plain white.
- Also, next time I will not use pictures I got from the internet; I should take my own ones.
- So this is my Induction Article and its evaluation finished. It has been a good experience to make this as it has improved my skills in research and writing an article which I will have to do later on in my research.
