This document provides an analysis of the layout and design elements of a TV listings magazine. Key elements discussed include:
- The date and magazine logo displayed at the top of each page to identify the publication and time period.
- A colored banner along the side of each page coordinating with the day of the week to establish a consistent style.
- A smaller "Today's Choice" column highlighting featured programs, though the author plans a larger featured section.
- An organized double-page spread with items logically lined up and aesthetically pleasing.
- Page numbers at the bottom of each page following magazine conventions.
The author intends to emulate several of these elements like the date, day banner, and page numbers in
2. At the top of the page there is the date and the logo of the magazine’s
company. This is necessary for the reader so they know what programmes are
on certain days. The days are colour co-ordinated, with a different colour each
day. The logo gives a sense of house style and brand identity. In my listings
magazine, I will create a logo to put on the corner of each page. I will also put
the date on each page of the double page spread, mirroring them to the
middle of the spread like this magazine has done.
Date on the top of the page
3. • At the side of the page there is a banner running down the edge with
the day of the week and the co-ordinating colour for that day, in this
case a dark purple for Monday, the same colour that is at the top of
the page. This gives each day of the week a house style. I am going to
emulate this in my listings magazine.
Date along the side of the page
4. • On the left of the double page spread there is a ‘Today’s choice’
coloumn, which is smaller here than I plan to have on my listings
magazine. It helps to draw focus to the featured programmes, as it is
a different colour to the rest of the double page spread. In my
magazine I will have a larger features part to advertise my
documentary, but I may use this magazine’s method of changing the
background colour of the features coloumn.
Daily feature
5. • The layout of the double page spread is logically placed; everything is lined
up and aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The day is lined up with the daily
feature but also the date, which is something I plan to do in my listings
magazine.
Organisation
6. Main article
This magazine has very colourful
coloumns for each channel,
differentiating each channel from the
others. However, this distracts readers
from the daily feature, which is not my
aim for my magazine, therefore I will not
make the rest of my magazine as
colourful as this one.
7. Page numbers
Page numbers are a common convention of magazines. This TV
listings magazine follows this conventions with small white numbers
at the bottom of the page. I plan to include page numbers on my own
magazine.
