PROPOSAL FOR ARTICLE

Proposal for Article.

Format and Medium

My print for my article will be an A3 size, it will be this size as it is big enough to see each two page spread in good quality and the pictures will be big enough for the reader to understand what the text is talking about.

Sector

The sector that my article will be specialist magazine publishing as the article will generally be published into a magazine for media or graphics. The article is important as it can help people learn more about the subject and can also spark interest with graphics for people at any age. This means that the article will have to look eye catching and interesting for the audience to show interest to the it.

Working title

A title for the article is very important it gives insight of what the article is going to be about, it is also important as it gives a effect to how the audiences feel about the subject and it can also attract the audiences. For example my title is bold and crosses over two pages for impact on the readers it is also in a pink background with an orange subheading; the colours are eye catching and look attractive on the article instead of being the stereotypical black and white. The article for my film will be BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GRAPHICS. I have called my article this as it states clearly what the article will be about and gives a little clue on what will be included.

Genre

It is an informational, instructual and educational article. It will be published in such magazines as Graphics, computer and media as the article connects to all three of these magazines.

Intent of audience and age

The audience target for my article is any ages as it is an educational piece it is there to help other learn more about graphics and Photoshop/ illustrator. I wanted there to be an any age audience so that all people from all walks of life will be able to read and learn how to use the programmes. My target audience will be both male and female that have an interest in horrors.

Summary of content

The article is a learning guide to graphics, i write about how to use Photoshop and Illustrator in depth with my own experiences and work that i have produced, by doing this it gives the reader a higher depth and reliability to the article. I also talk about a range of file types such as: JPG, TIFF, PNG, AI, WMF, PSD. by adding these it allows the reader to gain knowledge on all file types used in graphics.

                                                           

Summery of style

The look of my article will be professional and modern at the same time as i have added colour to my piece such as the title and the information boxes that i added for extra information on the article, i also added pictures as i did not want it to be text based but i wanted something that the audience can connect to the text in which they will be reading, pictures is the best example of this. I have done three two page spreads with three columns in each page as it looks professional with the information put into it down columns.

Legal and ethical consideration

The article will be suitable to be read at any time as there will be no profound words or images used which means that any age could see it. In terms of the legal consideration i will make sure that the images that i use are either copyright free or my own images.