The front page main story and layout ideas.

This is a post explaining just my main story and my main story layout ideas.

I have created a few ideas for what the headline will display, what the main story is inside. As i am personally into my singing i would like to create wyke's version of 'The X factor.'

I have thought of a possible headline, and is simply:
'The Wyke Factor'
However, there's a fraction of doubt that maybe this is a bit too simple, and perhaps i can create a more personalised one. On the other hand, i do believe this is catchy enough and would make a good headine. I thought of another possible headline 'Wykes Got The X Factor' however, this isn't as personal, where as this magazine, is targetted at the Wyke College audience, its seems to be more personal to the targett audience.

I would like the text to pratically, be a replica of the text which is used for 'The X Factor' however, i honestly i don't believe this will be possible to get the title to be an exact replica however all we can do is try! I would like the 'Wyke' in the title 'The Wyke Factor' to be most emphasised and dominant, i feel this is more eye catching for the target audience which is Staff, Parents and students who attend the college. I want the 'Wyke' to be the first thing the audience see, as that establishes the niche audience and makes it obvious who the magazine is targetted at. The X factor logo (below), the main colours they've used is red, this suggests 'red hot and brand new!' They have layered therefore emphasizing which then sparks interest, what is this 'x factor' about? The Large 'X' gradualy forming a small X connects with the idea this is a national search, a national competition and in many competitions there is usually, only one winner thus the tiny, red 'X' within the larger white 'X' in the centre of the frame. Again, the idea of the tiny 'X' being the colour red suggests 'brand new, red hot, see the next big thing here!' The idea of the other words in the title, the letters are quite spacious between one another, I believe this is to draw attention to the other words, as the 'X' is the main focus point the other 2 words of the title are important, because the audience need to know what the programme/competition is. It's like people speak slow so people will listen to them more intensley, it seems to be the same with spacious lettering, you tend to take more notice, then you would if it seemed like just an ordianary printed text. If you follow the Logo from 'The' down through the centre, to 'Factor' you can visulise this poster as a kind of process. 'The' is placed just above which looks like a funnell, the funnell then points straight to the centre of the tiny 'X', then follows out of the centre to the largely spaced X factor. It seems to be suggesting 'The X Factor Journey', you enter small and can leave a 'big' star, the spaciousnell and largeness of the 'Factor' along the bottom is large in comparrison towards 'The' at the top. However, i don't want it to look like i've just created a logo, i want it to look like a head line so perhaps, its not going to be a replica of 'The X Factor' Logo at all, however i'm still going to make the 'Wyke' most dominant and

The main focus point on my front page, i would like it to be the image. I would like to produce an image which connects with the idea of 'The WYKE Factor.' I have an idea of two people being in the shot, one playing an instrument sat on a stool and another singing through a microphone, stood on the ground but i really want to see their passion of their singing through this photograph. I would prefer the people in the photograph to be quite neutral dressed as i feel this would help widen the target audience, for example, if i were to photograph a 'goth' singing their heart out it would only attract a certain audience were as by using neutral dressed people it's alot harder to gain a stereotype for people who don't express themselves through different clothing. I'd rather them not wear jackets/clothing with the brand of clothing visable, i think this raises stereotypes and expectations for the people who wear them clothing brands. For example, people who wear adidas are expected to be sporty, or even food wise people may not want to buy a magazine promoting Nestle, because of their contraversial history.

The lighting, i would like the spot light to be on the singer who is also stood up, i feel this gives the right idea of 'The WYKE Factor' being more of a singing competition, rather then a music competition as with the spotlight on the performer, the main focus point within the image will be the singer, however i feel by including a musician it also widens the target audience, however will spark interest and encourage musicians to take part, and will spark interest within these musicians.

The camera angles i will shoot this will have to be mediam close up/MCU, because they where the set guide lines, however, i feel it would be a lot more appropriate within my piece if i shot this photograph, with a Low Angle Mediam Shot Close Up, this gives the singer the dominance in the photograph which i want and also gives the impression of if you enter this competition you could leave being as powerfull and dominant as this performer. However, actually thinking that i have to use a medium close up, i don't think i'll be able to do it within a two shot, the way i wanted to. I feel to photograph a medium close up, within a two shot could be too much of a squeeze and look rediculous, aswell, i might not be able to photograph using the Low Angle which i hoped to use either.

The subheading, is supposed to follow on from the heading, and gives a little more insight into the main story. I was thinking about a possible subheading which is actually a rhetorical question 'Have you got the wyke factor?' however i feel by using this pun, makes it cheesy which degrades it a little bit. Another one i thought of is 'As the auditions start, who will have the Wyke Factor?' This i feel is a lot more inviting and makes the artical more interesting and leaves the audience wanting to buy the magazine. I like the like 'As the auditions start...' because it adds a hint of reality into the story as the auditions have 'already begun.' It also draws in the audience from the beginning, and by printing the new updates in each issue, the regular audiences will keep purchasing as since they where involved from the begging, they will want to know how the competition is going.

The text of my subheading will be smaller then the main heading, however it doesn't need to be that big. Im trying to create a sort of order in which the audience will first look at the front page, first: The main focus point, the image, second: The heading, and third: the sub heading. And by the third stage the main story should have already lured in the audience to purchasing the magaizine. I would like the text to be small, however i also want the text to be possibly underlined and coloured in a contrasted colour depending on what the background of the image is.

I have just displayed my ideas for the main story on my front page. These will probly change as soon as i start to take photographs, get new ideas, plan it out on paper!