Ancillary Task 2; Film magazine review page.

For the second ancillary task I had to make a double page spread from a magazine. I did this in the style of popular glossy film magazines like Empire and Total Film. Even though it would be unconventional for them to write about an experimental short film, it was a simple and recognisable format. To make this spread, I used Adobe Illustrator which is an industry standerd for design, not always for magazines. Useful techniques in this programs were the ability to have multiple pages and arrange them around each other to have the image spill over the pages, I also used text wrap so I could 'wrap' text around an object like the 'talking point' circle and the drop cap. Another feature I used was linking text boxes so that I could draw the text boxes so they fit around the element and then the text would automatically flow around them.