Week 4 Monitoring

This week was a lot more productive than the last 3,simply because of the fact that I finished off one of my double page spreads and my front cover. This enabled me to go on with my second DPS which is the truth about PEDs. So far, I have made the title for this article, and the breakout box in which i will put random facts and tips about different fitness and diet facts.

I also booked another photoshoot. This photo shoot will be vital as it will be the last one I do, I will take photos for my second double page spread and contents page.

After looking at my schedule, I am very ahead of my plan simply because the start f this week I saw i would have started off my first double page spread, and I have finished it. This is good as it shows I have been putting in the effort needed to do well.

In this week, I finished off all of my articles, this put me in good stead in terms of going ahead and adding my finishing touches to my double page spreads. It also helped as I could not tell how large the text sections of my double page spreads should be. Here are all of my article drafts and the bits of planning and ideas that I have on my drafts.

"Performance Enhancing Drugs Article Write Up

Intro:

The most frowned upon and untalked about topic in the fitness industry, Performance Enhancing Drugs. What do they do? How much are they? Do they really work? In this article you get to know all the answers to the most asked questions on the topic.

Performance enhancing drugs formerly known as PEDs are any drugs that are used to physically, or mentally make an athlete perform better in his chosen event. Performance enhancing drugs are split into different categories, the main few are:

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     (PUT INFORMATION IN ABOUT EACH DIFFERENT DRUG)

Excessive steroidal abuse can lead to:

• ·      Death
• ·      Heart Disease
• ·      Liver Disease
• ·      Severe Acne
• ·      High Blood Pressure
• ·      Blood Clots
• ·      Fluid Retention
• ·      High Cholesterol

So you’re in the gym and you hear a group of guys talking about ‘Juice’. The naïve gym goer would think they’re talking about Ribena, but, the more experienced knows they’re talking about Steroids. Many people find talking about drug use very frowned upon, but we went out and took a survey to see how much of the British public actually knows about these commonly used performance enhancing drugs.

These results show how many people know the effects of steroids, but the things that most people don’t take into consideration are the side effects, and believe me, these can be fatal.

How much do the public really know?

We surveyed 50 people form the British public in Darlington, asking them all sorts of questions. Here are all the final questions and answers.

Put into pie chart (50% could name drugs etc. 70% of people knew someone who had taken these. By the age of 18, all 100% of people I asked said they have heard of these drugs.)

On pie charts, annotate them with little circles and lines coming off images. Blow up one image to cover half the page, preferably dark colour.

So, think twice next time you are contemplating taking these drugs, as it could be fatal. "




Also in this week, I started my basic double page spread layouts, this included the guidelines, spacing, fonts I would use, and different techniques which would be effective. 

As you can see, I attempted to do my first double page spread very early on, and in this screenshot you can see that i had just started to space things out, and I put in my header which had a grunge effect overlay. At this stage, I also had very little idea over what fonts I would use for my information. I also had a few of my images on the DPS at this stage, however I was not sure how i would place them, and what effects I would be using on them in InDesign.