After viewing numerous food magazines, I have begun draft ideas of layouts for the front cover, table of contents, and most especially, the double-page spread. We will most likely use a panoramic shot of the restaurant as faded-out background for the two-page feature and are in the process of creating cover-lines and sub headlines for the first edition.
I have begun planning the course of the interview and planning which types of camera shots we will be using for the magazine in general. For the first edition of the magazine, our design will be minimalist (the text and font will reflect this) with warm, earth-tone colors since we will be reporting on organic food.
As well, I have been researching the restaurant in terms of ownership. This website http://www.organiccornerny.com/#!__team shows the various team members, one of which we will be interviewing sometime this week. In planning the two page article, we have planned for it to be three short columns per page, leaving most of the room for photography and quoted text directly from the interview, as magazines of similar genre generally do not gear their focus on text. Magazines of this nature are made to attract visual attention and entice the senses, as quality food would strive to do.
The article is going to include an introduction of the owners and restaurant background information, images and description of the foods featured, and the interview (with questions such as, "What prompted you to create "My Organic Corner", "What legacy do you plan on having this restaurant leave on the local community?", "Do you aim to create awareness in the national or even global market?"). We will record the interview as well as have a written record. Stay tuned!
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