Double Page Radio Guide with Transgression Feature

Before I began working on my double page radio guide, I thought that it would be a good idea to build a template before I started adding the text so I knew what was going to go where and to ensure I was happy with the colors and layout of the page. This was a wise idea because if I had added all my listings and feature straight away and then decided I did not like the layout, I would have had to re-design the whole thing.

                                  

I also Decided it would be a better Idea to design my listings in two separate documents and then join them together at the end, this would give me more space and would allow me to easily change the green headers on each page, using the pre-made template. 

Below is my final double page radio listing, Including my feature on Transgression on Page 14, I used my Transgression poster as the image for the feature as I thought "If people had already seen the poster, seeing it again in a radio listings guide might draw there attention."

I have also sticked to the same color scheme between the two pages, I have used pink on the titles on both pages and a black and green table scheme. This makes my listing easier to understand and easier to read. I have also blocked each station into different tables as that is how it appears in real radio listing guides. 

Evaluation: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Apart from our main product we had two other ancillary texts to complete, these were an advert that would appear in a Newspaper and a Double page radio listing spread with a feature for our recording. These were created to support our radio drama recording.

Newspaper advert:

Before I started creating my newspaper advert I drew some rough sketches of what I wanted it to look like, I scanned the photos in and put them onto my blog. I then decided to take some photos for my poster which I would edit later in Adobe Photoshop, this would be used as the background for my poster. I then put my photo into Adobe Photoshop and edited it, once it was edited I began to work on the poster it's self. 

The advert would be an effective piece to have as it advertises my drama when it is broadcast on air, without advertising my listener count would be low as nobody would have heard of the product, having an advert in a newspaper would be a good idea as millions of people read printed newspapers everyday. 

Double page spread:

Once my poster was complete I began work on my double page spread radio guide, this supported the poster in terms of advertising as a feature in a radio guide can be used to advertise my product further and give more information into what the show is going to be about. It also targets a specific audience as people who read a radio listings guide are clearly going to be interested in what there is to listen to on the radio. 

These to pieces combined with my final recording are a great start into getting the show on air and ensuring that the show will have listeners.