MADTING MUSIC MAGAZINE FIRST DRAFT

This is the first draft of my completed music magazine, im very proud of it, took a lot of time, creaticity and hard work

DPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

I have started on my DPS. its not realy that finished but im exited to see how it will turn out

Madting Contents Page progress

This is the contents page to my music magazine. I scrapped my old contents page and started again and came up with this. I think it looks more professional than my old one. still yet to receive reviews from my classmates on how to make it even better than it is now

Front cover draft

This most probably will be the finished piece of my music magazine front cover. still waiting for feedback from my classmates on how to improve it. I think it looks good though.

Contents Page in working progress

Finding indesign a bit stressful as my pictures are coming out pixelated but over all the contents is going according to plan

College Magazine Evaluation

College Magazine Evaluation

First and foremost in creating the front cover I used a medium close-up shot of a female student on a plane red back ground. I did this because the model was extremely photogenic and her smile was very inviting therefore engaging the audience. The red background also added brightness and colour making the front page stand out. I then started the process of building my front cover. I used tools to remove any blemishes, spots and marks in the picture and then smoothened out the picture by use of smart blur on Photoshop which gave the picture an air brush effect.

I then started the process of creating a masthead which I thought was a very successful attempt. I used the Stencil Font to create the masthead and then manipulated the style of the font to make it glow and give it a 3D Effect. I also used the Impact Font for my main cover lines and pull quote. The colour scheme for my magazine was Black/Red Yellow and white. I think this worked well as it complemented the main images on both the front cover and contents page and also believe reviewers agreed with me as one quoted “I really like your house style and consistent and clear font on your front cover”. After finishing my layout I then added a few touches like changing the colour gradient and so on and so forth. I also made sure my cover lines related to the main image as it shows the audience that she was the main topic of discussion in the issue of the college magazine I was designing.

The strategy I used for the creating the contents page was a bit different. I first started off importing my main image onto InDesign which I had to expand before exporting it as a JPEG; I then placed the image onto Photoshop and started editing. I used the same airbrush technique I used for the main image but also I added a lens blur effect to create an illusion in the background as the reader scrolls through the contents page. I still kept my house style and colour scheme the same as on the front page however I had to export each layer of my contents page as a JPEG and import them all into place back onto InDesign so my columns were well placed which was a long process.

In terms of journalism and writing style I was quite informal as I was aiming to reach a specific target audience which in this case was the students of Leyton Sixth Form College.

However some improvements can be made to make the magazine I created even better. Some of which are:

·         Use a better camera quality

·         Learning how to use Photoshop and InDesign more efficiently and effectively

·         Increase magazine content

·         Spelling mistakes were pointed out by audience who viewed my magazine and said it needed to improve which shows a lack of professionalism

·         Use of advertisement could be a good way of improving my magazine

In developing my music magazine I will be guided by a well-designed magazine structure or house style which will help my magazine stand out. My target audience and genre must be a key factor to know how to present my content in the use of journalism and my colour scheme and font use must be adequate, bold and captivating.

Masthead Preperation

In the process of doing my masthead for music magazine