Magazine Amendments and Improvements

To improve my front cover I put a thicker cream stroke around my main coverline to make sure that it stood out hich i also changed the byline of as it felt more appropriate and linked better to the main image.. I also changed the smaller cover lines to  a burgundy colour to ensure that they stood out more as I felt that the black text did not show up very well on top of my cover image. I also moved around these cover lines and added an extra one to fill a sizable gap. I changed the colour of my corner section which says "Your Guide To.." as the navy blue that it was blended to well with the other colours making it less noticable. I also made the textin this area more abstractly sized and placed to make it more eye catching and to give it an interesting feel. I finally changed the artists listed after "Plus" to a white text as it stands out more.

I added a coloured bar across the top of my contents page to allow my color scheme to become more apparent and so that my pictures were lowered down a little as I changed my top image, removed one of the centre images and moved them around to fit correctly on the page. I changed my contact details section to a smaller blue bar to allow me to resize and move around my images and lower my "Regulars" section. I also mde amendments to my list of contents to fit the changes I made to the coverlines on my front cover.

For the first part of my Double Page Spread I removed the part of the title which said "23 Fake Street" to allow me to make the title of the article larger and as the headline connoted the bands name anyway it was uneccesary. I removed the part of the stand first that was crediting me for the photos and the words as it was already included in the actual standfirst rather than just after I indented both sides of the paragraph so that the words were clearly visible. This meant I could make the coloured box thinner and so could move the text up and make it fit better.

\For the second part of my double page spread I made sure there was one main image rather than there being a few squashed which made it look less professional. I also moved the quote to the centre of the text so that it was centred and it stood out more and made my area of text more exciting instead of it just being a block of text.

On all my pages i added the date onto the page number and magazine title section so people knew what issue they were reading.

18th and 19th December 2012 - Double Page Spread Production

I spend these two days writing my article and then creating my double page spread.

Here is the article that I wrote in word before importing it into my double page spread.





I then proceeded to produce my magazines double page spread:

Initial sketch of Double Page Spread

17th December 2012 - Transcript for Double Page Spread

Today I wrote out the transcript of my Interview for my Double Page Spread, so that I could easily take quotes out of it when writing my article.

6th - 11th December Production of Contents Page

3rd and 4th December - Front Cover Production

Monday 3rd December: Today I wanted to work out and edit my cover photo and try and get it onto my cover.

After importing my chosen cover image >> 

I used the magic want tool to cut out my main image so it could be over the title and could be placed over a background.

 

I then inserted my cut out image onto my cover design and layered it onto my cover, above the magazine name "Indie" and below all the other layers.

 

 

Tuesday 4th December: I added a shape onto the corner of the magazine to fill in the large gap, but then I discarded it because it does not follow the codes and conventions of a magazine front cover. 

 

 

After removing the shape from the corner, I decided to tilt my main image to give my cover a more interesting and appealing look. I also changed the coverline again to fit in more with the cover image as it is now.

 

As the plain white background was quite boring I decided to insert some shapes in the background to give it a more exciting look and to make it less boring.

I added a circular "splat" which made the background less boring.

 

 

I then decided to add another "splat" in a different shade of blue to contrast with the initial lighter blue shape.

Finally I required to place an object in the top right hand corner so I decided that, as my Indie magazine is a new magazine it would place a shape with "New" inside to attract people to the attention that it is a new magazine, and therefore filling in the gap.
I first inserted an elipsis shape to place my text into.

I then added my text which said "NEW".