My Magazine Evaluation

Final Magazine

My final front cover

This is my final front cover for my magazine called 'Intune'. I used 3 main colours which were red, purple and black. I used these 3 colours as they were eye catching colours and would make the magazine stand out. The purple on the text links with the models purple glasses. This colour scheme has been carried out throughout my magazine. With the straplines I did the title of them a red colour to make them stand out and the text underneath them black so it is easy to read.

My contents page

This is my final contents page. I used the same colour scheme as the front cover and as the borders for the 3 pictures down the right of the contents page I used each 3 colours (purple, red and black) to match. I did the name of the magazine thesame colour and font as on the front cover to make sure it was the same the whole way through. When writing what was on each page I did it in bold to catch the attention and the discription underneath in normal writing so when they have read the bold text they will then go down and read the discription.

My final double page spread

This is the final of my double page spread. Whilst making this many changes had to be made from the plan I did(which is shown in the making) this is because i had to use a different photo and the colour sheme didn't match. I used the 3 colours red purple in black, which is the same as my front cover and my contents page, and when answering the questions I used one colour for one of the artists and another colour for another one of the artists so it was clear. I put a quotation from the interview ontop on the picture which makes the reader want to carry on reading once they have seen the quotation as it gives them a preview.

Making my music magazine

Front Cover

Original photo

Edited photo

Whilst editing this photo I used layer masking to go round the edges to make the image have a white background and to remove the background that was originally on the photograph. This made the photo look more profeshinal.

This was how I first created my front page however I changed my title and my colour scheme whilst I was making the magazine.

                       After I had changed the magazine name and colour scheme this is what my magazine looked like and all I have to do now if add the photo.

Contents page

These are the pictures that I'm using on my contents page.

I added them onto my contents page and added borders around them to put them seperate to the actual contents pages.

I then added the page numbers to the side of the page.

Double page spread.

Original picture

Edited picture

I edited the brightness and contrast and layermasked to remove original background and add to a white background.

I then added the text onto it to make the completed copy.

Planning - drafts of my work

Before I started to take pictures and start making my music magazine, i drew out a plan of what I wanted them to look like so it was easier to take my pictures afterwards. I then scanned them in.

The contents page.

                                                             The double page spread

                                                              The front cover

Planning - different camera shots

To plan different camera shots we took pictures to see what different kinds of pictures worked best.

The picture was taken showing depth of field and multiple focus, this gives the audeince a chance to see the background in the image and also gives an impression to how the band behaves.  The band members all looking different directions makes the focus on lots of different things instead of just one specific thing.

This next picture is a low angle aswel as using mutiple focus again. This low angel on the image makes the band have a different prespective which also leads to them being in mutiple focus and their eye contact being on many different things and not just on the camera.

Planning - practice band poster

To practice and improve out Photoshop skills we had to take a picture and edit it to make a band poster.

Planning - different fonts

1. Music magazine (Arial)
2. Music magazine (Courier)
3. Music magazine (Georgia)
4. Music magazine (Helvetica)
5. Music magazine (Times)
6. Music magazine (Trebuchet)
7. Music magazine (Verdana)

These are the 7 different fonts I the choice to decide which one I am going to use for my music magazine. The one I am going to use is Verdana I think as it is an easy font to read but doesn't make the magazine too formal as I want to attract younger peoples attention.