2. Next I made a questionnaire with questions based on fashion magazines I already know and think my
audience I was aiming could answer o help me. This was to help me decided what my final magazine
would look and be like and give me ideas as to what I could add to my magazine that would help it sell if
it was real. This project helped me think about what it would be like to be part of creating a real
magazine and contributing to a section in that magazine. I asked 10 questions and then asked 20 people
so got twenty results on each question. My results showed me that mostly females wee willing to answer
my questionnaire about fashion magazines. This influenced me to put a boy in my magazine and on the
front cover to attract the female audience for my fashion magazine. People said they wouldn't change
much in todays fashion magazines with vogue being one of the highest they voted for I used it for
inspiration.

3. I did lots of research before I started my project. First I created a PowerPoint on front cover analysis.
This was where I looked and showed lots of magazine covers I liked and then wrote about why I liked
them. Then I picked apart two front covers and pointed out all the different things on them like the
masthead, barcode, headlines, dateline, images and the model. I wrote about each magazine some of
the background on both of the two front covers I had picked. Then I talked more about the main things
on the front cover like the masthead and main cover lines. I think doing this helped me understand
exactly how things are placed on a front cover so that everything is readable, it looks attractive and
the picture on the front can be seen properly. Researching magazines with the same genre of fashion
as I wanted mine to be helped me when creating my final front cover. The result of researching front
covers showed me I should include a big masthead, have interesting cover lines and a picture
dominating the front cover. I found these things the most important to use for my front cover because
they attracted me the most.
I then researched the other parts of magazines, the contents page and double page spread. I created a
PowerPoint on both of these. I found two examples of both which were both from popular fashion
magazines. I wrote about each of the contents pages and pointed out what things were on both of
them and what I liked about them both en compared them. Then I did this with the two double page
spreads from the same magazines I used for the contents pages and just wrote about them and why I
liked them. His helped me understand the layout of most double page spreads and how to make
people attracted and want to read them. The result of researching contents pages influenced me to
then use the same kind of layout for my contents page. I made the page split so it had two sides of
writing on both and the main headline from the front cover highlighted on my contents page. I
included the idea of having pictures of fashion and beauty things on my contents page like the
professional magazines I researched, also an image of the celebrity on the front like in one of the
contents pages I looked at.

4. This is my logo design process. I started of with the title of my magazine and I
experimented with different fonts, styles, sizes and types. I created four and then
picked which one I liked the best. This is the title of my magazine and was gong to be
a part of my logo in the first stages of creating my logo. I then started using
illustrator to create a little image logo. Because I was creating a fashion magazine I
decided to go for something along the lines of fashion and beauty for a little logo. I
was looking through magazines for things and then I thought about the title of my
magazine which is Vain and it made me think of a little vanity mirror. I found an
image and placed it in illustrator and used the pen tool to copy the image. Then I
started adding different effects to make my mirror unusual and interesting. I thought
about the colour I wanted my magazine to be so my logo would match in. I thought
about the size of it so that it would fit on the front of my magazine and about where
it would go. I added my title onto my logo as originally this is what I wanted to do. I
realised that it would be to small and hard to read my title. This is when I just
focused on my image logo for my magazine.
I created a final logo and then
just focused on the colour for my
overall look.
This is my final logo.

5. These are the images I edited for my front
cover. I picked out my favourite pictures I
thought would attract someone to my magazine
fi it was on sale in a stand. I wanted it to be an
eye catching picture and show what kind of
magazine it was straight away. A classy fashion
magazine. The first picture I edited was
because I was thinking about a cool, quirky
front cover that would sow my model was
young and fun. Also I liked this picture because
of the space around it which would be good for
all the headlines and text on my front cover. I
liked number 2 as a possibility for my front
cover because I liked the pose and the look of
the picture. It was interesting, different and
the colour stood out because of my editing. I
think the high contrast worked very well on this
picture but the brightness of the picture didn’t
work well with the text on my front cover. The
number 3 picture I really liked because of the
colours almost black and white it look
sophisticated and professional. I also like the
old style phone on the wire being in he picture.
Finally I decided to go with number 4 for my
final front cover picure.
1 2
3 4

6. This is my final front cover picture
that I chose. I used this one
because the colours weren’t to
bright and so the text didn’t get
lost in the colour or background.
The phone is in the picture which I
really liked and wanted to keep. I
think it shows the magazine is
about fashion, showed that the
boy is a model because he’s posing
on the phone and that he is cool
by the way he is sat. I think my
final front cover worked really
well and it also influenced a
change of colour in my logo so that
it was a bit more blue because the
front cover picture has an overall
blue look due to my editing. I
changed the contrast and
brightness of my picture so that it
gave it a grey, smooth look and
then added a blue overlay to make
the colours look more blue. I also
added some extra space on one
side o my picture so that I had
space for my front cover headlines
to be read. This worked very well
and was just the right amount of
space for my cover lines and the
model name.

7. This is my contents page. I chose to do a
layout that split my contents page into to
sections. I did this so I could draw
attention to the page that the celebrity
was on and then have enough space to
highlight all the other important most
interesting pages and their numbers. I
wanted to include pictures on my
contents page so hat it was interesting
because this is the second thing a reader
will see and read. I used some images
from the internet of things I think elated
to fashion and fashion magazines and
then faded by changing he opacity in
Photoshop. I think this worked really well
so that you can still read the writing but
also the page doesn’t look boring. I
wanted bold text on this page because
this is the page that tells the audience
and readers where all the best bits are. I
didn’t want my contents page to be to
crowded and I think this was shown in my
final contents page because I didn’t put
to much of one thing on it. I shared the
space between text and pictures equally.

8. These are my double page spreads. I look into lots of different
double page spreads and researched lots in popular fashion
magazines. A lot of then went over four pages because the first
one had a big image of the celebrity. I really liked the is idea
and though it looked really good. So I decided that when I was
getting some shots I would get some that could potentially be a
full image for my double page spread. The first double page
spread I think worked really well because he image fit perfectly
the text matched the colour of the phone in the picture which I
think stands out most and the picture is fun. I think if I was a
viewer I would like this picture because its different and funny. I
added the introduction of my article to my first double page
spread so that then readers knew there was an article and that
it carried on because of what the text said. On the next double
page I added the rest of my article I wanted to set it out like a
real magazine article in blocks of text. I thought of the idea of
putting the initial of the first name of who was speaking at the
beginning of the text so it was clear who was speaking. I had
some quote text in bold throughout my article quoting some of
the interesting funny things the celebrity had said in his
interview. I think this idea worked really well because it makes
viewers want to read the article if they read the big text
showing funny things Freddie Lucas had said. I wanted to use
more pictures on my second double page spread so it wasn’t
just boring all writing. I put these pictures into PowerPoint and
added some effects to the border around then which I think
worked really well. I made them look like posters in the
magazine which I think made my magazine look very
professional. I wanted the left side of my second double page
spread to not be plain white so I decided to add the big V. This
worked really well because the name of the magazine is Vain. So
the initial on the page looked really good and stood out because
it is so big.

9. I designed a questionnaire to get peoples views and opinion
on my magazine. I asked people I thought would like the
magazine and some that wouldn’t normally read a fashion
magazine to see if a new audience might find it interesting. I
asked 10 students my questions and got their feedback. At
the end of the questionnaire I left a box for people to add
their own comments on what they thought about it a few
people did this. These are two of the comments people put
about my magazine..
‘I found all the four pages interesting and liked the
pictures of the model and how they were edited.’
‘I liked reading the article it sounded very
professional and real’

10. When creating my magazine I thought about making the front cover, contents page and
double page spread all have the same theme and design. I think I did this with the linking of
colours and the type of fonts and layouts I used. I used the same colours and similar fonts for
the text on all the pages which worked really well. I wanted to give my magazine a posh,
classy look so the fonts I used were quite fancy looking.
The layout out of all my pages went well because once it came together I could see more
how i wanted my magazine to look so each page became easier to create. I think designing
my front cover went well and it doesn't look to crowded and will stand out. I made sure the
image on the front cover didn’t block out of the text on the cover and it all fitted and
complimented each other.
All the pictures I have taken I've made sure don't clash with any of the colours on my
magazine or text colours. I had to make sure all the text could be seen over the pictures so I
have worked on the design of each page carefully.
When I got my pictures and put them on my front cover design I had to move around some of
the text so that it could be read properly. I did this on my first double page spread also and
now they look good and both work. I got about 50 pictures and so had lots to choose from for
my four magazine pages. I used about 5 on my last double page spread so I had a range of
pictures.
I edited my pictures using Photoshop and tried out lots of different effects for each page to
give my magazine the same overall classy look. I tried to link the colour of my edits with the
text and the colour of the logo for my magazine. I showed all the edits I did in a PowerPoint
and showed the stages of how I got to my final edit for some of my images. Overall I think my
project went well and turned out better than I thought because of trial and error and
experimenting with lots of different things.

11. If I was going to do my magazine pages again I would plan differently and make
more layout design practises so when it came to making my final design I had
more ideas and choices. When I came to doing my double page spread and
adding my 1000 work article I would want to try a different layout maybe having
the text more split up with pictures in between the interview.
I think if I was to take my portrait shoot again I would maybe go to some more
different locations, I had photos in 4 locations but I would want to go to
somewhere like a them park and be a bit more extreme or maybe show my
model doing some hobbies or sports.
I am happy with my overall portrait shoot though and feel i got enough shots for
my final magazine. Some pictures needed editing so that text could fit around
then and been seen over the top of them.
Overall if I was going to do my project again I would probably look more into
research and maybe try a different genre of magazine I’m not familiar with so
that it’s more of a challenge try to create it. This would mean I would have to
rely a lot on my questionnaire and research of the genre and magazines similar. I
would develop my magazine I’ve already made into a second one by looking
more into copying some ideas from big popular magazines rather than just
creating something I would like to read. I would aim for a wider range of
audience.