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1. Unit 51 Page Layout and Design
Production Commentary

2. Design Programmes
For my design work I used Photoshop to create my front cover and double page
spread for my magazine, for my word processing double page I used Microsoft
word, I used both of these because they are simple and easy to use and when
using Photoshop it had the tools I needed to make my front cover and double
page look the way I wanted, in Photoshop I used the magic wand tool to cut
around the horse so I could the m make the title of my magazine go behind the
horses head rather then over it, I also used the text box and the shapes tool to
add the writing on the page and the box at the top and also the lines underneath
the cover lines.
I used Microsoft word to write out what I was going to put into my double page
spread so that I could edit it and change what I want.

3. FORMATS
For this project I have created a equine magazine, I have looked at other
magazine which are similar to mine such as horse and hound and Equus, to help
me get an idea of what I wanted my own magazine to look like. So I would
defiantly say that my inspiration came more from horse and hound the Equus
for both my front cover and my double page spread.

4. Conventions & Visual Language
For this project I used very simple fonts which are still readable, I also used
colours such as browns and oranges as they fit to the colour of my cover and
pages, also because of the dull colours I have used it has made the original
picture of the horse stand out more, my target audience for this magazine would
be 15 -30 years old probably from a middle upper class social status as they are
stereotypically the people who are able to afford horses and therefore they
would be interested in this magazine, when I made my front cover I used the
Gutenberg principle to make sure I lout everything in the right places to get
people attention.

5. First place people
look
cover lines
Masthead
banner
Central image
barcode
Dateline
kickers

6. Body text
guttersheadline Main images
address

7. Audience
I would say that the target audience for my magazine is 15 – 35 years olds who
are interested in horses usually in the upper middle class social class as these
are the people who would be able to afford a horse and be interested in a
magazine like this as it would apply to them more than someone who knows
nothing about horses.