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1. By Benjamin Haines
MAGAZINE CONSTRUCTION

2. STEP 1
The step was to upload the original image on to my computer then open it up in to Photoshop and
to start editing it. We had a lot of ideas that we could incorporate into our magazine. We also took
a lot of photos so we had a wide range to chose from and experiment with.

3. STEP 2
Step two was to edit the photo in photo shop and make it into a image that would fit our ideas
and the horror genre message that we needed to get across to the audience members. The first
thing was putting a separate image form the one we was using into photoshop to crop part of it
out. We done this by using the magic wand tool, so we could combined the cropped image with
the main image to create what we thought would look good and creative towards the audience.
What we did was take our models face and made it transparent and also made the eyes look
more vicious and evil by using the rubber tool and just pressing down on the mouse on the
middle of the pupil to give it an effect so it makes her look more possets. We also made this
image black and white by using the filter drop down bar and selecting black and white. This will
work with the next step of creating our magazine cover
The original image and the cropped and
edited image as you can see what we
have done with the eyes and the effect
we have put onto the picture

4. STEP 3
The Next step was to take the cropped and edited image and place it with the main image that we
are using we had ideas to place it at the top of the image, mixed in with the trees but it did not work
so in the end we put it at the bottom and made it look like it was a big shadow behind the actors
and placed it on the pavement. We did this to show a storyline through a use of image by showing
never look back or watch behind you hopefully the audience will recognize that and latch on to the
idea of our trailer. I think that with the image being there it puts the magazine together and after this
step we could work around it. Also I think it is different from the other horror genre magazine as
they only have one main image with a plain background.
Here are the two images put together and as you can
see the cropped, black and white image is in bedded
into the pavement and looks good with it underneath the
characters feet

5. STEP 4
Step 4 was to start adding text to the image so we saved the image we had and open it in InDesign.
We then went through a bunch of fonts to try and find our perfect match and something that could
connote the horror genre to the audience members. The first thing we did was to find the font
scheme for the title this was the main text that the audience would see we found a font that suited
our standards and we downloaded it from a free font site called 101fonts.com. For the title of our
magazine we chose the font called crazy killer. We chose this font because it had the conventions
of a ghost like look and really stood out to us. The rest of the text we also chose from the site
101fonts.com. We used fonts from there to do our sell lines, tag line, and the writing in the banner at
the bottom of our magazine.
Here are all of the texts
matched up with there font
names from the site
101fonts.com

6. STEP 5
We had to now add in more convention into our magazine to make it look like a real life media peace
of work. For example price of the magazine, banner, date, issue number and barcode. We did this by
looking back on our research and planning and looking at where they have placed all of these
conventions on there magazine and started to place the same conventions on our but in different
places , around the sell lines , dominant image and title. We made the banner by putting black boxes
around the text to make it stand out and by having a black banner at the bottom to promote thing that
are inside our magazine.
To The right is the tool we used to make the black box to go behind
one of our sell lines and also used the other one as a banner at the
bottom of the page and the middle to go behind our slogan we did
this by choosing the colour black and making to more transparent so
the audience can see the image behind it and also so we can add
text on top of the box’s

7. We then added in the barcode to the magazine and we got this from a website online that
was free to use, we then re- sized the image to fit in at the bottom right of our magazine, as in
our research and planning we saw this was many other magazines put there barcode here or
in the bottom left so we are choosing to follow the conventions. Also we added in a price
along with the barcode to make it look more authentic. After we had placed the price of our
magazine along with the barcode we produced the issue number and current date and
placed that with the price and barcode. Again this was to make it look like a real life media
magazine that you would buy online or in a shop.
To the right is how I resized the
barcode by using the purple arrow
on InDesign and fitting it into the
blue box and then by placing the
price, issue number and current
date in to the blue with the
barcode.

8. Also we added in two banners one at the bottom of our magazine were we are
advertising another company that is the local cinema and you can get %10 off of your
next visit to the cinema this is good business as we support there product being the
cinema and they will repay the favour by promoting our magazine or selling our
magazine at there cinema. We also added a banner underneath the title and placed our
slogan for our magazine on the banner, this was so It would stand out from other
features on the magazine so when the audience see that again they will remember the
magazine and look out for more issue’s of this magazine. It also suites the layout of our
magazine and again makes it look more professional.
Above are the two banners, we added n the black transparent boxes behind them to keep
with the colour scheme and to make it fit with the layout, also we made the slogan to the
magazine have a white glow by using a effect called inner glow this will make it stand out
more than the other banner and also the glow connotes to audience ghosts, or paranormal
activity.

9. STEP 6
We then added colour to out text e.g. sell lines and slogan. We did this to set a colour scheme for our magazine and
used the colours Yellow, red, white and black these were comical colours to use for a magazine and especially a
horror because of the red that represents death, danger and blood and with the black that represents, dark, evil and
mystery. We also used the colour white to make it stand out and because it represents ghosts, heaven (religious),
Protection and alone. We went for the simple reason of picking yellow as part of our colour scheme because when
doing our research and planning it featured in a lot of horror magazine cover’s colour scheme. So we thought we
would do the same by following the conventions of a real life media industry product.
Here are some screenshots of the text box’s before and after
I kept the colour constituent and exactly the same by using a
tool called colour picker by selecting the colour from one text
box and placing it on the other text box
Here is the colour replacement
tool.

10. STEP7
Then we made a couple of changes once we got feedback and that was we needed to make our
banners stand out a bit more and make the background behind the title stand out more. We had an
idea of getting an image from a free website with no copy right of and old broken. Fence to stay with
the horror genre and make it transparent so you can see the text and placing that behind the title
and behind the banners but still keeping the black to give it that dark look. We tried this idea and it
worked very well. It gives the magazine a more horror feel to it towards the audiences.
Above is the picture of the fence and below is the
finished product of the wood behind the title and the
banners.

11. STEP 8
The last step was to make sure everything was looking all right and to make sure
that we put highest quality that we could. Then we had to publish the finished
product and uploaded it on to my site.
Here is my magazine up against some real life media industry ones
and I think that they stand out well up against them. And you can
see the conventions I have followed, subverted and challenged.