2. My first initial idea was the Buzz which followed the same basis as my final design
as a multi cultural and wide variety music magazine. As I discovered in my
preliminary task my ICT skill were lacking to quite a degree meaning that I had
trouble with photo shopping and selecting a particular features of images and
removing backgrounds.
This first design/ draft was done on publisher which a software I know vaguely but
not enough to the degree I needed to create what I wanted. After a few short
sessions I began to pick up the basics of the software but was introduced by a
fellow peer to a software called comic life which provided a much more basic and
specific tools I needed to create my cover.
After finding the comic life software I decided I wanted to redo my magazine I feel
that I will reflect greater ICT skills using a software with a much more basic base to
eventually build upon to create what I wanted to achieve. Also the software
allowed me to easy outline various parts of an image I wanted to stand out and
also allow me to turn them back and white to look historic.

4. When deciding what magazine cover I wanted to aspire I chose to base my
ideas similar to uncut magazine. Uncut is a magazine with a broad spectrum of
styles from rock, pop, jazz, folk and even Jamaican roots music. Uncut offers a
complete range of music styles and choices for someone that takes a general
and in depth interest in the world of music from business to the latest news
and music produced by the artists today and in the past.

5. For my final design I chose to re design the title of the magazine as I felt
that the buzz was not up to the standard and personally felt out of place
when I looked twice at my initial design. I renamed my magazine vinyl days
to follow the theme I wanted to include in the articles and features of the
front page that would attract my target audience.
My masthead has a particular retro theme that would suggest a 50’s/ 60’s
impression which I feel was affective to grab the attention of the target
readers. The colour chosen for the masthead was a black with a faint white
outline in order to stand out from the black and white photo shopped
background. The title contrasts really well with the background and brings
out a very classic theme that I was hoping to achieve.

6. For my final design I thought that I would
contrast 4 images on the band featured in
my main article together in one image
using the photo shopping skills I had
developed. It was all successful and I
managed to create what I wanted with
the chosen with my chosen images.
The pictures features are all with the
members of the band playing there
instruments live on stage overlapping
each other in areas of the magazine. The
software comic life let me change the
colour of the image so I could have a
black and white photo after I contrasted
all the images into one. I also learned
how to put a fait shadow on the edges of
the image to make it stand out more on
the front cover of the magazine.

7. Layout
When deciding a layout for my magazine based on the results from my
questionnaire more people preferred the Minimalist layout which was more basic
with big eye catching images of the following articles. I followed this style and
showed promising results as the images stood out and became eye catching to the
particular audience it would appeal to. I feel that with less detail on the front would
give a reader more incentive to look inside the magazine and see for them selves
what the magazine will offer to them. So personally I feel that the minimalist layout
worked well.
Barcode
The barcode on my final design was located in the same area as my first draft, in the
bottom right of the magazine. I wanted the barcode to be lees exposed and not
interrupting any features on the magazine I wished to grab the readers attention
with. At the bottom of he page it is still exposed but it doesn’t interrupt any eye
catching features such as the title or main image.
Articles
My original design had all the articles on the right third of the page, and
traditionally when magazines are stacked on shelves the left third is the most
exposed part of the magazine. Therefore, I decided that I would put all articles on
the left third to gain maximum exposure.