Regional magazine creation

1. Creating The Regional Magazine
To create the regional magazine itself, I designed it on InDesign.
Opena newpage,and
sort out the spacingthat
will be neededforthe
frontcover of the
magazine.Idecidedto
keepa white borderasit
mimicsthe well-known
style of ‘Wavelength’ a
surf magazine that
usuallyhasa white
borderto itsfront cover,
whichgivesita standout
identityasitisnot a
commonstyle usedin
magazines.
As shownhere inmydraft of the front cover,the white
borderispresent.Withinthe borderIalsoplaceda
barcode whichfitsinwell anddoesnotoverlapanytextor
image onthe cover.
Alsoincludedisthe brandidentityof the logo,thisiscarried
ontoour othermagazine.Thisisimportanttocreate identity
and standout to the audience.The textarounditisan easy
wayof explainingitisa regional magazine withthe Proper
nounsof local townsin the area.

2. Creating The Regional Magazine
I addedpagesto create a double page spreadfor
the magazine.The use of double page spreads
allowsanenlargedimage tocrossthe page infull
detail andhave roomto fitin textandarticles.I
usedthisforboth contentspage anddouble spread
to getthe full effectof animage.Thishas been
done inmost magazinesanddouble page images
are commonlyfeaturedinsportmagazinestotake
out andplace on wallsforslightlyyounger
audiences.
Addingarticlestodouble
page spreadto keepthe
articlesneatandin order,
makingiteasierforthe
audience toreadand direct
themselvesaroundthe page.
I chose to setit out with3
columnsforthe double page
spreadon one side,andleave
1 columnonthe otherto
spreadthe text,yetleave
space for the images.

3. Creating The Regional Magazine
[Grab yourreader’sattentionwithagreatquote fromthe documentoruse thisspace to
emphasize akeypoint.Toplace thistextbox anywhere onthe page,justdrag it.]
Thisis the article seenonthe double page spread,itwascreatedusingcolumnbutremained
slightlyconfusingandoutof alignmentsoIimprovedthisaftermydraftmagazine.
Thisis the double page
spreadafterI had
movedaroundimages
and replacedsome to
standout slightlymore
to appeal tothe
audience.
I unhyphenatedthe text
inthe article andmade
sure the columnswere
equallyspreadapartin
the double page spread.
I alsouseda pull quote
inthe middle of the
article to create a more
eye catchinglayout.

4. Creating The Regional Magazine
When the images were imported the quality
was not to the needed standard so it was
necessary to turn the image quality to the
highest possible resolution to get an idea on
if the image will fit the page.
The outcome of the image helps
determine whether or not the
image fits in and looks correct in
the chosen page of the
magazine.
This can depend on many things
such as theme, colour scheme
and lighting of the image. Due
to this issue of the magazine
revolving around summer, a
lighter image with a warmer
glow fits the theme better,
where as a winter issue would
suit a darker, cooler looking
image.
A high quality display
is selected to improve
the quality of the
image.

5. Creating The Regional Magazine
On the contentspage I gave more
character to the textby puttingthe
contentsof the magazine andinformation
fromleftto right.I alsomovedthe sizesof
the textboxes asthe textwentfurther
downto shape aroundthe image.
The textgoesaround the
mainpart of the image
and keepsitvisible.This
keepsacleanerlookto
the magazine and
preventsoverlapping,
makingitmore appealing
and easiertoread.
The fontsusedin the magazine remainthe same acrossbothissues.We
kepta brand identitytogive characterandrecognitiontothe magazine.
Thishelpsitstandout fromother magazinesandcan fitto the genre of
magazine we are creating.
For the article and smallertextthe font‘Verdana’isusedandvaries
betweenboldorregulardependingonif the textisa
subheading/importantpiece of textorwhetheritisjusta regular
informative piece of text.
For the mainheadersandlogothe font‘Impact’hasbeenusedbecause
it hasa boldstyle toitand is basic.The fact the textis basickeepsthe
magazine lookingbasicwhichisintendedforourstyle of magazine.The
genre behinditbeingsurfingandskateboardingusuallytrendsamore
boldand basiclook,nota ‘fancier’type look.The audience for
skateboardingandsurfingmagazinesare generallymore intendedto
show off imagesratherthan text,thereforemore focusisplacedon
images.
I editedthe size of differentpartsof textby
changingthe spacingbetweenletters.Thisworked
well forpartssuch as the title thatfeatureda more
spacedout smallertextunderneathstatingwhat
type of magazine itis.The general sizingof textwas:
 75 pt for logo(tostand outfrom othertext)
 18 pt for headers
 12 pt for subheadings
 9 pt forinformative text