1. Magazine Cover Development
This is a presentation on the development of my
magazine cover development. Using screen
shoots of the tools used on
Photoshop CS3 to create our magazine cover.

2. Research
Before developing the magazine cover me and Abisola looked into other film magazine covers and the
conventions that they used. We looked at Empire magazine and there cover and spread on Inception. This
helped us identify the conventions that needed to be included in our magazine. Below is an analysis of
inception I conducted to give me a better idea of what our magazine needed to include.
Text slanted in towards Big red bold writing for the title of
Leonardo DeCaprio the film. This differs from the rest of
highlighting him as the main the written text. This highlights it to
character. the audience not only making it eye
catching, but highlighting this is the
‘THE MATRIX MEETS 007 ON main feature in this magazine. Also
STERIODS1’ Not only is using the colour red is used emphasises
reference to another successful an occurring theme of the film as
film. But uses a quote highlighting red symbolises danger .
its an un biased opinion. This all
will appeal t the audience enticing Having his image in the
them to see the film. foreground highlights his
impotence as the main
Tag lines including what else character.
features inside the magazine
all to in entice the audience
to buy it. Highlighting it in
red to make it noticeable.

3. Originally me and Abi
discussed using this image but
we found the the quality the
image was not a good enough
standard for use in our
magazine cover. Therefore we
used the image that was taken
to use for the scene in the
void. When the Producer is
looking of a mood board of
murders he has committed
and is about to commit. This
was because of the camera
this was shot was HD therefore
more appropriate for the use
in a magazine cover.

4. Tools used
Firstly using the Magic Wand Tool I
deleted the background of the image
this just left me with the individuals
face to work on darkening and making
more scary.
After this I used the Burn tool to burn the
edge of the individuals face to make it
darker. This creates a worn out old scary
look to the individuals face. This was to
highlight the darkness taking over this
characters personality. Highlighting our
theme of what existent people will go to
achieve ‘success’ in ‘Fame’.
The next tool used was a
conventional Horizontal Type Tool this
was to add the Title, tag
lines, Caption, Issue date , Website
details.

5. Too the left is the tools used to edit
layers this allows you to hide or add
layers. By selecting this this allows
you to edit something and place all the
layers on top. You can move one layer
behind the other. Meaning I can have an
image in the foreground or bring it to
the front. This tool allows you to
lock a layer meaning it cannot be
selected or edited in anyway without
unlocking it.
As shown above is the tool used to
manipulate the size, font type. This was very
helpful as our font for the Magazine title and
the font for the films title was different as
this is a convention used often in magazines.

6. This is an image of the
blending options that can be
used to manipulate a range
of thing within a layer. For
example Drop Shadow ,Inner
Shadow, Outer Glow. With
these options you can edit
the Opacity and Size of the
Drop Shadow for example.
This allows you to
manipulate any layer adding
any of the options shown in
the image to the left.

7. After using the Magic Tool too select the background and separate the image from
the background . I then used the Burn Tool to darken and distort his face. After
this adding a white rectangle in the foreground of the image. This was to highlight
the importance of this character. And to differentiate the title of the magazine.

8. Then using the Horizontal
Type Tool to add text like
the Title and Details
including date, issue
number , website details.
Using the Blending
options to blend the title
into the Black
Background. Also to add
conventions such as Bar
Code to blend it into the
white background. Also
adding black outline to
the red writing.

9. Then adding taglines using the blending options to make the red outline
the white writing this is because I wanted it to tie in with the magazine
title. Also I used the blending options to emphasize the watched by
adding Outer Glow and changing Opacity to 100% . The reason behind
having ‘The Watched’ in was was to highlight it importance in the
magazine . For example emphasising this is the main article that features
in the magazine.

10. Feedback
After completing the magazine cover I was given feed back in lesson to what changes could be made to the
magazine cover . For example to change the background colour as she felt there was to much white in the
background. Also change the shape of the image as she felt his face was too wide.

11. Changes made.. Adding white noise into the background to
fill some off the white space. But also relate
it to the narrative-linking it to television.
Selecting the image of the
character. Holding down
Command, Shift and ‘T’ down. I added the Magazines tag line ‘
Allowed me to manipulate the Enter the world of cinema’ This
image of the characters face is because tagline is convention
with out distorting it in anyway. for all magazines. As it gives a
brief description of what genre
your magazine is the type of
The positioning of the articles it prints. It was
cover lines were important positioned directly under the
because I had to insure that masthead as this was the most
the image was not covered ascetically pleasing .
by them in anyway. This will
highlight the importance of
this character to the
audience. Differentiating the Main Headline
from the cover lines because this is
they main article inside. The article
that going to attract the reader the
The positioning of the mos. I did this by making this red
barcode as I felt this with black outline this was the
was the best possible opposite to the other taglines but
position. That would fit kept in with the colour shame.
in with the posting of
the cover lines.