1. In order to make pictures stand out more and make them look a
little 3D I drew a white box around them using the rectangle tool
and put the picture on top of it. I then right clicked on the box
layer, clicked on blending options and made the shape have a
drop shadow. I also think it gives the photo a more polished,
professional feel. I used the photo not for Mulvey’s Male gaze
Theory (1975), which states that women are used in media for
men’s pleasure. I have used this photo for the complete opposite,
a role model for my target audience as 70% of my audience are
young females, therefore they feel like they can relate to the
person in the photo also as they are of similar age, linking with
Blumler and Katz uses and gratification theory (1959), which
Firstly I included a drop cap because
suggests that people do things with media and interact with it, for
conventionally on all double page
example young females will read my magazine to establish their
spreads there is a drop cap at the start of
own identity as they feel they can are similar and can see
the text to draw the readers eye to it and
themselves in the artists featured in my magazine.
to make the article look more appealing,
therefore making my double page spread
look a lot more realistic. I also put it in
the main font and main colour that is
used throughout the front cover,
contents and double page to create
consistency as if I didn’t the magazine
would look like a mess and not
professional, therefore not like an actual
magazine. I changed the colour by
clicking on the colour icon at the top of
the page, which then brings up the pop
up to the left which allows you to choose
whatever colour you think is suitable.
I drew a line starting from one side of the page, finishing at the other
to give the page more dimension and to again make it look more
realistic and professional. I didn’t do it for any conventional reasons
as not every typical double page spread has this. I also think it makes
the page look more jazzy and not boring which I think suits my target
audience well as they aren’t boring and I think they would find this
more visually appealing. By clicking on the line tool, which you can
see to the left it allowed me to draw a line whatever size I want.