AS Media Main Task: Music Magazine

1. Constructing My Music Magazine
Glenn Barco

2. Introduction
 In this powerpoint I will be showing you how I
constructed my Front Cover, Contents Page and
Double Page Spread using the software
Photoshop.

3. Front Cover

4. Contents
 Background – 5
 Focal Image – 6
 Masthead – 7
 Text – 8
 Effects – 9
 Other Images – 11
 Outcome – 12

5. Background
This is the background of my front cover
and I then simply coloured it black. I used
the paint bucket tool to do this and its just
simply clicking on the canvas and it will
cover the canvas in whatever colour that
is wanted.

6. Focal Image
The focal image is there to ensure that
my audience knows the artist that may be
the feature of the magazine. After
removing the background with the eraser
and magic wand tool, you get the basis of
the front cover.
He is central to the front cover because of
the rule of three. If a grid is to be drawn
on the front cover it is noticed that the
person’s attention may be drawn to one
of four points (as shown on left) and as
you can see my models face is in two of
the four points. This in turn may help to
entice my audiences attention

7. Masthead
Using the horizontal type tool, I
simply typed the word “ESCAPE”
and made it into a simple white
colour (to see on black
background). I only used the Arial
font.
I then positioned it into the middle
and at the top of the canvas (where
it should be positioned) and then
made the text more:
-Black: the line is more thinker and
bolder
- Bigger: the text is now size 60
which is big enough for it to fit
across the top of the magazine
whilst keeping the word as a whole

8. Text
I simply then typed the rest of the
sell lines around the image apart
from the headline, the social media
and the pricing for my magazine. I
played around with positioning the
colouring of the text as well as its
setting e.g. regular, bold, italics etc.
The headline is also positioned in
the middle of my models chest as it
fills up the empty space. Making the
word “Exclusive” bigger, spaced out
and in red makes it stand out more
and more seen.
However it still looks quite boring
and some words in white aren’t as
visible so I added effects (see next
slide)

9. Effects
First of all, I right clicked on the layer and blending options. It then
opened up a window (image above) which allowed me to play
around with the effects of the text. I first of all used the contour
effect to adjust the 3D effects of my text.

10. Effects (2)
I then used the stroke effect. This gave my
masthead an outline, this would make my
masthead stand out more. The only issue of
this is that the outline is black so to solve
this....
.... I used the Outer Glow effect. I used this
to make the outline more visible and stand
out. I have chosen to use the colour red as it
is bold and stands out. It also fits in with the
colour scheme I have used through out the
magazine.
The image above is the end product. I have also used the same effects with most
of the other text (as seen in next slide)

11. Other Images
The image on the
left is how the
magazine looks
so far. However
there are still
some empty gaps
at the bottom of
my front cover.
With the image
on the right, I
have added:
- A barcode: so it
can be scanned
to make it more
convenient for the
-Twitter & facebook logo: This is to create online awareness of my magazine.
seller.
- A triangle: This is to cover up more empty space and “Look inside now for what’s in
store” will entice the reader to look in and want them to see more.

12. Outcome

13. Contents Page

14. Contents
 Background – 15
 Logo – 16
 Text – 17
 Outcome – 19

15. Background
Like the front cover this is the background
of my contents page and I then simply
coloured it black. Again I used the paint
bucket tool to do this and its just simply
clicking on the canvas and it will cover the
canvas in whatever colour that is wanted.

16. Logo
First of all I just typed the letter E (E
for Escape) to serve as a logo. To
keep it consistent I used the same
blending options like what I did with
the Masthead. I then played around
with its transparency using the
blending options again choosing to
go with 30%

17. Banners & Images
I then added the images
in various locations and
used a variety of shapes
to fill out the empty
spaces and the use of
banners to differentiate
First of all I the different titles and
clicked on the where they will be
eye. This makes placed.
sure that I can
work on the
canvas without
getting
Finally I put the word “Contents” because this is the
interference from
contents page and kept the layers effects the same as the
the “E” I typed
masthead to make the magazine have consistency.
because it
doesn’t make it
visible on the
page.

18. Text
I then added all the text that my
contents page has. I have placed
my text around the images and this
will make the text look more
clearer.
I have also made the page
numbers red to make it stand out
and make them different to the
pages content. I also made the text
white to fit in with the colour
scheme with the titles again having
the same blending options. I also
I’ve made the text numbers and the titles of each article more bolder andnumbers
made some of the page stand out
white (in the triangles) to stand out.
more than the article’s description because it isn’t as important as the titles itself.

19. Outcome

20. Double Page Spread

21. Contents
 Background – 22
 Headline & Stand-First – 23
 Article – 24
 Quote & Page Numbers – 25
 Social Media – 26
 Outcome – 27

22. Background
Here I simply dragged
the file onto Photoshop
and edited everything
on top of the image

23. Headline & Stand-First
Firstly, I put in the headline “Going Through Changes” at the top. It took me quite a
while to reposition it and make it the right size as it has to fit on half a page. With the
headline I used a similar blending option and I only used the contour and stroke
effect because this is the only page that has a different background. As for the stand
first I kept it simple and kept it in line with the headline to ensure it stays on half on
the page. I then made the text centred.

24. Article
1 3
2 Here are the screen shots of me typing
each part of the article and trying to get
each column of the same width and
roughly the same length. I have also
added a transparent rectangle because
the text isn’t that visible because of the
lighting in my image.
As you can see in the third image there
is a gap in the middle of the second
column which is explained on the next
slide.

25. Quote & Page Numbers
The quote in the middle of the
page stands out and is a larger
size than the main body of text.
This is to make the quote stand
out and it also stands out on the
page, which would attract the
readers attention and would
make them want to read more of
it.
Since this is one of the double
page spreads in a music
magazine, there are page
numbers which is a typical
convention of any magazine. The
website would also be on every
page next to page numbers as a
reminder to look online on the
magazine’s website.

26. Social Media
As you can see there is a little amount of space that isn’t filled in the DPS. So to fill
this out I have used the twitter and instagram logo to fill in the space. This would
create fan awareness for my artist and at the same time fills up the empty space.

27. Outcome