This document discusses the process of creating a double page magazine spread comparing the films The Shining and Hereditary. It describes editing images from the films and experimenting with layouts and designs. The creator tested different title designs, placements of images and text, and color schemes to improve the overall look. They also summarized the films in text boxes before refining the layout. The same process of experimenting with images, colors, fonts and styles is described for designing the magazine cover. The creator ultimately selected their final designs for achieving the horror theme of the magazine.

1. Production Reflection
Adam Lepard

2. Process
• I began making my double page
spread by focusing on what image
I wanted to use to draw in the
reader. I decided to edit similar
images from The Shining and
Hereditary and overlay the images
to show that this was a
comparison of the two films.
• I used the colour balance on the
overlaid image to make the image
from hereditary in colour and the
image from the shining black and
white, I did this to make the image
more clear while conveying that
The Shining is an older movie and
Hereditary is a recent release.

3. Process
My original layout for the double page
spread was to have a large image in the
center of the page and text boxes
around it. I had a large title at the top
that has a film reel design. I have a dark
red background and title. The concept
for the layout of the double page
spread was to clearly show that the
focus was on films. I knew that this
initial idea for the double page spread
was weak as the title didn't’t stand out
and the page felt lifeless due to the lack
of Colour or attention grabbing visuals.

4. Process
• Before I tried to improve on the layout
I wrote my comparison of the two
films in the four text boxes I made
with the shape tool. I talked about
how the two films treated their main
characters in similar ways and how
they used their environments
differently to create atmosphere.
What I wanted to explore in the
comparison was how the films differ
due to their age and how they effect
their audience which I would later add
into the layout of the page.
• After I finished the comparison I
merged the writing to the boxes so I
could move them around and make an
Improved layout. I added a black
circular gradient behind the image as I
thought it would draw more attention
to the image as it would make it stand
out.

5. Process
• I decided that the title of the
double page spread was to dark
which was why the page felt
lifeless so I change the colour to a
bright yellow which both
matched the yellow in the image
I’d used and made the title stand
out.
• I made a lot of small changes to
the layout of the page which
drastically effected the overall
look of my final product. I started
by making the centre image
larger and moved the text boxes
to the sides of the page. I added
a heading at the bottom of the
screen, I thought the text old vs
new would draw in more
attention and give the reader a
better understanding of why I
was comparing the two films. I
used black and white text for the
heading as it suited the black and
white in the image and
contrasted the title.

6. Process
The center line that would divide the two pages splits the
two faces in the overlaid images and the images correspond
with the text their closet to ( the text old is on the left side as
well as the image of the shining and The Shining in the title)
so the reader isn’t confused by the layout

7. Process
• For my front cover design I
began by looking for an
image from hereditary so I
got an image of Charlie who
was a key character in the
film.
• I started experimenting with the
image by using various effects
on the image such as the
posturize tool and the colour
balance. I made several changes
to the style and colour scheme
of the Image but didn’t decide
on a final design.

8. Process
• I wanted to improve my front cover
design by thinking of the main focus
of my magazine which was horror
and the Hereditary comparison so
made the front cover image one
taken from Hereditary however I
edited it using the posturize tool
and saturation effects to make it
clear that the magazine was horror
themed.
• I added a title (Bondi MT Black)
and a Heading(Agency FB) to the
magazine and tried to make the
font colour fit the image without
blending into the background. I
think the style of the front cover
works well and fits the horror
theme. I will experiment using
different Images and fonts to reach
my final front cover design.

9. Process
• For this version of my front cover I
wanted to use different fonts and
colour. I wanted the design of the
front cover to seem almost like a
poster, I achieved this affect by
using the posturize tool to make
the image look more graphic and I
used the colour balance tool to
give the image a red tone. I chose
to use a yellow font as it would
contrast the red image. I chose the
font of the title and the headings
as they had a theme of horror so it
suited the magazine
• In the next front cover I want to
use a different style of front cover
using filters to make a completely
different style of image than the
ones I’d made before.

10. Process
• When I was designing this version
of my front cover I decided to use
filters to give the image a style
that resembles old magazines so
that the image would relate to the
headline specifically the word
“classic” as the old style of the
front cover relates to a classic
style. I used the half-tone pattern
tool to give the image the olden
magazine style.
• My only issue with this cover is
that the font is covered by the
image as it would mean that the
magazine is an established
product as the readers would have
to know the name of the
magazine.

11. Process
• I decided to use this front cover design for my
magazine as I felt it’s aesthetic was the best for
my magazine out of the front covers I ‘d made.
The font I used was horror themed which made
this front cover stand out from the others I’d
made as I used fairly normal text in the other
experiments but for this front cover I used fonts
downloaded from DaFont which meant the
final design for the front cover looked well
suited for a Horror magazine.
• The image from Hereditary that I used in this
was of the main character screaming which
added to the horror element of the front cover
which separated it from the two other
experiments that were only slightly unsettling. I
edited the image that I’d chosen to fit a red
,orange and yellow colour scheme which I had
drafted on my style sheet during pre production
and made use of for this front cover.
• I feel like this magazine cover looks like a less
well established magazine than the other two
covers due to it’s smaller title I still feel like this
cover stands out more as a horror magazine
which was my main target when creating the
cover designs. That’s why I chose this as my
final cover design.

12. Process
• I wanted to add an extra page to my
magazine so I decided to create a review
page for Hereditary as my comparison
wasn’t really focused on Hereditary
instead it focused more on The shining. In
my review I used and image of myself
holding the film to show the reader who
it was being reviewed by. The font I chose
for the title was Arial Black as it was bold
and stood out against the red background
when I coloured the font white. For this
reviews section I chose a red, black and
white colour scheme as it was
aesthetically pleasing with the double
page spread and the front cover I’d
chosen.
• I took an Image of four and a half stars
from google and put it in the bottom
right corner so it seemed like an actual
review. I included my name at the bottom
so it was clear that I was reviewing it.