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The author discusses changes made between their preliminary school magazine cover and final product. For the final cover, they used a serif font that was bolded to emphasize the masthead over the softer sans-serif font used preliminarily. Layout and design were also improved, with the masthead standing out significantly compared to the first example. Images were chosen to portray the magazine's genre and attitude rather than just featuring a normal school pupil. Conventions of magazine design like organization and inclusion of graphics were prioritized to make the final product more professional.
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The masthead and layout of the final magazine cover differed significantly from the preliminary school magazine. The final masthead stands out prominently and uses a bold serif font to emphasize dominance, while the preliminary used a softer sans serif font. The final front cover image fills most of the page to connect with audiences, using warm colors and natural light, unlike the preliminary image. The contents page was also improved, using fades and opacity on a large central image rather than two images, and adding graphics to make it more organized and vibrant. Fonts, capitalization, and colors were also changed between versions to create a more professional and consistent house style for the final magazine.
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The document discusses lessons learned from the preliminary task to the final product of a magazine. Specifically, it addresses improvements made in the use of images, color scheme, fonts, and layout. For images, stretching was avoided and a banner was added to fill white space. The color scheme was made more cohesive using a pink and grey palette. Custom fonts replaced basic ones to make the magazine more professional. Finally, the layout was adjusted to make the masthead more prominent than the contents and use a less rigid design.
Contents page construction
1) The document describes the process of designing a contents page for a magazine in Photoshop and InDesign. It discusses choosing colors and icons that match the overall color scheme and style.
2) Sections and elements were added to the page, such as pink bars to clearly divide sections and white bars for consistency and to fill blank spaces. Photos were selected that related to articles.
3) After planning out titles and sections, elements were arranged on the page, including adjusting sizes and columns to fit everything. Numbers and titles were styled for visibility. The final result contained neatly organized and placed elements.
Evaluation question 7
Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Magazine textual analysis
This document analyzes and summarizes several magazine covers. Key points include:
1) Magazine covers use bold mastheads, prominent images, and well-positioned text in complementary colors to look professional and catch readers' attention.
2) Main images should highlight important characters and convey meaning through poses, expressions, and props. Backgrounds should relate to the film.
3) Text uses a variety of fonts and sizes strategically to emphasize important information like the title and story. Sell lines are also organized effectively.
4) Simplicity works well, avoiding clutter, while still including necessary details like barcodes. Color schemes and layouts should complement the film's themes.
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The masthead and layout of the final magazine cover differed significantly from the preliminary school magazine. The final masthead stands out prominently and uses a bold serif font to emphasize dominance, while the preliminary used a softer sans serif font. The final front cover image fills most of the page to connect with audiences, using warm colors and natural light, unlike the preliminary image. The contents page was also improved, using fades and opacity on a large central image rather than two images, and adding graphics to make it more organized and vibrant. Fonts, capitalization, and colors were also changed between versions to create a more professional and consistent house style for the final magazine.
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The document discusses lessons learned from the preliminary task to the final product of a magazine. Specifically, it addresses improvements made in the use of images, color scheme, fonts, and layout. For images, stretching was avoided and a banner was added to fill white space. The color scheme was made more cohesive using a pink and grey palette. Custom fonts replaced basic ones to make the magazine more professional. Finally, the layout was adjusted to make the masthead more prominent than the contents and use a less rigid design.
Contents page construction
1) The document describes the process of designing a contents page for a magazine in Photoshop and InDesign. It discusses choosing colors and icons that match the overall color scheme and style.
2) Sections and elements were added to the page, such as pink bars to clearly divide sections and white bars for consistency and to fill blank spaces. Photos were selected that related to articles.
3) After planning out titles and sections, elements were arranged on the page, including adjusting sizes and columns to fit everything. Numbers and titles were styled for visibility. The final result contained neatly organized and placed elements.
Evaluation question 7
Evaluation Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Magazine textual analysis
This document analyzes and summarizes several magazine covers. Key points include:
1) Magazine covers use bold mastheads, prominent images, and well-positioned text in complementary colors to look professional and catch readers' attention.
2) Main images should highlight important characters and convey meaning through poses, expressions, and props. Backgrounds should relate to the film.
3) Text uses a variety of fonts and sizes strategically to emphasize important information like the title and story. Sell lines are also organized effectively.
4) Simplicity works well, avoiding clutter, while still including necessary details like barcodes. Color schemes and layouts should complement the film's themes.
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The document describes the process of editing a photo in Photoshop for a magazine mock cover design. It details using tools like the spot healing brush, Gaussian blur, and adjusting brightness/contrast to remove imperfections and achieve a "soft focus" look while still maintaining definition. Background layers were used with the Gaussian blur to selectively apply effects. Color balance, exposure, and cutting were also adjusted to create a "dark, edgy" aesthetic appropriate for a rock magazine genre. Creating a mock-up in Publisher helped experiment with overall design before the final piece.
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Question 7
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The magazine cover challenges conventions by not having the model directly address the viewer and look down instead to attract attention for being diverse. It also leaves a sense of mystery with the title "NO FACE NO CASE" which references grime music. However, an faint image of the model was added for communication.
The contents page is more conventional by anchoring page numbers and using multiple images and line of sight, but it only announces 3 of many storylines to look modern.
The double page spread construction is the most pleasing page with consistent color, effective columns, and an in-depth Q&A interview suited for the target audience and genre. Transparency is used with layered leg images and faces blended into the background
Evaluation draft 7
The student learned significant skills in using Photoshop and magazine design from their preliminary school magazine task to their final product. In their preliminary cover, the font and color scheme were not eye-catching and the cover lines were poorly aligned. However, their final cover had a more effective color scheme that drew attention, well-aligned cover lines, and improved image editing. Their preliminary contents page lacked professionalism with misaligned images of inconsistent sizes and little design elements, whereas their final work showed mastery of layout, formatting and aesthetics. Overall, they improved skills in image editing, cover design, font selection and use of color schemes to create a polished, visually appealing final magazine.
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