The making of my contents page
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The document describes the process of designing a contents page for a magazine. It discusses testing different layouts, fonts, images and design elements to attract readers and promote specific articles and competitions. These include adding the magazine's initials in the corner, a competition to incentivize purchases, descriptive article titles, images of featured artists, and continuity with previous issues. The goal was to create an engaging contents page that effectively showcased content and encouraged readers to explore the full magazine.
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Lily created a film magazine called "Director's Cut" for a school project. She did research on magazine formats and created a production schedule. Her final magazine included a front cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Throughout the magazine she maintained a consistent black and white color scheme and logo. While she was happy with how the magazine turned out overall, she notes some areas for improvement like using a bolder font for titles and adding page numbers.
Evaluation
The document discusses improvements made from a preliminary magazine design project to the final project. It notes several key changes: 1) Using a bolder font for the magazine title that stands out more on the page. 2) Improving font selection and layout to ensure fonts are proportional and readable. 3) Adding a main cover line to describe and accompany the main image. 4) Choosing imagery that directly addresses the audience. 5) Arranging pictures on contents pages more professionally and evenly. 6) Including more articles and descriptions. 7) Making the title banner more impactful with additional information. 8) Better balancing colors to represent the magazine style.
Progress of my magazine product
The document describes the process of designing magazine covers and pages for a music magazine called "Rising Stars". It discusses adjusting fonts, colors, and layout on the cover to make it eye-catching. It then explains designing a double page spread with band photos and an article. Details on further refining magazine contents, covers, and adding convergence elements are provided. The goal was to create a simple yet organized and visually appealing design that would interest the target audience.
Question 1
This document describes the design elements used in the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a student-created music magazine. For the front cover, dominant images and bright colors are used to attract different audiences. Consistent colors and layout maintain coherence. The contents page is clearly organized with images, columns, and page numbers for navigation. The double page spread features a large central image overlapping text to emphasize an exclusive article and convey an "indie" aesthetic through experimental formatting and banners denoting exclusivity. Consistent branding elements and design principles are applied across components to engage readers.
Construction & development contents
- The document discusses the construction and development of a contents page for a magazine.
- Key aspects covered include layout inspiration from Q magazine, use of color and fonts for consistency with the magazine style, inclusion of appropriate content informed by target audience and peer feedback, and integration of illustrations and text to clearly guide the reader.
- Care was taken to balance standard conventions with unique and distinctive design choices to create an effective yet stylish contents page.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product adheres to conventions of real music magazines in its design. Specifically:
1) It uses a short, bold title and large dominant photograph on the front cover, as real magazines do.
2) Color schemes, slogans, and other typical front cover elements like bar codes are included.
3) The contents page features a large main artist photo, section titles, and formatting to make the text clear and easy to read.
4) The double-page spread maintains consistency in style while including photos, quotes, and column formatting seen in real magazines.
Stages of development for front cover
The document describes the process of designing the front cover of a magazine. Key details include:
- An image of a female model was used as the background without any editing or effects.
- The masthead "BASE" was created in a stretched font across the top of the page.
- Cover lines were added about various artists using different fonts and styles to draw attention and match artist brands.
- Promotional text was included about free downloads and exclusive interviews to incentivize purchases.
- A barcode and pricing information were added to complete the professional cover design.
What i have learnt from my preliminary task
The document discusses lessons learned from a preliminary magazine project that were applied to a final magazine product. These include using more colors on the front cover to make it more attractive, positioning the main title larger in the center to catch readers' attention, and altering fonts to be more appealing to the target audience. A strapline was also added to grab attention. Similar lessons were applied to the contents page regarding fonts, colors, background, and including more content.
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Evaluation
Lily created a film magazine called "Director's Cut" for a school project. She did research on magazine formats and created a production schedule. Her final magazine included a front cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Throughout the magazine she maintained a consistent black and white color scheme and logo. While she was happy with how the magazine turned out overall, she notes some areas for improvement like using a bolder font for titles and adding page numbers.
Evaluation
The document discusses improvements made from a preliminary magazine design project to the final project. It notes several key changes: 1) Using a bolder font for the magazine title that stands out more on the page. 2) Improving font selection and layout to ensure fonts are proportional and readable. 3) Adding a main cover line to describe and accompany the main image. 4) Choosing imagery that directly addresses the audience. 5) Arranging pictures on contents pages more professionally and evenly. 6) Including more articles and descriptions. 7) Making the title banner more impactful with additional information. 8) Better balancing colors to represent the magazine style.
Progress of my magazine product
The document describes the process of designing magazine covers and pages for a music magazine called "Rising Stars". It discusses adjusting fonts, colors, and layout on the cover to make it eye-catching. It then explains designing a double page spread with band photos and an article. Details on further refining magazine contents, covers, and adding convergence elements are provided. The goal was to create a simple yet organized and visually appealing design that would interest the target audience.
Question 1
This document describes the design elements used in the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a student-created music magazine. For the front cover, dominant images and bright colors are used to attract different audiences. Consistent colors and layout maintain coherence. The contents page is clearly organized with images, columns, and page numbers for navigation. The double page spread features a large central image overlapping text to emphasize an exclusive article and convey an "indie" aesthetic through experimental formatting and banners denoting exclusivity. Consistent branding elements and design principles are applied across components to engage readers.
Construction & development contents
- The document discusses the construction and development of a contents page for a magazine.
- Key aspects covered include layout inspiration from Q magazine, use of color and fonts for consistency with the magazine style, inclusion of appropriate content informed by target audience and peer feedback, and integration of illustrations and text to clearly guide the reader.
- Care was taken to balance standard conventions with unique and distinctive design choices to create an effective yet stylish contents page.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product adheres to conventions of real music magazines in its design. Specifically:
1) It uses a short, bold title and large dominant photograph on the front cover, as real magazines do.
2) Color schemes, slogans, and other typical front cover elements like bar codes are included.
3) The contents page features a large main artist photo, section titles, and formatting to make the text clear and easy to read.
4) The double-page spread maintains consistency in style while including photos, quotes, and column formatting seen in real magazines.
Stages of development for front cover
The document describes the process of designing the front cover of a magazine. Key details include:
- An image of a female model was used as the background without any editing or effects.
- The masthead "BASE" was created in a stretched font across the top of the page.
- Cover lines were added about various artists using different fonts and styles to draw attention and match artist brands.
- Promotional text was included about free downloads and exclusive interviews to incentivize purchases.
- A barcode and pricing information were added to complete the professional cover design.
What i have learnt from my preliminary task
The document discusses lessons learned from a preliminary magazine project that were applied to a final magazine product. These include using more colors on the front cover to make it more attractive, positioning the main title larger in the center to catch readers' attention, and altering fonts to be more appealing to the target audience. A strapline was also added to grab attention. Similar lessons were applied to the contents page regarding fonts, colors, background, and including more content.
Magazine and poster analysis
The document discusses the design choices made for a magazine cover promoting a movie. It describes using the Trajan Pro font for the title and adding inner shadows to make it stand out from the background. Information is placed on both sides of the page to focus attention on the actor photos in the center without overcrowding the layout. Red, white, and black colors were selected along with effects like inner and outer shadows to enhance the professional look. Character names are placed at the top with a quote at the bottom to draw reader attention and make them want to learn more about the movie.
Construction of front cover magazine page
The document describes the process of designing a magazine cover page. Key steps included selecting a main photo and resizing/cropping it to fit, manipulating the photo's colors to make it eye-catching, adding text describing the magazine's contents in different sizes and colors, and including additional design elements like the magazine title, issue details, and advertisements to follow magazine design conventions. The end result was intended to represent the genre of music the magazine covers and attract readers.
Evaluation j – addressing an audience
1) The document discusses the design and content choices for a proposed rap magazine to appeal to a young, predominantly male audience.
2) Key design elements like color scheme, layout, and visuals were chosen to represent an "upper-class" magazine with an intangible value of wealth and exclusivity in order to attract the target demographic.
3) Articles and sections were tailored to feature fashion, lifestyle, and rappers in a mature yet accessible way to gratify readers and challenge conventions of typical "grimy" rap magazines.
contents page
For their magazine contents page, the author experimented with different designs and layouts. This included boxes, fonts, positioning of text and images, and use of background effects and colors. After feedback and evaluation, the author incorporated an image behind the original layout to add more color and diversity. Further adjustments were made to blend the image and enhance its vibrancy through layer effects. The final contents page was well received for its clear information and effective visual design.
7. evaluation(3)
The document summarizes the production process for a film magazine cover. It discusses research done on existing magazines, planning elements like target audience and layout, and time management. Feedback from peers praised the use of red throughout and eye-catching gold text, but suggested improving the text clarity and changing the black shape behind the title. The creator agreed the title needed adjusting to stand out more against the background.
Construction & development double page spread.
The document discusses the layout and design choices for a double page magazine spread. It was inspired by conventions from other magazines, including using a large central image, divider lines, and faded letters. Feedback confirmed the spread fit the target audience of teenagers and had a pop theme. The same fonts were used for consistency, and colors were chosen to reflect the artist's favorite purple. Text was proofread to avoid errors. The illustration and quote were carefully selected to relate to each other through mise-en-scene.
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This document summarizes the steps taken to design a double page magazine spread. The designer chose a large main image to fill one page and used the other page for interview information and the artist's name. Text and additional images were carefully positioned and formatted. Colors, fonts, and graphic elements were selected and styled to create visual interest and tie the spread together visually based on the theme and feel of the artist's work. The end result was an engaging two-page magazine feature that effectively presented information about the artist through text, images, and graphic design.
Question 7
Through developing skills in Photoshop and research on magazine design, the author improved their final magazine cover from the preliminary version. For the final cover, they used a medium shot of the model with controlled lighting and plain background. They included a logo rather than graphic for the model credit. The layout followed principles like including advertising in the strong fallow area. The color scheme and inclusion of a website link made it more professional. For future improvements, the author could make interviews longer with smaller images, adjust font colors and sizes, and add more pages/promotional features.
Prelim to Music Magazine
The document summarizes the improvements made from the author's preliminary magazine task to their actual music magazine. Some key improvements included adding more effects like drop shadows to the masthead, using stronger colors on the cover that stand out better, including more imaginative images, making text sizes larger and clearer on pages like contents, and addressing weaknesses identified in the preliminary task. Overall, the author felt they progressed significantly and learned valuable lessons that allowed them to create a stronger final music magazine.
Unit 14 - LO3
The document outlines the process for creating a magazine from start to finish in three stages:
1. The front cover and double page spreads are designed in Photoshop using images, text, and graphic elements to attract the target audience and match the style of inspiration magazines.
2. The production plan schedules the work of writers, editors, layout staff, and other employees over a week to determine content, edit pages, and place advertisements.
3. The finished magazine files are sent to the printer, distributed to warehouses, and made available to the public, completing the monthly magazine production cycle.
Question one
The document discusses the conventions used in creating a mock magazine. It summarizes how the magazine follows conventions of existing indie magazines in its use of natural, unedited images and layout of the contents page. It also aims to challenge conventions by including a feature on an AIDS charity to raise awareness of real-world issues. The double-page spread layout keeps things simple with the image, headline, article, and page numbers, and uses a striking black-and-white image of the artist to identify them for readers.
JL02 Evaluation
The student created a film magazine called FILM: A for a class assignment. They conducted research including a survey to determine the target demographic and preferences. For the magazine, the student designed a logo, front cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Based on peer feedback, the contents page was identified as the weakest element while the logo and article were strengths. Overall, the student was pleased with their work but felt they could have spent more time editing photographs.
EThompson - Unit 14: LO1 Powerpoint
OCR – Level 3 Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media
Unit 14: Producing a Print Based Media Product
LO1: Be able to produce pre-production materials for a planned original print based media product.
Emily Thompson 6107
Music Magazine Construction
The document describes the process of creating and editing a music magazine in Photoshop and InDesign. Key steps include taking photos of a model for the cover, editing the photos by removing backgrounds and smoothing skin, designing the magazine layout in InDesign, and refining the design by changing fonts, colors, and positioning of elements. The goal is to make the magazine look professional and appealing to readers.
Preliminary task evaluation
The student created a front cover and contents page for a school magazine as a preliminary task. For the front cover, they chose the title "Achievement Road" to grab attention and reflect the magazine's focus on personal achievements. They also included a photo of a smiling student to represent the target audience. For the contents page, they kept it simple with the topics, page numbers, and school-related images. Throughout the process, the student created plans, researched magazine examples, used software like Photoshop and InDesign, and documented their work in a blog. The preliminary task provided practice for the main music magazine task.
Evidence of of progress.docx
1) The document summarizes the process of designing a magazine cover and contents page in Photoshop. Key steps included adding images, adjusting colors, inserting text and elements like dates, prices and page numbers.
2) Headers and additional images were added to the contents page below the title. Research on other magazines informed the inclusion of a consistent colorful shape on each page.
3) The double page spread design process involved adding two images, a title with colored background and shadowed text, and complementary colored text about the main character. The consistent shape was also included along the top of the double page spread.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product uses conventions from real R&B magazines in its layout, design elements, and content. It aims the magazine at females ages 17-25 by including stories and images focused on female artists. The target audience represents a social group not well served by existing magazines. A small independent company would be suited to distribute the niche product.
Evaluation Final
Our media product uses conventions from real R&B magazines to develop our own magazine for a target audience of females aged 17-25. We analyzed magazines like Vibe to inform our layout, fonts, images and writing style. While following conventions, we also challenged stereotypes by including more emotive photos of artists smiling and laughing. Our goal was to provide a magazine for women that discusses both female and male artists.
Choices Made When Creating my Music Magazine
The document discusses the choices made in designing the cover and contents page for a music magazine. For the cover, the designer used a close-up photo of Chelsey inspired by 1980s magazine covers. Cover lines advertise articles and competitions. The contents page continues the 1980s retro theme with ripped paper and Polaroid-style photos. Article names and page numbers are included to aid navigation. The double page spread features a large photo of interview subject Chelsey Denton with a pull quote from the interview as the heading.
Evaluation
The document summarizes the key elements and design choices made for a media product contents page, front cover, and features page. The summary focuses on the key conventions and branding elements used:
The contents page uses images, titles, and page numbers to showcase the magazine's brand identity and rock/indie genre. The front cover uses direct address, headlines, and images to engage readers and communicate the brand. The features page similarly uses branding, images, and pull quotes to profile an article for the target audience.
Tash Magazine Cover
The document summarizes the design choices made for the cover of a magazine focused on R&B music. Key elements included a masthead in "Birth of a Hero" font, a selling line below in Impact font, issue number and contest details in red buttons also using Impact font. Cover lines and explanatory text relate to R&B and use Birth of a Hero and Impact fonts. Artist credits and the model's name are also included with font and color choices. Standard elements like a barcode, date, and price are placed at the bottom left.
Drafts
The document discusses draft designs for magazine covers and spreads. For the cover, the author considers using a simple design but feels it lacks information and looks bland. For the double page spread, the author likes how the design is well-organized and professional looking. The author also discusses a third cover design they prefer because the elements are spaced out and not overcrowded.
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Construction of front cover magazine page
The document describes the process of designing a magazine cover page. Key steps included selecting a main photo and resizing/cropping it to fit, manipulating the photo's colors to make it eye-catching, adding text describing the magazine's contents in different sizes and colors, and including additional design elements like the magazine title, issue details, and advertisements to follow magazine design conventions. The end result was intended to represent the genre of music the magazine covers and attract readers.
Evaluation j – addressing an audience
1) The document discusses the design and content choices for a proposed rap magazine to appeal to a young, predominantly male audience.
2) Key design elements like color scheme, layout, and visuals were chosen to represent an "upper-class" magazine with an intangible value of wealth and exclusivity in order to attract the target demographic.
3) Articles and sections were tailored to feature fashion, lifestyle, and rappers in a mature yet accessible way to gratify readers and challenge conventions of typical "grimy" rap magazines.
contents page
For their magazine contents page, the author experimented with different designs and layouts. This included boxes, fonts, positioning of text and images, and use of background effects and colors. After feedback and evaluation, the author incorporated an image behind the original layout to add more color and diversity. Further adjustments were made to blend the image and enhance its vibrancy through layer effects. The final contents page was well received for its clear information and effective visual design.
7. evaluation(3)
The document summarizes the production process for a film magazine cover. It discusses research done on existing magazines, planning elements like target audience and layout, and time management. Feedback from peers praised the use of red throughout and eye-catching gold text, but suggested improving the text clarity and changing the black shape behind the title. The creator agreed the title needed adjusting to stand out more against the background.
Construction & development double page spread.
The document discusses the layout and design choices for a double page magazine spread. It was inspired by conventions from other magazines, including using a large central image, divider lines, and faded letters. Feedback confirmed the spread fit the target audience of teenagers and had a pop theme. The same fonts were used for consistency, and colors were chosen to reflect the artist's favorite purple. Text was proofread to avoid errors. The illustration and quote were carefully selected to relate to each other through mise-en-scene.
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Question 7
Through developing skills in Photoshop and research on magazine design, the author improved their final magazine cover from the preliminary version. For the final cover, they used a medium shot of the model with controlled lighting and plain background. They included a logo rather than graphic for the model credit. The layout followed principles like including advertising in the strong fallow area. The color scheme and inclusion of a website link made it more professional. For future improvements, the author could make interviews longer with smaller images, adjust font colors and sizes, and add more pages/promotional features.
Prelim to Music Magazine
The document summarizes the improvements made from the author's preliminary magazine task to their actual music magazine. Some key improvements included adding more effects like drop shadows to the masthead, using stronger colors on the cover that stand out better, including more imaginative images, making text sizes larger and clearer on pages like contents, and addressing weaknesses identified in the preliminary task. Overall, the author felt they progressed significantly and learned valuable lessons that allowed them to create a stronger final music magazine.
Unit 14 - LO3
The document outlines the process for creating a magazine from start to finish in three stages:
1. The front cover and double page spreads are designed in Photoshop using images, text, and graphic elements to attract the target audience and match the style of inspiration magazines.
2. The production plan schedules the work of writers, editors, layout staff, and other employees over a week to determine content, edit pages, and place advertisements.
3. The finished magazine files are sent to the printer, distributed to warehouses, and made available to the public, completing the monthly magazine production cycle.
Question one
The document discusses the conventions used in creating a mock magazine. It summarizes how the magazine follows conventions of existing indie magazines in its use of natural, unedited images and layout of the contents page. It also aims to challenge conventions by including a feature on an AIDS charity to raise awareness of real-world issues. The double-page spread layout keeps things simple with the image, headline, article, and page numbers, and uses a striking black-and-white image of the artist to identify them for readers.
JL02 Evaluation
The student created a film magazine called FILM: A for a class assignment. They conducted research including a survey to determine the target demographic and preferences. For the magazine, the student designed a logo, front cover, contents page, and double page article spread. Based on peer feedback, the contents page was identified as the weakest element while the logo and article were strengths. Overall, the student was pleased with their work but felt they could have spent more time editing photographs.
EThompson - Unit 14: LO1 Powerpoint
OCR – Level 3 Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media
Unit 14: Producing a Print Based Media Product
LO1: Be able to produce pre-production materials for a planned original print based media product.
Emily Thompson 6107
Music Magazine Construction
The document describes the process of creating and editing a music magazine in Photoshop and InDesign. Key steps include taking photos of a model for the cover, editing the photos by removing backgrounds and smoothing skin, designing the magazine layout in InDesign, and refining the design by changing fonts, colors, and positioning of elements. The goal is to make the magazine look professional and appealing to readers.
Preliminary task evaluation
The student created a front cover and contents page for a school magazine as a preliminary task. For the front cover, they chose the title "Achievement Road" to grab attention and reflect the magazine's focus on personal achievements. They also included a photo of a smiling student to represent the target audience. For the contents page, they kept it simple with the topics, page numbers, and school-related images. Throughout the process, the student created plans, researched magazine examples, used software like Photoshop and InDesign, and documented their work in a blog. The preliminary task provided practice for the main music magazine task.
Evidence of of progress.docx
1) The document summarizes the process of designing a magazine cover and contents page in Photoshop. Key steps included adding images, adjusting colors, inserting text and elements like dates, prices and page numbers.
2) Headers and additional images were added to the contents page below the title. Research on other magazines informed the inclusion of a consistent colorful shape on each page.
3) The double page spread design process involved adding two images, a title with colored background and shadowed text, and complementary colored text about the main character. The consistent shape was also included along the top of the double page spread.
Evaluation
The document discusses how the media product uses conventions from real R&B magazines in its layout, design elements, and content. It aims the magazine at females ages 17-25 by including stories and images focused on female artists. The target audience represents a social group not well served by existing magazines. A small independent company would be suited to distribute the niche product.
Evaluation Final
Our media product uses conventions from real R&B magazines to develop our own magazine for a target audience of females aged 17-25. We analyzed magazines like Vibe to inform our layout, fonts, images and writing style. While following conventions, we also challenged stereotypes by including more emotive photos of artists smiling and laughing. Our goal was to provide a magazine for women that discusses both female and male artists.
Choices Made When Creating my Music Magazine
The document discusses the choices made in designing the cover and contents page for a music magazine. For the cover, the designer used a close-up photo of Chelsey inspired by 1980s magazine covers. Cover lines advertise articles and competitions. The contents page continues the 1980s retro theme with ripped paper and Polaroid-style photos. Article names and page numbers are included to aid navigation. The double page spread features a large photo of interview subject Chelsey Denton with a pull quote from the interview as the heading.
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Drafts
The document discusses draft designs for magazine covers and spreads. For the cover, the author considers using a simple design but feels it lacks information and looks bland. For the double page spread, the author likes how the design is well-organized and professional looking. The author also discusses a third cover design they prefer because the elements are spaced out and not overcrowded.
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The document outlines the process for creating a magazine from start to finish in three stages:
1. The front cover and double page spreads are designed in Photoshop using images, text, and graphics to attract the target audience and match the style of inspiration magazines.
2. The production plan schedules the work of writers, editors, layout staff, and other employees over a week to determine content, edit pages, and place advertisements.
3. The finished magazine files are sent to the printer, distributed to warehouses, and made available to the public, completing the monthly magazine production cycle.
Question 1
The document provides an analysis of the media products created by the author for their final project. The author researched magazines in their genre of dance and club music such as Mix Mag and DJ Magazine to inform the layouts of their three media products. To make the products look like a real magazine, the author used a vibrant colour scheme taken from their magazine logo and consistent page numbering. Key elements like the masthead, artist images and pull quotes were included on pages like the front cover, contents page and double page spread to make the magazine look conventional while tying the elements together visually and thematically.
Construction of contents page
The document describes the process of designing a contents page for a magazine. It involves selecting fonts, images, and colors to create different elements like the masthead, main image, contents information box, editorials, and social media icons. The designer experiments with layouts by resizing, arranging, and repositioning elements until achieving a symmetrical and visually appealing final design. Anchoring text is added to images and sections to direct readers to the relevant pages within the magazine.
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Natasha followed many conventions of real media products in creating her music magazine front cover and contents page in Photoshop and Quark.
For the front cover, she included a masthead in large font at the top, cover lines on the left, a main image showing the genre, and barcode/price at the bottom - just like real magazines.
For the contents page, she added a bold "Contents" headline, banner with issue details, relevant images to entice readers to certain pages, and captions describing articles - again mirroring real magazines.
When making her double page spread, Natasha included a main band image, headline placed by the image, byline and article filling columns, and pull
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The student created a music magazine for their target audience of other students. They learned that Photoshop is better for photo editing while InDesign is suited for layouts. Based on feedback, they aim to make the cover more eye-catching using better images and design. The contents page was designed to link to the cover through color scheme and images while highlighting the best stories.
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Creating my front cover
The document describes the steps taken to create a magazine front cover. The first step was positioning the main image and title to catch audience attention. Next, the main story headline text was positioned to stand out against other text. Additional information like price and issue number were also added. Finally, other story headlines were added in different fonts and colors with a smaller accompanying image to engage readers.
Evaluation q5
The document summarizes the cover, contents page, and double page spread (DPS) of a magazine. For the cover, the designer used a grey, red, and black color scheme with the magazine's logo as a masthead and one main image to grab attention. The contents page continued this branding and included more images and page numbers to help navigation. The DPS maintained the consistent colors, fonts, and column text layout while featuring a large, clear main artist image and information to promote them. The designer aimed to make the magazine look professionally cohesive across pages and easy to read through clear designs and navigation elements.
Quetion 1 evaluation
The document provides details about the design choices made for various elements of a magazine, including the cover, contents page, and sample article.
For the cover, eye contact is used between the artist image and reader to create a connection. The artist has a glare to suggest being judgmental, linking to the headline. On the contents page, different headings and colors are used to categorize sections. Images are featured relating to main articles.
The article heading uses the artist's name in large font to identify the subject. Various fonts and design elements are selected throughout to create a cohesive house style while challenging conventions and appealing to the intended audience.
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The document describes the process of designing a magazine cover and contents page. It explains how the designer edited photos, changed fonts and colors on the cover, and added cover lines, logos, issue numbers and other elements to make it visually appealing and informative. It then discusses designing a double page spread with photos and an article about a band. The designer aligned elements, added images and text, and aimed to keep a consistent color theme while making the pages organized and easy to read.
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The document summarizes the stages of developing a double page spread for a music magazine. Key points include:
1) Using large, eye-catching images and shapes to grab readers' attention.
2) Organizing text into columns for easier reading and adding headers and page numbers for navigation.
3) Gradually refining the layout by adding more images and adjusting fonts and effects to make the pages more visually interesting and professionally designed.
4) Noting that while the draft meets some conventions, it could be improved to better match the brief and concept of a music magazine.
Print screens
The document provides details about the steps taken to design print screens for a magazine cover and contents page. It describes opening Photoshop and inserting images, adding text and formatting elements like fonts, sizes, and colors. Skills learned include setting up international paper sizes, making objects transparent, copying and pasting mastheads between pages, and placing images. Convention elements included are cover lines, mastheads, issue numbers, contact info, and titles. The purpose is to showcase skills in magazine design and application of typical conventions.
Creating my contents page
The document describes the process of creating a contents page for a magazine. The creator placed the title and images from the cover on the page to maintain a consistent style. Storylines and features were then listed and numbered to make them easy for the audience to find. Corresponding numbers were added to images to provide insight into the stories. The creator believes the layout looks professional and is easy to follow.
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The making of my contents page
- 1. The making of my contents page.
- 2. I wanted ‘TB’ to be in the corner as a representative of the magazines name, which is also why I used the same font used in the Masthead. I decided to add a competition on the page, as a way of enticing the reader into buying, in hope of winning the prize. I added the rhetorical question, as a way of making the reader think, and influence them. I chose this font for the slogan, and header, as it continues the urban look I was trying to portray. As I had not yet decided on an image, I had chosen and placed the text, to help me visually.
- 3. I added a background to the words ‘Contents’ and ‘competition’ to make them stand out more. I also included text about the artist which featured on the front page, and who the article in on. This is because he is meant to be the magazines selling point of this issue. And it is important that the information about him stands out.
- 4. I had now chosen an image for the new up and coming artist. As readers want to feel as if they are the first to know about something knew happening within the industry, I thought it was important that this had its own graphic feature. I had now included the contents information, trying to pick creative names, and play on words to interest the consumers.
- 5. To make it seem as if all the issues link in some way, I included text about last weeks competition winner. Also, by seeing this, it is more likely that other people will want to enter the competition of this week. I had also re arranged the order, and chosen an image for the main artist.
- 6. Going back to the original order, I re- arranged the page again. I also put the page number in a star, to show it’s importance, and so the reader will automatically assume it will be a good article I changed the background colour on the word ‘Contents’ as it fits with the theme which is followed on in the DPS. It is also less bright, and therefore does not look as childish as the previous red colour. The font colour was simplified, so it was easier to read.