The document describes the design choices made for a magazine cover and double page spread. For the cover, the title was made to stand out with layered text and a unique font for one letter. Subtitles and story highlights were added in red to maintain consistency. Names of artists and a 3D text effect in red were also included. For the double page spread, images were selected to identify the musicians featured. Watermarks, titles, and column organization were used to structure the layout and fill space. Color was used throughout to make elements stand out and engage the audience.

1. I have created the title to make it stand out from all of the other
texts. I even added another layer of white text to make it look more
effective and that it had a bit of a 3D/under-glow look to it. I made
the P a different font from the rest of the title so that stands found
even more than the rest of the text. The dotted P was transparent,
so I added a white rectangle to it to fill the dots to make it stand out
from the rest of the title. This compliments the magazine by giving
the front cover and the magazine an identity towards the audience
so they can recognise who brings them new stories everyday.
I have included subtitles in my magazine to
include other stories that will be inside the
magazine including the story about K-Ville. This
also relates to what my magazine is based on,
which is music. I have coloured out the main
highlights of the stories in red to make them
stand out even more. I coloured it red to keep
the magazine’s front cover colour consistent and
also to make it more alert towards the target
audiences about the main storylines. I coloured
the Exclusive story in red to make it stand out as
more of an alert to the audience of this
magazine. This compliments the magazine by
keeping the colour code consistent, and also it
fills up any empty space on the front cover so the
audience have more to look at.
I have included other names that will be included in this magazine
on the side by the image of the magazine. This is so that it attracts
the audience of the magazine even more by adding other artists
which are well known. I have also included the red 3D/Under-glow
look by adding another layer of text and colouring it red. This
compliments the magazine front colour by keeping the colour code
consistent and to add more decoration to the magazine in order to
attract more audiences towards this magazine.
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I have added the title of what the story is going to be about just
under the magazine name to show the audience that this is
going to be the main story of today in this magazine. I have
added a underlay of red text to give it that 3D/under-glow look.
This compliments the front cover magazine by filling up empty
space so people have more to look at and also it keeps the
colour code consistent throughout the magazine front cover.
I have put a big title in-front of the image who is
the front cover of to make the target audience
identify who this person is. The text is big and
bold and has a different colour to make it stand
out in the magazine, it being second biggest to
the title. This compliments the magazine by
making it look more full so that the reader has
more to read and that the magazine front cover
does not look too empty.
I have used this image as the front cover to make the target audience
recognise what type of magazine this is. In the image, he is holding a
bass guitar, showing that this magazine is a music magazine. This image
conveys to the audience that the person is a bass player, but more facts
about this person will be in the double page spread article. Using another
image which is ambiguous could make the front cover less effective about
what the magazine could be about.
I have included the strap line with a brief
introduction of what the main story in the double
page spread is about. I have put it below the title
and the picture so that is the next thing the
audience reads. I have also filled the box in black
and coloured the text in white so that it is visible
and it also stands out towards the audience.

2. This image is used in the magazine, conveying to the
audience that he is a musician because he is holding
an instrument. Its use in the magazine was to back
up evidence that he is a musician and a producer
and plays one of the instruments said in the article
about what instruments he has played.
I have added a faint watermark of the letter J to represent that the page
is dedicated to the first producer that this magazine is talking about. I did
this by adding a text box with the letter J, changing the size of the text
and the box, going to effects and setting the opacity to about under 40
percent. This compliments the magazine by giving the page a watermark
which fills up more of an empty space. The watermark does not out
stand the text and also, without the watermark, the double page spread
would look emptier and boring towards the audience. I have also done
the same with the other page on this double page spread.
I have added a title of the two producers at
the top of the page so that the page looks
like it is dedicated towards them. The text I
used looks a bit watermarked, so it looks
like it is faintly embedded in the page. This
compliments the page by filling more space
and making an identity for the audience to
identify who this double page spread is
about.
I have organised my double page spread articles in
columns so that the double page spread looks more organised within
the layout and that it is easy to read. I have also put the double page
spread articles in different colours, so that the same colour does not
bore the reader while reading throughout the article. This
compliments the magazine by making it look more organised and
easier to read, and also making it look more colourful.
This image is used in the magazine, conveying to the
audience that this producer is a guy who uses his
colours to make the room shine. This means that he
uses effort within his music producing to produce the
best of music for the world to hear. This was its use
towards the magazine. The purpose of this image is to
make the audience recognise and identify who he is.
This image is used to convey to the audience
and back up the article that he is a music
producer. In the picture, it shows a keyboard
piano and a laptop which the producer is working
on. The purpose of this image is to show that he
is a music producer and also that the audience
can recognise and identify who he is.
This image is used to convey to the audience
that he is out and about and spends his free time
not just producing music, but takes walks
thinking about new ideas to use within his music.
The purpose of this image is to make the
audience recognise and identify who this
producer is.
I have put the title across the double
page spread so it look like both pages are
sharing the title. This is because there are
two articles in one about two different
producers who are in the same situation
of success. The title is big and bold to
make it stand out from the article. This
compliments the double page spread by
adding a title which is a story about two
upcoming producers, and also by the
audience seeing this, they would want to
know who are these producers and find
out more information on who they are,
and what types of music they produce
and any other information they want to
find out.