1. Candidate Name: Thomas McEnaney
Candidate Number: 4096
Center: St. Andrew’s Catholic School
Center Number: 64135
OCR –
Level 3 Cambridge Introductory Diploma in Media
Unit 14:
UK Media Publishing
2. Changes
This is the first change I made from my original first draft to my final front cover. As you can see the left hand
side of the page has been transformed to more text from the interview as well as the date of the issue being
moved in front of layers so that readers can see it clearly.
The second change I made was to have the image in the middle of the page instead
of the conventional half page as I wanted to share much more of the interview and
this was the only way I could do that. I also added a watermark to my work with
the eye of the artist being the text.
3. Final Front cover
Main Image
As well as the masthead the main
image is just as powerful as it stand
out the most on the front cover. By
using the most recognised
celebrity/musician as the main
image means that it gives the
readers and new readers the star
appeal to purchase the magazine in
my magazine I have used `The
Killers’ for this star appeal
Masthead
The bright colours and large text
size makes the masthead very
noticeable and recognisable
which helps the magazines brand
name stand out. This is often
what attracts the reader to a
magazine or not so it was crucial
that I made sure that my
masthead was fit for the genre of
my magazine.
Date
The date is a very important for a
magazine and is always essential
due to keeping readers on track of
which monthly issue the magazine
is.
Headline
This is the seconds largest piece of
text on the front cover behind the
masthead this is because they want
it to be noticeable and stand out to
the potential reader looking for a
magazine and the monthly
subscribers. It is also a similar
colour to the masthead to use the
house style throughout the
magazine
Cover Lines
These are articles and interviews
that persuade the reader to
purchase the magazine more. These
cover lines promote an exclusive to
their magazine with George Ezra
4. Changes
Following on another change I made to my magazine double page spread was the
use of a drop capital. Before I had just made the letter a larger font number
instead of creating a text box and matching the font style to the headline.
Furthermore I had to change the pull quote in my double page spread because
the sentence was not exactly the same in the interview and had to change this
because it could mislead readers so I changed it to the exact quote.
5. Changes
Here are the final changes I made between my first drafts and final completed
front cover and DPS for my magazine Shutters being released in May
6. Final Double Page Spread
Drop Capital
They are used to grab
the readers attention
because they can add
visual attraction to the
page and make a
difference between the
other pages in the
magazine
Pull Quote
Pull quotes are used to
attract the reader with an
interesting quote or
statement the interviewee
could have said. They are
also used to break up long
blocks of text to maintain
the readers attention.
Synergy with social media
I have used synergy with my social media channels
because it allows the reader to follow the magazine
on social media so they can keep up to date every day
as well as purchasing the magazine once a month.
Date an Issue no.
This is important because it keeps readers up to date
with the month and issue they are reading and what
other issues are available
Main image
This image is showing
that the Killers are
looking from where
they have been and
where they are now
after winning an
award moments
before interviewing
them for the DPS
interview. The reason
the image is in the
middle of the page is
because he takes
centre stage when
performing
Headline Text Colour
The text colour that I have chosen is red
because this matches the house style of my
front cover and clearly establishes what is
the question and what the answer is
This is a very simple headline just
stating who the interview is with
and has enough star appeal to
make the reader follow the whole
interview.
7. Font style Ideas
This is the masthead font style I have chosen
because I believe that it is similar to my magazine
of inspirations font and Steve Neale repeat 1980
has proven that this is a popular style of font.
I did select this font as a potential font style
however I think that it is too much like the Kerrang
style of music and heavier rock music than my
rock/indie music magazine
This is similar to the Lemon Milk font however I
did not chose this one as my final font because I
see it as being too young to appeal to my target
audience age group.
8. Post-Production Skills
To create my final and draft magazine pages I used
Photoshop CS5.1 below are the tools available on
Photoshop and how I sued them to create the magazine
pages.
Ruler Tool
The ruler tool is used to help myself precisely work out
the distance between the images and text as well as
following layout of the magazine with the size of images
and text
Pen Tool
I used the pen tool to draw a path around my main image
so that I could fit the text around it easily with path
drawn the text would not overlap the image.
9. Post-Production Skills
Quick Selection Tool
This tool was used to quickly select the shape of an image removing
any of the background that was not needed for my magazine. From
the selection then manipulated the image by refining the edge of
the image so that the hair on my model was very clear and did not
look photo shopped
Move Tool
This tool let me move either a section or a whole layer of my
magazine by clicking and holding down the left button and then
dragging it with the mouse
Gradient Tool
This tool allowed me to create a blend of two colour on my front
cover. I used the linear gradient tool to create a dark black colour at
the bottom of my page to a bright white at the top of the page
10. Post-Production Skills
Eye Dropper Tool
The Eyedropper tool is used to sample a colour from an
image to use this colour further. I used this on my front
cover from the red colour on my masthead to use for the
main headline so that it followed the house style I
planned to use in Unit 30.
Ellipse Tool
The ellipse tool enabled me to create any shapes for my
front cover and double page spread. On my front cover I
used the ellipse tool to create the puff promotion circle to
make it stand out.
11. Post-Production Skills
Text Tool
The text tool enabled me to insert all of the text
including headlines and masthead as well as the
interview for my double page spread which was
inserted after I used the pen tool to set out the
markers for where the text will go.
12. Post-Production Skills
Eraser Tool
I used the eraser tool on my front cover and double
page spread to remove any unwanted background
colour from the images. However the problem with
using the eraser tool is that it can remove
surrounding pixels from the image removing some of
the sharpness from the image.
13. Safe Working Practices
Quick Selection Tool
The advantage of using the quick selection tool is
that it is very accurate and easy to use as it can
predict the areas that need to be selected and
removing any background that is not needed.
Furthermore I was able to preview the quick
selection before I used it so that if it wasn’t what I
wanted I could change it.
14. Safe Working Practices
Ruler Tool
The safe working practice with using the ruler tool
on Photoshop is because it allowed myself to assess
whether everything was level and in place and if it
wasn’t I was able to easily change it by following the
ruler markers set to make sure that it is level and in
the correct position.
15. Safe Working Practices
Pen Tool
I used the pen tool for my double page spread to
wrap text around the main image of the page. The
benefit of wrapping text around the image is that it
looks professional and none of the text overlaps the
image it is all an equal distance away from the image.
16. Safe Working Practices
Eye Dropper Tool
The safe working practice with the eye dropper tool
is that when I want to use one colour for two or more
different objects I can select the eye dropper tool
click on the colour that I want and then can further
select the object with the new colour with it
matching exactly the same.
17. Safe Working Practices (Swatch Colour)
Maintaining House Style
To keep to the house style that I have set (Red, Black and
White) and maintain consistent colours on Photoshop there is
an eye dropper tool in which enables me to find an use the
same colour for a number of different shapes or text. To keep
same consistent house style there is a colour swatch save
button which enables me to click on it and use exactly same
colour for my masthead background and Main headline text
colour. The benefit of using the swatch tool helped me speed
up the process of creating the pages and helped me give the
pages a professional and consistent colour throughout my
magazine.
18. Safe Working Practices
Text Tool
After downloading the Masthead Font style I wanted
to use for my masthead I was able to then use the
text tool to create it and include it onto my front
cover. (I downloaded the Lemon Milk font from
dafonts.com)
19. Safe Working Practices
Eraser Tool
The eraser tool on my front cover and double page
spread to remove any unwanted background colour
from the images. However the problem with using
the eraser tool is that it can remove surrounding
pixels from the image removing some of the
sharpness from the image.
20. Colour
I made sure that I followed the house style I was hoping to
follow in Unit 30 by using tools such as eye dropper.
The original house style colours I was going to use were
also the same as my magazine of inspiration NME
`Repeated- Steve Neale 1980 as it looks professional and
will compete with the market leaders.
As mentioned previously I has to use the eye dropper tool
which allowed me to use exactly the same colour from
another shape or text I had used on something else.
22. Conclusion
After completing my final front cover and DPS I can
now use Photoshop confidently with shortcuts that I
have demonstrated.
As you can see from my first draft of both front cover
and DPS my skills have improved as I have
watermarked an image to the background of my DPS
as well as using the pen tool precisely for my
interview to smoothly wrap around artist.
