Here I am looking at different magazine front covers, contents page and double page spread. I will give my opinions on them also these magazines would be used as inspiration for mine. The magazine will all be featuring artist within the genre that I am studying.
FRONT PAGE
I like the position of this front page because the main subject is looking at the camera also the background is very urban.
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I like the camera shot used to take it this front cover as his face is what you see first.
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What i like about most on this front cover is that the colour scheme is mainly back and white however, the cover-lines and masthead is not making it stand out more.
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What I like most about this front cover is the camera angle and how the cover like are in a perspective that makes it look more 3-D and interesting.
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I like this front cover as it is simplistic and a part of the the main image is off the page.
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CONTENTS PAGE
DOUBLE PAGE
genre SPECIFIC poses & costume
Poses
All of these artist can be classified as R&B they are looked up to in terms of their career the music they make; what they say etc. They influence the younger generations in good or bad way just depends on what you with. Some of these artists in this genre are controversial.
costumes and fashion styles
InTERVIEW
In this section we have to take pictures for our music magazine,I decided to have my pictures in a very urban setting as that would flow with the RnB genre that my music magazine is going to be about. I will also practice various different shots such as, close up, mid, low angle etc.
front page |
contents page |
skills log
In this section I learnt how to create my digital drafts using vectors in photoshop and laying them out neatly using rulers and a grid furthermore, layering the vectors correctly in photoshop to make it look professional was simple yet a tedious process. I also reinforced my understanding of different camera shots when taking pictures for my music magazine I figured out how to use a digital camera to my benefit.
Final designs
Front page
This is the digital draft I'll try and base my front cover off.
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The first thing i did was get rid off the the original background and replace it with this gradient.
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In the next stage I used "Sprace Craft" font for the masthead and multiplied it and merged it together to get that effect. I also began adding cover line, competitions & bar code.
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This is my final front cover I am pleased with it, I added more cover lines another type of bar code the website address etc. I also experimented with different colour shades.
This is my start to the contents page. I soon realised that my template for this page isn't suitable as it would look cluttered
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I started to add in pictures trying to figure out a good composition to work from and where the text would go.
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Here i figured out a good way my contents page should be laid out so that it looks neat and i started to develop further.
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This is the final design for my Contents page i decided to simplify my colour scheme and also make sure that it flowed with the rest of my magazine.
Here I started to look at ways that my double page could be laid out. I wanted to use a limited range of colours.
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Here added a picture however, I am not sure about it. I continued to develop my double page adding all the essential conventions
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Here I changed the image making this image is more interesting as it is a low angle. Using guides allowed me to make sure it is laid out accurately.
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Here I change the layout slightly as there were a few gaps which looked like wasted space. I added another convention which is a stand first.