Friday, 28 November 2014

Magazine Update 28-11-14

 
 
This is the latest update of my magazine front cover, and it is likely that my final draft will come out like this, just some minor changes like moving the text slightly as it is covering the image a little too much and making it bolder so it stands out even more. 


Magazine Update 28-11-14


Today I added the masthead to my magazine, at first I was going to leave it in front of my main image, but then I thought it looked more professional and you could see the main image more. I used white so it would stand out against the dark background and the image.

Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Another Magazine Update 26/11/14

 This is a new update from my magazine, I have cropped and added the image of my model on the cover, however I'm going to have to soften the edges around the image and add the masthead, but so far I think the colour scheme goes quite well with the image. The dark constrasting with the bright effect.

Magazine Update 26/11/14


 
These are screenshots from InDesign, I have created a basic plan for my contents page and double page spread using text boxes.
The boxes with crosses over them is where my images will be, adn the small box in the centre of my double page spread is where my pull quote will go, I just couldn't type that in the box.

Magazine Update 26/11/14


I have now started to construct  the front cover page of my magazine, I have produced a skyline and chose a red background as I have tested what it looked like with my image- it looked great. I was going to go for pastoral colours but the photos that I had took didn't look too well and clashed quite badly.

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Photographs


These are the photos that I have took that will be involved in my Music Magazine, which I also chose to name "Sing!"
 This picture is a long shot, which allows the readers to see the models full body but also the background. This will go on my double page spread where my interview will be of this "artist". I chose this destination to give it an edgy look, but it will add more detail to the picture, so the background won't just be plain and have a colour fill.



 
This picture is a close-up/mid-shot of my "artist" this will go on the front cover after cropping and zooming up closer, I will use Photoshop for this, I chose a very basic destination (my sisters house) so it will be easier for me to crop, if I chose a more difficult/eccentric background, it may become difficult when it comes to cropping and leave it looking horrible and rushed.
 
 
 
 
 
This picture is again another long shot, I took this when I went to a concert a few months ago, this band is McBusted which fits into my Pop genre, so I chose it to feature on my contents page of my magazine, it is to make the pictures more varied in my magazine, and not all completely based around just one artist. Obviously the colours altogether are quite dark, but I think a different use of colour in this photo makes all of them stand out completely.


Finally, this is another photo that will be featured on my contents page, again to add more variety. I took this myself when I went to see Jamie Campbell Bower (above)  and his band The Darling Buds put on a free show in London, I will crop out as best I can the crowd and their phones, as well as zooming up a little to get Jamie and his guitar into the allocated space on my contents page. I might have to take out the background and add a normal colour fill, but I don't think it will be necessary.

Friday, 14 November 2014

InDesign

This is my television print-advert that I created on InDesign.
I inserted an image that contained the three main characters of the TV show, I used the transform tool to re-size my image so it could fit the scale without looking horrible and pixelated.
I used the text tool to add all the text that is on top of my image, choosing different fonts (but not too many so it looked confusing)  and selected colurs that contrasted with the already dark background of Elena's dress, however I had to use black outlining on the text when it came to writing on top of the arms because it was already quite pale, and I still wanted the text to be easy to read.