Monday, 9 May 2011
Link for the prezi - http://prezi.com/g_cvumvllt7-/media-2/
Unable to load my final product on there, but other images have been added.
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Double page spread
For my double page spread I set it out as an interview. Underneath the picture at the top left hand side of the page there is a text that tells the audience what the interview is based on. The picture at the top is a photo I had edited in photo shop by making it black and white and then adding red to it, in the shirt and guitar. I used red coloured text also for the question's that were asked to the band member. Also the title of the page "Casey Tells All!" is in red. the title grabs the readers attention as if everything was being told to them. The questions written to the main character are red, and the questions written to the band members are in blue this is to show a clear difference between the two different interviews.
the pictures at the bottom represent hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. This is to show that he is proud of what has happened and that he wants everyone to hear about it and that he doesn't care about what people think about it. They had been laid out over two pages with two of the images on one page and the third image on the other page. The images are small but they are easy to be seen. The other images on the page at the top right hand side of the page are pictures I had taken at a concert, this represents the rest of the band members. I thought this would have been a good idea for the audience to see images of the rest of the band rather than focusing the whole story on one band member.
With the interview for the band members I had wrote their name and who they are in the band, for example 'Dylan- Drums.' This was to show the audience that if they didn't know who the band members were they now have a chance to know, and also who the question was aimed at from the band. I once again had wrote the answers in white along side with the answers in the main interview. I had wrote out the interview in font size 10pt, this is a small font so I was able to get more written down on the page. The questions are written in the same size but they have been written in bold so they stand out more than the answers.
The questions I choose thought they went in well with the story line, and trying to get information out of the interview for the audience. Also to help them understand what the band member had gone through and also the band not knowing.
I am pleased with my double page spread the most out of all my final products, this is because I had spent more time on it to try and make it as detailed as possible. I think the page could have been improved my adding more questions to it, or had been written in more detail in the answers. The reason I didn't add more text into the page is because I didn't want the size of the text to be too small for the audience to read.
Unable to load Contents page onto Blogger.
the pictures at the bottom represent hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. This is to show that he is proud of what has happened and that he wants everyone to hear about it and that he doesn't care about what people think about it. They had been laid out over two pages with two of the images on one page and the third image on the other page. The images are small but they are easy to be seen. The other images on the page at the top right hand side of the page are pictures I had taken at a concert, this represents the rest of the band members. I thought this would have been a good idea for the audience to see images of the rest of the band rather than focusing the whole story on one band member.
With the interview for the band members I had wrote their name and who they are in the band, for example 'Dylan- Drums.' This was to show the audience that if they didn't know who the band members were they now have a chance to know, and also who the question was aimed at from the band. I once again had wrote the answers in white along side with the answers in the main interview. I had wrote out the interview in font size 10pt, this is a small font so I was able to get more written down on the page. The questions are written in the same size but they have been written in bold so they stand out more than the answers.
The questions I choose thought they went in well with the story line, and trying to get information out of the interview for the audience. Also to help them understand what the band member had gone through and also the band not knowing.
I am pleased with my double page spread the most out of all my final products, this is because I had spent more time on it to try and make it as detailed as possible. I think the page could have been improved my adding more questions to it, or had been written in more detail in the answers. The reason I didn't add more text into the page is because I didn't want the size of the text to be too small for the audience to read.
Unable to load Contents page onto Blogger.
Contents page
For my contents page I once again have a black background with purple, red and white text colours for my page. There are also pictures on the page, this is to show other different views on the stories from the front cover.
The purple for the title 'Contents' I thought would still fit in with the title of the magazine. With also the purple at the bottom of the page this brings the audience's attention to the free pull-out posters. With images which i had previously edited myself at home. At the bottom of the page I had done the 'Also' bigger than the font on the rest of the page and also with it being bold makes the image stand out more. I did the 'Also' in purple and then the rest of the sentence in white, making the 'Also' stand out more than the rest of the sentence.
The way my contents page has been laid out is that the audience can choose something they would like to read for example the stories on the main page, with additional pictures and the page number where the stories are located inside. I laid it out through categories of 'Front cover, Other News, Gig Guide and Competitions' this gives the audience a chance of what category they would want to read. The number of the pages are in no particular order in the category Front cover, but with the other categories they are in order starting with the smallest number first.
With the pull-out posters there is a box at the bottom of the page, its purple so this catches the audience's attention with the text inside being white. The text is the name of the stars who's posters are inside, with images above to show a preview of them. The pictures are all edited in different ways so that there is a wider range of posters to choose from.
I choose the text to be white, this is so even though it is plain the audience is still able to read it against a black background. With the text also not being as important as the rest of the text on the page it does not catch attention unless you read further into it. Above one of the pictures on the page there is a number and a title, this is the main story. This text is wrote in bold and is a bigger font than the rest of the white text on the page, due to it being the main story of the magazine. The picture underneath is a picture relating to another story on the front cover with a number also beside it, this is if the audience wants to read that story then they can find the page number more easily.
Over all I think my contents Page turned out well, I particularly like the layout of the pull-out posters at the bottom, the way the different posters are shown, even though they are smaller than the other images on the page they still stand out. Also the way the purple text to go with the title goes, so there are not too many colours on the page. The least I like about the page is the different pages that are on offer for the audience to read, I think that there should be more also more categories. With there not being enough sh0w's that there is not that much within the magazine.
The purple for the title 'Contents' I thought would still fit in with the title of the magazine. With also the purple at the bottom of the page this brings the audience's attention to the free pull-out posters. With images which i had previously edited myself at home. At the bottom of the page I had done the 'Also' bigger than the font on the rest of the page and also with it being bold makes the image stand out more. I did the 'Also' in purple and then the rest of the sentence in white, making the 'Also' stand out more than the rest of the sentence.
The way my contents page has been laid out is that the audience can choose something they would like to read for example the stories on the main page, with additional pictures and the page number where the stories are located inside. I laid it out through categories of 'Front cover, Other News, Gig Guide and Competitions' this gives the audience a chance of what category they would want to read. The number of the pages are in no particular order in the category Front cover, but with the other categories they are in order starting with the smallest number first.
With the pull-out posters there is a box at the bottom of the page, its purple so this catches the audience's attention with the text inside being white. The text is the name of the stars who's posters are inside, with images above to show a preview of them. The pictures are all edited in different ways so that there is a wider range of posters to choose from.
I choose the text to be white, this is so even though it is plain the audience is still able to read it against a black background. With the text also not being as important as the rest of the text on the page it does not catch attention unless you read further into it. Above one of the pictures on the page there is a number and a title, this is the main story. This text is wrote in bold and is a bigger font than the rest of the white text on the page, due to it being the main story of the magazine. The picture underneath is a picture relating to another story on the front cover with a number also beside it, this is if the audience wants to read that story then they can find the page number more easily.
Over all I think my contents Page turned out well, I particularly like the layout of the pull-out posters at the bottom, the way the different posters are shown, even though they are smaller than the other images on the page they still stand out. Also the way the purple text to go with the title goes, so there are not too many colours on the page. The least I like about the page is the different pages that are on offer for the audience to read, I think that there should be more also more categories. With there not being enough sh0w's that there is not that much within the magazine.
Unable to load picture of my contents page onto blogger.
Friday, 6 May 2011
Front cover of Final Product
For my magazine I choose to base the genre on indie rock, modern rock and heavy rock. To show this in my front cover. For the name of my magazine I choose to call it studio, but replaced the 'I' with a music note, making it easy for the audience to recognize that my magazine is based around music. I choose to have black for my background this was to go along with the genre of my music which sometimes can be 'dark'. I did this by creating a whole new page on photo shop and then coloured it in black.
For my main image, also my main story, I decided to have my model with his guitar with no particular pose. I did this to show that the model was in a band, with him wearing a red checked shirt along with a red guitar, this was so that the colours would go and so it wouldn't be over crowded on the page. I edited the picture to the way I wanted it, by changing the brightness and contrast of the picture, then I cut around it on photo shop then placed in on top of my black background taking up most of the page as my main image.
For my title I did in purple, and got a music note off the Internet. I added the music not into photo shop then took out the background then painted the note in the same colour purple to the rest of the text by copy and pasting the colour code into the paint option. I put the title above the image so that it is still easy to see, I did try placing it behind the image, but the title wasn't able to be seen. I put the title on top by clicking on the layer of the main image and then merged the layers together, this made the title easy to be seen and recognize. I had put the date and the issue number underneath it, still in the same purple as the title. This was so if the audience would want to know the issue of the magazine it is easy to locate.
Above my title there is an advertisement of stars backstage at a festival. I made a box at the top of the page and then coloured it in. I then added text above it, I thought the box around the text would make the text still stand out more and it is also another way to attract an audience's attention. With the explanation mark at the end of the sentence made it to be a 'must read.'
With the stamp on the page for the audience to win tickets to see a band thought would be a good idea so the audience are being dragged in by free competitions. I placed it on the left hand side of the page so that when the magazine is on the stands it is one of the first things the audience will notice.
For the main story and other stories on the front cover, I put in black boxes over the main image. This is because with the black background and the other colours from the main images finding a colour for the text would have been difficult to be seen. I choose to do the box so the text is easily seen to the audience and doesn't clash with any other colours on the page. I had got the idea from another magazine that had done the same thing but with different colours and front sizes. With the black going over the images this makes the text easy to read.
The picture at the bottom of the page for a new tour, shows the audience what else the magazine has to offer, star's and their new tours, interviews backstage of festival's and also stars on drugs, all of these story lines shows all the different types of stories that the magazine has to offer. I had taken the picture against a brick background, to give it a different effect to it, I had also tilted it to the side a bit once again to give it a different effect.
At the bottom of the page there is a bar code, I had got this off the Internet and cut it and made it smaller so it would fit my page right. I decided not to put a price on the front cover, but did decide to price it at £1.98 this is like play on words to the audience, they think they are getting a bargain for the magazine still being £2.
I am pleased with how my final piece turned out to be, the way the magazine all fits in together. The stories on the front cover I think are a good way to catch the audience's attention, main story with a well-known band member coming out 'gay,' drugs, and a new tour, these are all different things that an audience would be attracted to. I could have improved it by added more colours to the page making it look more interesting and eye catching. Also the way the stories have been laid out on the page, they seem to be placed random. I am pleased with the way the main image had turned out, with everything else around it. The main image had been edited in photo shop, and then copied into the background.
Unable to load image of my Front cover.
For my main image, also my main story, I decided to have my model with his guitar with no particular pose. I did this to show that the model was in a band, with him wearing a red checked shirt along with a red guitar, this was so that the colours would go and so it wouldn't be over crowded on the page. I edited the picture to the way I wanted it, by changing the brightness and contrast of the picture, then I cut around it on photo shop then placed in on top of my black background taking up most of the page as my main image.
For my title I did in purple, and got a music note off the Internet. I added the music not into photo shop then took out the background then painted the note in the same colour purple to the rest of the text by copy and pasting the colour code into the paint option. I put the title above the image so that it is still easy to see, I did try placing it behind the image, but the title wasn't able to be seen. I put the title on top by clicking on the layer of the main image and then merged the layers together, this made the title easy to be seen and recognize. I had put the date and the issue number underneath it, still in the same purple as the title. This was so if the audience would want to know the issue of the magazine it is easy to locate.
Above my title there is an advertisement of stars backstage at a festival. I made a box at the top of the page and then coloured it in. I then added text above it, I thought the box around the text would make the text still stand out more and it is also another way to attract an audience's attention. With the explanation mark at the end of the sentence made it to be a 'must read.'
With the stamp on the page for the audience to win tickets to see a band thought would be a good idea so the audience are being dragged in by free competitions. I placed it on the left hand side of the page so that when the magazine is on the stands it is one of the first things the audience will notice.
For the main story and other stories on the front cover, I put in black boxes over the main image. This is because with the black background and the other colours from the main images finding a colour for the text would have been difficult to be seen. I choose to do the box so the text is easily seen to the audience and doesn't clash with any other colours on the page. I had got the idea from another magazine that had done the same thing but with different colours and front sizes. With the black going over the images this makes the text easy to read.
The picture at the bottom of the page for a new tour, shows the audience what else the magazine has to offer, star's and their new tours, interviews backstage of festival's and also stars on drugs, all of these story lines shows all the different types of stories that the magazine has to offer. I had taken the picture against a brick background, to give it a different effect to it, I had also tilted it to the side a bit once again to give it a different effect.
At the bottom of the page there is a bar code, I had got this off the Internet and cut it and made it smaller so it would fit my page right. I decided not to put a price on the front cover, but did decide to price it at £1.98 this is like play on words to the audience, they think they are getting a bargain for the magazine still being £2.
I am pleased with how my final piece turned out to be, the way the magazine all fits in together. The stories on the front cover I think are a good way to catch the audience's attention, main story with a well-known band member coming out 'gay,' drugs, and a new tour, these are all different things that an audience would be attracted to. I could have improved it by added more colours to the page making it look more interesting and eye catching. Also the way the stories have been laid out on the page, they seem to be placed random. I am pleased with the way the main image had turned out, with everything else around it. The main image had been edited in photo shop, and then copied into the background.
Unable to load image of my Front cover.
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