Changes to my font

On the left you can see how I initially was going to have my contents page, sticking with a colour scheme of black and white. After feedback I found it was too plain which is why I decided to change the contents page title as well as the title of the different pages to a red colour as the red, white and black went better with the type of magazine i'm creating and would be more interesting to the black and white I was going to use. I also used the text effects to create a red stroke around the word contents page to go with the rest of the red in the page. To finish off the column showing the different pages, I used the line tool on the page between each of them to keep them separate.

Progress so far

So far this is my contents page, for the font of 'Contents Page' I have gone for a font that fits the genre of my magazine, rock. The layout I have chosen to use is having pictures to the left that relates to what is on the pages in my magazine. I have kept to a simple font for the rest of my contents page to keep it quite simple by still giving the reader the information they need. After having feedback I have decided to go with the black background and white writing as I feel it is less plain and the white stands out more from the black creating a nice contrast that is used a lot in rock magazines.

Which do you prefer?

This is a rough contents page of the kind of layout I want my contents page to have, but I need your opinion, do you prefer the first one of the white background with black writing or the second one of the black background with the white writing?

Finished Front Cover

From the feedback I have received on my front cover I have made a few changes; I have added a white glow around the title of the magazine to help it stand out but to not be too obvious, as before it had a bright Red glow around it and although it went with the colourscheme of the magazine it didn't look right to me and I asked a few other people what they thought who also said they preferred it without the red glow. I have also used a different font for the name 'Jack Arnold' so that it automatically stands out to the reader and will attract fans of his music to the magazine, to the words 'Exclusive interview with Jack Arnold' I have also used the stroke tool to make a black outline around the magazine to show its the main feature and most important that people see it. I have also used the font effects to use the 'emboss' tool on the words in black to make those words look more interesting as otherwise all the other titles would just be in the same font. 

Opinions!?

So this is my magazine background at the moment, leave your opinions of what you think of it

Thanks :)

Front cover so far

This is currently the stage I am at with my front cover. I like the way the fonts fit in with the kind of genre my magazine is, the next step for my front cover is to take a suitable photo for the background. At the moment I feel the background is too plain especially when I look at other magazine examples in the same genre of music.

Front Cover Photoshop Printscreens

 This picture is the original photo, before I edited it on photo shop.

                                                                                                                                                     


















This second picture shows the difference in the skin before and after editing, to improve the skin I used the spot healing brush tool

This picture shows how I used the magic wand tool to select the pupils of his eyes and went to image, adjustments and changed the colour balance.

This picture is showing the process of how I used the magic wand tool to select the bits of his face I wanted to change which I then used the colour balance to change the colour of his face as his skin tone came up pink toned on the photo compared to his neck.

This picture shows the difference before I changed the skin tone and after, as you can see, its a subtle difference but makes the skin look less pink toned. The change in his skin tone makes his skin look flawless like other magazine covers.

This picture shows the original picture I took on the left, to the edited picture on the right. After this print screen was taken I also rotated the image horizontally so that the title of the magazine could go on the left hand side like all other magazine titles.

Thoughts?

This is my front cover so far, but i need your opinion on whether I should do this front cover in black and white or not?

Comment with your thoughts please :)

Photo shoot Contact sheet

Font!?

Plan for: double page spread photo shoot

Plan For Double Page Spread Photo Shoot

Location
For the location on this photo shoot I will be taking pictures of the artist outside. This is because the article is all about getting to know the 'celebrity' and the natural environment of the pictures will reflect how the article shows their natural personality.

Props
I wont be using any props for this photo shoot as I want to keep it simple.

Person
The person I will be using for the double page spread is Jack Arnold, I feel showing a different side of him even from the front cover will be interesting for the readers to see and will interest them more.

Clothing
The clothing my 'celebrity' will be wearing for this photo shoot will be more relaxed, in contrast to the black skinny jeans on the front cover, he will be wearing looser fitting jeans. He will also be wearing converse with a checkered shirt to show even when he is away from being his musician self he is still edgy with what he wears.

Lighting

As this is photo shoot is going to be taken outside I will be using the natural lighting outside, hopefully on a day where the sun is out as it will help to reflect the 'celebrities' mood.

Plan for: contents page photo shoot

Plan For Contents Page Photo Shoot

Location
The location of this photo shoot will be in a variety of places, this is because I will be making a collage of different images to reflect one of the other articles in the magazine.

Props
For this photo shoot I wont be using any props as I don't think the pictures will need it.

Person
I will be using a variety of people, these people will help to reflect the music used in the magazine and will give an impression of the sort of people who will enjoy the magazine.

Clothing
The clothing I will be asking the people to wear is plainer clothes, darker clothes as it will go with the colour scheme of the magazine and contrast with the white used on the page.

Lighting
There will be different lighting used depending on where each photo is being taken; for the inside photos I will be using artificial light, for the outdoor I will be using natural lighting.

Plan for: front cover photo shoot

Plan For My Front Cover Photo shoot

Location
The location for my photo shoot to get the front cover photo will be shot with my chosen 'celebrity' looking out from a stage, inside. The camera angle will be shot lower, looking up which will help to reflect how the fans feel about this artist, as if he is God. This location will help to portray his character as being a born entertainer and will give readers the right image about him.

Props
The possible props I may use for my photo shoot is; a microphone or some sort of musical instrument. I feel either of these props will help to show how the 'celebrity' loves what he does and is keen to play music even in his spare time.

Person
The person I will be using is Jack Arnold, this is because the way he looks reflects the sort of music that I will be advertising and writing about in my music magazine.

Clothing
The clothing my 'celebrity' will be wearing is a black sleeved shirt, t-shirt, black jeans and black converse, wearing bracelets on his arms. I feel this look will be reflecting the music in the magazine and before the reader opens the magazine they will have an idea of what the magazine is about.

Lighting
Depending on the weather outside, I will probably be using the artificial lighting that is in the hall. This will make the pictures brighter and create more of a contrast from the darkness of the clothes to the lightness of the walls.

Draft 2 for front cover, contents page and double page spread

Draft for front page, contents and double page spread

This is a rough plan I am planning on using for my magazine. This shows how the front page, contents and double page spread will look. I feel from these rough drafts I have taken on the feedback from my questionnaire and other comments from the layouts and used this to design what my magazine is going to look like, this will help to make customers find my magazine appealing.

Prelim task evaluation

Double page textual analysis 5

Double page spread textual analysis 4

Double page spread textual analysis 3

Double page textual analysis 2

Double page textual analysis

Questionnaire Analysis

I asked an equal amount of males to females as I am aiming my magazine to be a uni-sex magazine so it was important I got feedback from both genders. 

The majority of people I asked were around the same age as me as I do feel the music magazine I am aiming to create will mostly be aimed at teenagers, but I want it to be brought by a variety of ages which is why I asked people who weren't in the same age group as me so I had more of a variety of feedback.

I asked this question as it was important to find out if I was asking the right people who would be the sorts of people to buy the magazine. From this question I found a small percentage brought them on a regular basis which I feel is a positive result as It could mean there isn't a magazine people feel excited to buy on a regular basis.



This was another important part of the questionnaire as I needed to find out how many of the people I asked would be interested in the sort of magazine I would be creating. From the results there is a clear mixture of answers, but Rock/Heavy metal was one of the most popular genres.

I asked this question as although I feel my magazine is going to be unique from others that are already available magazines such as Rolling Stones, Kerrang and Classic Rock will influence my magazine so I feel people that already read those magazines will also appreciate mine.

For this question I gave options for the sorts of colour schemes I was already thinking about doing for my music magazine. Black and White turned out to be the most popular colour scheme people would like to see which I feel would fit in with my magazine as the bands that will be featured are older more classic Rock bands.

This was a crucial question that needed to be asked. As my magazine will mostly be aimed at teenagers I needed to know what they would be willing to pay.









From this question I can see that the people I 
questioned they aren't happy with the magazines offered at the moment. This is positive as it means a magazine such as mine is needed. 







I asked this question as a way to get more people to buy my magazine is to offer articles that they want to read. If the magazine isn't offering the sorts of articles that the readers want they could stop reading and go to another magazine which isn't what I want.

For this question I gave options for four different types of covers for magazines to see which the people I questioned preferred. Asking this means I know what kind of style customers find appealing as its the first thing they will see so its extremely important to the magazine. If the front cover isn't what readers want to see it could put them off the magazine which isn't what I want to happen.

Using photoshop to create my contents page

This shows how I created my contents page using photoshop. The only changes I made after using these tools shown on the right, is I finished adding the articles that would be featured within the magazine and creating a border around the words 'Contents Page' To separate the page out more. After using photoshop to create my front cover and contents page for the prelim task I feel more confident using photoshop which means I will find it an easier task when making my music magazine.

Prelim Task-Contents page

This is my finished contents page for the prelim task. As with some of the magazine front covers I have picked out a colour that is featured on some of the photographs to help build a colour scheme, I feel the blue works well on this contents page and I am pleased with how it has turned out. 

Music Magazine Questionnaire

Contents page textual analysis 5

Contents page textual analysis 4

Contents page textual analysis 3

Contents page textual analysis 2

Contents page textual analysis 1

Prelim cover photo editing tools

This pictures just shows how I edited the picture, as you can see all I did was change the levels and add some text to the picture to make it look more like the cover for a magazine.

Finished prelim cover photo

Here is the finished photo i'll be using for my prelim college magazine! Not much has been photoshopped apart from the lighting slightly. I feel the font and colour I've used is good against the background as it stands out well.

Prelim photoshoot

Just had to take a few more photos for the prelim task as It totally slipped my mind it had to be portrait! one thing I mustn't forget when I have to take pictures for the actual music magazine! :)

Mood board 2

This second mood board is to give me inspiration for colours, fonts and layouts for my magazine. It includes magazines that will be in competition of mine so that I know what bands are on demand to have on the front cover which will help me in making my decision of what bands to feature on the front of my magazine which will grab peoples attention.