For my double page spread I used the programme Quark Express, as it is a publishing program closer to that used by genuine magazine publisher.
The colour theme for these two pages is different to that of the rest of the magazine, as I wanted to establish a new theme for the article and, as red was the most striking colour from the photos - my friend's red hair and the red guitar, I continued the theme, the red also adding connotations of danger and violence associated with the word "war". As I had imagined a "special" containing many articles on the Amplified competition, I created a top bar which I imagined would appear on all articles, including the magazine's name, and the name of the competition, then added the proper Amplified logo I created. I then continued the colour scheme in my font colours.
The article itself was an interview with members of different bands, a scenario often covered by other magazine articles, and I picked out a major quote to break up the columns of text. I also added a competition, a popular magazine convention, and used a picture I took at a local gig last year as a last minute extra to add interest. The bottom bar I had intended to use as an "extra news" section, but instead used it to incorporate the element of fashion that people had liked in the moodboard I created at the start of the project.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Final Piece: Contents Page
I made my final contents page in Photoshop - though I had initially designed it in QuarkExpress, there were too many elements which I wanted to manipulate/change in ways only Photoshop could. I also used a photo I initially hadn't intended on using as it was very overexposed and slightly blurred. However, using the special filters and editing, I was able to rectify quite a lot of this, and make the image more normal in colour, and clearer.
I changed the colouring slightly, as it had been pointed out to me that the colour scheme didn't quite match that of the front page. This time, I used the eyedropper tool on Photoshop between the two pages to ensure they were both the same colour. I wanted the layout to be more minimal than ones I had previously reviewed, like Kerrang, so I only included one main photo, and made sure there were white spaces. However, my page did become crowded with the page details, so I was unable to add an Editor's Letter, something I had hoped to feature. Overall, I am pleased with this page and feel it keeps to the theme already set by my front cover well.
I changed the colouring slightly, as it had been pointed out to me that the colour scheme didn't quite match that of the front page. This time, I used the eyedropper tool on Photoshop between the two pages to ensure they were both the same colour. I wanted the layout to be more minimal than ones I had previously reviewed, like Kerrang, so I only included one main photo, and made sure there were white spaces. However, my page did become crowded with the page details, so I was unable to add an Editor's Letter, something I had hoped to feature. Overall, I am pleased with this page and feel it keeps to the theme already set by my front cover well.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Front Cover: Feedback and Changes
Having completed my front cover, I posted it up on facebook to gain some final critique and clear up any errors. One point made was the relevance of the bottom photos, which I had intended to be pull out posters, so I went back and labelled them to make it more obvious. I also added a small barcode which wouldn't obscure anything important on the page, and the price, which I had previously missed, putting it as £2.00 as this was the average price that people had said they would pay in previous comments.
Final Piece with added barcode, price and poster screamer
Final Piece with added barcode, price and poster screamer
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