Final Magazine

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This is my final magazine I created using the program Adobe InDesign. To see more pages of my magazine click the arrow to navigate between the pages.

Production log 28/02/14

 

The pictures above display the transformation of my contents page from my second draft to my most recent draft for my final magazine. As you can see since my second draft I have made a number of different changes including changing the images to my own. For the first draft I placed images from the internet to give me an idea of the different kind of images I wanted to include. I have also included more text and changed the captions under each heading.  I also included social media websites for my magazine at the bottom of the page as this was major concern stated in my audience feedback survey.  After looking at Q magazine I found that the majority of their contents pages include a thumbnail of the front cover of their magazine.  I believe this was an important factor of my contents page and took a screenshot of the front cover of my magazine.  I also finished the review at the bottom of the page as this is also shown in Q magazine.

Production log 27/02/14

While in my free time at home I decided to edit another picture for my contents page. I asked another friend from my class if I could use one of her photos for the contents of my magazine.  I then edited the photo on Photoshop and increased the brightness and contrast as the image before was a little too dark. I then imported the photo to InDesign and decided to create a double page spread as after looking at Q magazine I found some of the photos to include pictures of double page spreads which are shown later in the magazine.  I then placed the text of the article and filled it with placeholder text as the reader of my magazine would not know and would therefore be unable to tell the difference.  I also included my masthead, page number and date at the bottom of the page as this is considered to be a key convention of magazines. This also made the page look part of my magazine and that it was a product I had made.

Production log 26/02/14

 

Today I concentrated on editing pictures for the contents page of my magazine. I firstly asked my friend if I could use one of her images which she kindly accepted. I then went on Photoshop and used the colour range tool to remove the white background behind.  At first I found this tool quite hard and complicated to use as I had never used this tool before. However after looking at a tutorial on the Haydon School Media website I soon became familiar with how it worked.  I also used the quick mask tool which enabled me to use the brush tool to cover over the selected parts of the picture. I found this tool to be very helpful as when I used the colour range tool it sometimes missed parts of the background or took away part of the image. After I had finished, I imported a photo of a bricked wall behind the people in the foreground.  This made the photo look my own and the texture of the wall behind made the photo look more interesting and creative.  To finish I then placed the image on my contents page of my magazine.

Production log 25/02/14

This is the poster page displayed in my magazine. This photo is from my third photo shoot where I took images on the stage of my school with lights to make it seem like my model was performing live on stage. I changed the image from my second draft as I believe this one is more appropriate for my genre. I have also included more text since my second draft to catch the readers attention.  I decided on this image as her facial expressions are quite crazy and wild which differentiate between all my other photos in my magazine as my model is shown to have very serious facial expressions and has been taken from a variety of different close ups. Furthermore, the model is shown to be holding a guitar which reinforces the overall genre of my magazine – music. The guitar is also significant as it conveys that my magazine is a rock magazine, as if the model was shown to be holding an acoustic guitar this will would signify the genre of Indie.  The background of the page makes my magazine look more interesting and appealing as the majority of the photos in my magazine have a white background.  I have also included the text ‘Alexandra Flume’ at the top of my page to notify the reader on who the artist is. The heading ‘The queen of rock’ is also important as it portrays the genre of my magazine. Moreover, the phrase is effective as if readers hear ‘The queen of rock’ they will instantly think of Alexandra Flume.

Production Log 24/02/14

Here is a sound clip describing what improvements I made to my blog. The scripted version of this production log can be found below:

During the weekend, I concentrated on my evaluations and decided to change them all to mix media formats.  I firstly looked backed through my teacher’s feedback and began improving my third evaluation question. My teacher told me to include company logos and to state why I had not used an independent company. I took on board her comments and decided to create a video using Windows Movie Maker.  This way I was able to include a variation of different images including different company logos which was part of my feedback. I also added extra information to the video describing why I did not pick an independent company such as Development Hell Limited. I also included a voice over of myself over the video to make it seem more interesting and exciting rather than a video with just pictures and subtitles.

Magazine draft 3

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This is my third magazine draft.