Double Page Spread Evolution

1.  I started by making two pages with three text boxes for me to fill in with text.  Though it doesn't look very impressive at the moment it will soon shape to resemble a double page spread that can easily be identified as being from a music magazine.

2.  I changed the background colour to grey as well as changing the text colour to white as this is both easy to read and eye-catching as well as placing page numbers on at the bottom of the page.  I also imported two original images which I had taken and placed them hear.

3.  I was nearly finished with writing the text at this point and I had adjusted the size of the text so then it would take up more room.

4.  I finally finshed writing and yet again changed the text size and as this is how my final product stands today.

Contents Page Evolution

1.  At the start I originally had one of my images that would later go on to be featured on my double page spread.  I changed it as I thought this image didn't really work on this particular page.  I wrote up what was to be featured on the pages and made the background a light green.








2.  I had a play around with having just one image being featured on the contents page but I found that this didn't work as the enlarging of the image made it blurry and pixelated.












3.  I ordered the contents into categories very much like the Kerrang contents page I analysed.  I went back to having two images on this page as I thought that one image wasn't enough.












4.  I changed the background to light blue and also put a page number for the Bloc Party story as I had forgotten to do it before.

The Evolution Of My Front Cover

The picture at the top is my magazine front cover originally looked before I received any audience feedback on the front cover.  The other image is of my finished picture of my final front cover after all the improvements people had recommended I make.  As you can clearly see the cover lines have been moved either side of the image so that they don't just fit into a column.  Due to the movement of the cover lines I have had to make more to fill out the cover.  Also I changed the colour of them to white so they are much more visible and it is a big improvement.  I slightly adjusted the masthead by making the name of my music magazine slightly larger.  Though no one mentioned that the first image was lacking an issue number I noticed while I was improving it and I finally inserted one.











                                                                                   

Screen Grabs Of The Making Of The Magazine Cover

1.  I started by pasting my chosen image onto the canvas and adjusted the size to go where I wanted it to.

2.  Then I imported a bar code image and placed it on the left hand corner and made 3 different sized rectangles all with slightly different shade of red.

3.  Next I made the title by using the text tool and imported an image of the City College log and also did my slogan.

4.  I then made 4 identically sized rectangles to go on the left and wrote in the three main articles for that magazine.

 5.  Finally I came to finish it by doing the lower part of the cover.  I imported two images and wrote the main headline for that issue by using the text tool.

6.  After I completed the cover I then edited the colour to make it less muted and more eye catching.

Hi my name is Alex and I am currently attending City College to study Media AS Level.  I am doing Media because it seemed very appealing and it interested me a great deal.