Front cover...
Contents psge...
Double Page Spread...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Stages of Double Page Spread
Stage one...
To start off my double page spread I had to go into page setup to make sure that the paper was landscape. Before writing my interview onto photoshop I typed it up on Microsoft word first to make sure that all the spellings were right and also to make sure I read it properly before adding to my double page spread. I used the type tool to get it all in line with each other by keep changing the part in which I was writing it. This way it was easier to get all the lines at the same length. I wrote the questions in black and the answers in pink, therefore the reader will be able to tell the difference between the two. I decided that I wanted the double page spread to have a black and pink colour theme, so as the interview are in these colours I also did the title in the same pink as 'Lottie Piper's' answers.
Stage two...
To finish off the double page spread I added in two of the quotes from the interview and put them into a bold pink circle. This will then catch the readers eye and they would read these first. By choosing these quotes, I was thinking that straight away the reader would read them and as they are things that a pop star does and what every young girl does, they will then want to read on.
To start off my double page spread I had to go into page setup to make sure that the paper was landscape. Before writing my interview onto photoshop I typed it up on Microsoft word first to make sure that all the spellings were right and also to make sure I read it properly before adding to my double page spread. I used the type tool to get it all in line with each other by keep changing the part in which I was writing it. This way it was easier to get all the lines at the same length. I wrote the questions in black and the answers in pink, therefore the reader will be able to tell the difference between the two. I decided that I wanted the double page spread to have a black and pink colour theme, so as the interview are in these colours I also did the title in the same pink as 'Lottie Piper's' answers.Stage two...
I next added in the two images into each corner. I used the one of her blowing a kiss because it would be portrayed as friendly to the reader and then by using the one of her resting her head in her hands, I was trying to get the effect of a girly girl who is sweet and innocent, a bit like maybe the person who was going to read the magazine would be like.
Last stage...
To finish off the double page spread I added in two of the quotes from the interview and put them into a bold pink circle. This will then catch the readers eye and they would read these first. By choosing these quotes, I was thinking that straight away the reader would read them and as they are things that a pop star does and what every young girl does, they will then want to read on.Stages of contents page
Stage one...
After looking at many different music magazines I decided that I would include, in my contents page a note from the editor. Therefore this is what I added to the blank A4 page first. I then added the 'What's inside'. As my target audience is for younger readers I thought that by saying whats inside other than contents, they would understand it better and it is more child like. I carried on the same colour for whats inside from the masthead, this is so that is linked together and it looks like it has come from the same magazine. The way in which i wrote the note from the editor, I aimed it to have friendly language as if the reader and I were friends. Stage two...
I then the pages in which is going to be inside my magazine. I did a section for the things that are regulars within the magazine and then I did another one in which it contained the things that had been added into the magazine for that weeks copy.
In this stage I carried on the theme of the rainbow and placed it into the corner on a slant. Therefore I could then make it smaller and easier to place when there was not that much room left on the page, as I still needed to add some images. I also placed a yellow box around the 'What's inside' and then pink boxes around the editors note, 'regulars' and 'features'. This then contrasts it in with the colour scheme of the rainbow, like the front cover.
Last stage...
I finished the contents page off, just by adding in some images of the main story within the magazine. (Lottie Piper). That way the reader knows that that version of the magazine is based around her.
Stages of front cover
Stage one...
I chose this image because she is smiling and portrays the magazine as friendly and welcoming to a young buyer. I edited this picture as she was sitting on a field before and this would not have fitted in with the type or colours of the front cover. I then opened up a new A4 page and that is where I proceeded to copy the image onto it, where i then added the masthead, which is written in the font type 'Calibri'. I changed the size of the image so that it fitted well onto the page and was big enough to be seen but not too big so that there was no room for the masthead or tag-lines. After I had the image and the masthead situated in the right place I chose a light yellow for the background as it contrasts well with the purple dress and pink lettering of the masthead. Just inbetween her arm and her body, after i had cut it out with the 'lasso tool' there was still a little bit of the field from the field background. Therefore I then used the eraser tool to rub it out and filled it in with the same yellow background.
Stage two...
I finally added the barcode, the line at the bottom which tells the reader what other pop bands/singers they can find inside the magazine and then I also added in the date of week that the magzine would be sold and the price.
I chose this image because she is smiling and portrays the magazine as friendly and welcoming to a young buyer. I edited this picture as she was sitting on a field before and this would not have fitted in with the type or colours of the front cover. I then opened up a new A4 page and that is where I proceeded to copy the image onto it, where i then added the masthead, which is written in the font type 'Calibri'. I changed the size of the image so that it fitted well onto the page and was big enough to be seen but not too big so that there was no room for the masthead or tag-lines. After I had the image and the masthead situated in the right place I chose a light yellow for the background as it contrasts well with the purple dress and pink lettering of the masthead. Just inbetween her arm and her body, after i had cut it out with the 'lasso tool' there was still a little bit of the field from the field background. Therefore I then used the eraser tool to rub it out and filled it in with the same yellow background.
Stage two...
My original design for the front cover of my magazine was to have the masthead written trough a rainbow and after trying it out I then decided that it did not look right for a music magazine, as I still wanted to include the rainbow within the front cover, I decided to put it behind the main image, therefore it is still there but is not the first thing that the reader/buyer would look at.
Stage three...
I next added on the tag-lines for the magazine. The headline story 'Lottie Piper...' I made sure that i used a bigger boldre font than the rest of the taglines, so that the reader will know that this is going to be the main story within my magazine and the image is of Lottie Piper. As I kept the rainbow within the front cover I decided to use the colours from it to get the colours of the tag-lines. I believe that this then does not make the rainbow look so random and it all contrasts in with each other.
Final stage...
I finally added the barcode, the line at the bottom which tells the reader what other pop bands/singers they can find inside the magazine and then I also added in the date of week that the magzine would be sold and the price.
Final photos after editing
This is the image I started with before I edited it...
This is what the image looked like after editing.
Images for front cover - before editing
I like this image because by her blowing a kiss and looking into the camera, makes it look quite welcoming and friendly. The only thing i dislike about this photo is that some of her face is lighter than the rest of her face. Also it might not be very suitable for the front cover image of a pop music magazine.
I really like this image because if it was on the front cover it would make the magazine look extremely welcoming and friendly. It might be hard to cut her out of the background because the sun is shining on her hair and it is contrasting in with the sky.
I like this image but i think that it would be quite hard to be able to put it onto a front cover without it looking quite strange. Also i do not think that it would be suitable for a pop magazine.
These are a few images out of many that i took for my front cover. However these ones are my favourite and i will choose one of them for my main image, i will edit them so that the lighting is better and that they are on a better background.
Questionnaire results
I posted a questionnaire on my blog to find out what my target audience liked and wanted out of a music magazine. People visited my blog to answer my questionnaire and with the results i am going to give an overall analysis of them. This will then help to come up with the final ideas for my music magazine.
Are you male or female?
The majority of the people that answered this question were female therefore this helps me to see that i will aim my magazine mostly at females.
What age category do you fit into?
83% of the people that answered my questionnaire were between the ages of 15- 18. And then there was 16% of 14 and younger, this has helped me to decide that i will design a music magazine for 14 years and younger as maybe if there was more of a range of music magazine for that age range to read then the might buy one more often.
How often do you buy a magazine?
66% of the people that answered my questionnaire said that they bought a magazine one every so often, 16% said once a month and another 16% said once every 2 weeks.
How much do you pay for a music magazine?
60% of people pay £2-£3 for a music magazine, 20% pay £1-£2 and 20% pay £3-£4. Therefore I will be aiming to sell my music magazine for between £2-£3.
What do you look for in a magzine?
40% of the people that answered this question said that they look for true stories whereas the other 60% said thay look for interviews, therefore i will include some sort of interview in my music magazine.
How do you listen to music?
20% of people answered the internet whilst another 20% said they used their phone to listen to music. 60% said that they used an ipod to listen to their music. Therefore i could think about adding in maybe a competition within my magazine to win an ipod or along those lines.
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