6th - 11th December Production of Contents Page

3rd and 4th December - Front Cover Production

Monday 3rd December: Today I wanted to work out and edit my cover photo and try and get it onto my cover.

After importing my chosen cover image >> 

I used the magic want tool to cut out my main image so it could be over the title and could be placed over a background.

 

I then inserted my cut out image onto my cover design and layered it onto my cover, above the magazine name "Indie" and below all the other layers.

 

 

Tuesday 4th December: I added a shape onto the corner of the magazine to fill in the large gap, but then I discarded it because it does not follow the codes and conventions of a magazine front cover. 

 

 

After removing the shape from the corner, I decided to tilt my main image to give my cover a more interesting and appealing look. I also changed the coverline again to fit in more with the cover image as it is now.

 

As the plain white background was quite boring I decided to insert some shapes in the background to give it a more exciting look and to make it less boring.

I added a circular "splat" which made the background less boring.

 

 

I then decided to add another "splat" in a different shade of blue to contrast with the initial lighter blue shape.

Finally I required to place an object in the top right hand corner so I decided that, as my Indie magazine is a new magazine it would place a shape with "New" inside to attract people to the attention that it is a new magazine, and therefore filling in the gap.
I first inserted an elipsis shape to place my text into.

I then added my text which said "NEW".

29th and 30th November - Front Cover Production

29th November: I started my front cover by inputting the magazine title "Indie" in the font Elephant. I then opened the blending options to make my font slightly different as a title font on a magazine needs to be a unique font.

I set a drop shadow on the text in Burgundy to create a slight haze around the letters.

I then added a pillow emboss to create a slight 3D effect on the lettering.

I then added my positioning statement and edited it accordingly. I also added a navy blue bar across the bottom to allow me to add my "PLUS" section.

I then added a barcode onto the cover just next to my magazine title.

30th November: I added all the "Plus" section text on the bottom of the page and resized my magazine title and positioning statement.

 

 

 

I typed up and positioned my main coverline onto my front cover. And afterward I added my smaller coverlines.

 

 

 

 The next step was to add my issue number, date and price of the magazine. So i created a text box for each of these bits of text and added them onto my page.



 

 

My main coverline didnt really fit my cover image so I had to decide on another one which linked to the photo. I also needed to change its font size as the font size was too small. The modifications i made were: change in coverlines, adding of an extra coverline, change in font size and relocation of the coverlines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents Page Images

 

CONTENTS PAGE IMAGES

 

These are the photos that I chose for my contents page, each image relates to one of the magazine articles. These images will be cropped to fit onto my contents page so that some of the extra space around the main focuses of the image can be removed.

 

 

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Photoshoot for Front Cover

FRONT COVER IMAGES:

 

 

 

I took a number of images for my front cover photoshoot, many of the photos did not have connotations of music and were too much like a fashion magazine, but i managed to find an apporpriate image from my selection of photographs.

I chose the following image for my front cover image:

Interview and Photoshoot for Double Page Spread

Article Research

Interview Questions: