Before and after

Photoshop edits

 I made the model in the picture more brighter using photoshop I edited the contrast and brightness to give it more of an eye catching effect, this made the photo drastically change and made it more appealing and eye catching to my target audience. After I done this I seen it made the picture stand out more, it also made it look more suitable for my target audience which is the main reason why I edited this photo. From doing this I made my front page more eye catching and suitable. This picture also set the colour scheme for my magazine of an electronic pink, I decided to stick to this colour scheme all through my magazine.

I edited the background from this picture so I only had the model in the photo, this is because I used this picture as a main image for my double page spread. I knew I had to edit the background out because my double page spread background was full of a collage of pictures. I also edited the pictures contrast and brightness to give it the same affect as my front page.

Pictures for double page spread

Double page spread 
  

Changes

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At first the front cover of my magazine looked boring and dull. What I was planning on making was not what I ended up producing. My main colour to begin with was 'red' then I changed the colour scheme do a light pinky/red. This made me magazine look way more affective than what it did before. So my whole magazine looked different from what I wanted it to look like when I first started designing it. However, the changes I made made my magazine look 10x better than my original plan. 

I first decided that my contents page was just going to have a few pictures. When I started to design this I wasn't impressed with the appearance. I then developed my double page spread to have a collage in the background, I edited the pictures to be black and white, I edited the pictures to be black and white so the writing and pictures on top of the double page spread stood out, if I didn't edit the pictures then my text wouldn't have stood out more. 

Back cover photos

Contents on PhotoPeach
 

These are the pictures I used for my back cover, I chose to have random photos for the back cover to link to the target audience who use social networking.

Contents Page pictures

Contents on PhotoPeach
 

Questions For Evaluation

Questions I am going to answer in my evaluation- Planning.

First Photoshoot For Magazine

                                                        First Photoshoot



I managed to get all my photos done in my first photoshoot. These photos worked first time and went well with my magazine. I took the photos outside when it was starting to get dark, this gave it a good effect for when my model was smoking. I took photos inside and out. This was good because I had a vary idea of pictures for my magazine. I had different costume changes so my magazine looked more appealing and it also made it look like I put more thought and idea into my magazine.

Creating My Contents Page

Contents page

 This is what i started to make in one lesson, I thought i'd stick to the colour scheme that I have used all through my magazine. I don't like what i have created at the moment. I think the pink writing really stands out and look interesting,  it also fits in with the rest of my magazine.

This is what my contents page is going to look like. I am yet to add pictures to  my magazine. I tried to make my contents page look like the rest of my magazine. I think my magazine looks successful as it isn't dull or boring. It's full of pictures and a wide rang of colours.

This is my outcome of my contents page. I am going to change the pictures on the left hand side, I am going to replace them with pictures that I am going to create. I stayed with my colour scheme of the 'indie' looking pink. I also added it in with my page notes and along with a quote. I chose to have the quote in the colour white, this then went well with the main title at the top. I am yet to add and adjust certain things.

Final contents page!

This is so far my final outcome for my contents page,  I've decided to add all the colours i've used from my magazine all over my magazine. This means i've made my contents page full of bright colours, however it looks more eye catching which makes it appealing.

Creating My Double page Spread

I produced this whilst making my double page spread, however I decided i didn't want to use this anymore and started to make something different. I think this is too dull and doesn't fit in well with what else i'm going to produce in my music magazine, it will just look odd.

I began making a collage of all the pictures of my model, I am yet to finish. When I'm done the whole background will be in black and white pictures. I chose to do this because its different from other magazines, i still have more ideas of what i'm going to do with this. 

This is my final piece finished. I chose pictures of the model and edited them to be black and white, i am yet to edit and add more. I think this looks successful because its different from what i see in other magazines. I think it fits in with my genre of being 'Indie'. This is not finished as I ran out of time. I am going to add a colourful picture over the top of the black and white, this will then make it stand out more. I decided to take these pictures over 3 weeks as I knew I wanted a collage to represent social media to represent with my teenage audience. 

 This is what i started to do in todays lesson. I put a pink border around the collage of pictures in the background so it wen't with my front cover image and also the main image on my double page spread. I decided to stick all to the same colour on my pages so my magazine doesn't look odd or out of place. However i decided that there was too much pink for the genre that i have chose my magazine to be.

As I decided my magazine was too pink, i began changing around with fonts and colours and this was my outcome. I have still got a slight bit of pink because it goes really well together and stands out. I decided to add the colour grey, as when i was editing the background i decided to have all the pictures Grey. I think this goes well as it fits in with the background, the colours Pink and Grey also go very well together. I added a box with some 'Top Questions' as I thought it will give the magazine more attention. There is more text than before and I think this makes my magazine successful because now my target audience have more to read about. I started by asking questions that aren't anything to do with the interview, but more personal questions that the viewers will want to know.

Photoshop before and after edits

Creating My Front Cover of Magazine.

First Screenshot

 This is the first screen shot of making my music magazine. I decided to start at the top and work my way down the bottom as I thought this would look more organised as I begin to make my magazine. By choosing to make my magazine this way I have more understanding of where I am going to add certain things. I decided to leave my main image till last.
                 

Second Screenshot

Next I began to make my sub headings, I chose a sort of type writing font instead if a boring font like 'Arial'. On my front cover I decided to make it eye catching by advertising that there are free posters in my magazine, this will then bring more attention to my magazine rather than others.

Third Screenshot

Next I decided to add the important part onto my front page, the barcode and price. I chose a font which would stand out too the audience, as when I done my research customers said they didn't like that they didn't know the price of the magazine until they actually got to the checkout. I also decided to add some 'Plus' information because advertising whats in the magazine on the front cover lets the customers know what they actually get to see in the magazine and could make it more appealing. 

Fourth screenshot

The next thing i decided to do, was add a blurb. This is what they use in the industry to establish the issue date and issue number. I have changed the font to make it stand out more and make the readers eye move down the page.

I decided to give my magazine title a background as I thought it gave more balance to my magazine, it also makes it stand out more than my original title. I moved the barcode and price up the top as I thought the customers will appreciate being able to see the price more clearly. I changed the colours from red to a dark pink as then it clashed more with my main image.

This is what I came out with at the end of todays session. I added my background and edited my models hair so it was more 'pink' rather than 'Red'. i added more text to the front of my magazine so the buyers have an idea of what they're buying. It also made my magazine look more interesting as it looks more eye catching with all the text.