Masthead
Preliminary task
Actual magazine
Throughout this task I feel that I have learnt a lot about
how to make the text on my magazine stand out, look clear and how to choose a
font that relates to my target audience. I learnt to put a drop shadow on the
text to make the text stand out on the page and make it look less ‘flat’. Also
I learnt that I needed to change the font of my text so it relates to my target
audience better, I decided on the font by looking at similar magazines such as ‘Q’
and ‘NME’ and basing my font on those
magazines as they relate to my target audience.
Front cover image
Preliminary task
Actual magazine
Throughout this task I have gained a greater understanding
of photography and learnt how to use certain equipment to help create better
pictures. My first image in the preliminary task was quite blurry and not sharp
enough however when I came to taking the image for my actual magazine cover I used
a tripod to make the image look in focus and sharp. Also the use of Photoshop allowed me to change the
light levels on the photo to make the image look sharper and brighter also to
edit the photo to remove and imperfections on the image.
Fontand text used on front cover
Preliminary task
Actual magazine
My understanding of font has progressed as I decided to look
into similar magazines and look at their font. The magazines I looked at were ‘Q’
and ‘NME’. By looking at these magazines I decided on my final font. Also on
the front cover of my magazine I decided to put a drop shadow on all of the
text so it stood out and didn’t blend in with the main image. Also by using a
drop shadow it makes to text more appealing and eye catching to the reader. However
on the preliminary task I did not put a drop shadow on any of my text and I think
that the text looks ‘flat’ and not interesting enough to catch the readers eye
that is why I included a drop shadow on my actual magazine.
Layout of contents page
Preliminary task
Actual magazine
Throughout this task I learnt a lot about the layout of
pages in magazines. I learnt that text and images need to be put into columns.
In my preliminary task I did not use any columns on my contents page and
therefore I think it looks unorganised and empty. However by carrying out
research on similar magazines and looking in to the conventions of magazines I
learnt that columns are needed to make a page easy to read and to make them
look clear. So I decided to put my contents into 2 separate columns. Making one
column larger than the other helped to stick to the convention of having 3
equal columns.
Font and text on contents page
Preliminary task
Actual magazine
The text on my final magazine contents page is the same as
my front cover font which is ‘Cambria’ this is so my magazine sets a house
style that will be used in every issue of the magazine. On the preliminary task
I only wrote the page number and what the page was called however this did not
stand out enough as all the text was the same size and the same font and
colour, therefore on my actual contents page of my magazine I decided to make
the page numbers red and large with a back shadow so the numbers would stand
out and draw the reader to the pages. I then wrote the page name in capital
letters followed by a short description on the magazine in lower case to tell
the reader more about the page. This made the contents page more interesting
and attractive to the reader.
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