This is my final contents page for my music magazine.

Editing my contents page.

when creating my contents page i first began by adding the word 'CONTENTS' to the top of the page, establising to the audience that this is the contents page. i used black and bold writing to make the heading stand out.

 

I then added my text in two seperate colums alowing space for my pictures. i used the linking tool to drag my text along to the next colum. i also used a line between both colums to act as a divider between both.

 

I then started to add my pictures in using a picture box and then scaling my picture to the box. This took along time as i had to keep rearranging my pictures so that they would all fit in as a collage. i chose my main image as it stands out with a very strong pose and shows attitude and is a complimantary style to the genre of my magazine



After rearranging all my pictures to fit right i then added my magazine title to the top of the page in the same font as i used on the front cover. i also added the name of my magazine and date at the bottom of the page below the guidelines in size 7 font, following the codes and conventions of a magazine contents page.

 



Once i was happy with the arrangement of my pictures i then added page numbers to the pictures, following the codes and conventions of a contents page and allowing the audience to see what picture relates to what article.

 

FINAL FRONT COVER.

This is my final music magazine front cover.

Editing 2

I began to edit my front cover, changing the main image and the mast head as the mast head did not fit the genre of my magazine.

i  changed my main image and added more bands to the 'PLUS'. I also got rid of the 'free poster' as this does not follow the codes and conventions of this genre of music magazine.

I then created a new mast head using a simple, bold font which is more affective and stands out more than the old one. i used regular impact and added the bevel and emboss effect. i also changed my positioning statement 'REAL AND LOUD' making it smaller and positioning it to the left, below the mast head, following the codes and conventions further. i also changed the fot in order to make it stand out more and fit the genre.



I then edited the main coverline making it white to stand out from the other coverlines as they are yellow. I also added more coverlines and made my sublines shorter

I then experimented with the possitioning of the coverlines, to see which looked best. i also made the gap between the sublines and coverlines smaller. I then added '...' between every band name on my plus strip as you couldnt read the names properly. i then added the date and price in the left corner underneath the mast head.

Editing

Production of front cover.

When creating my front cover, i used Adobe Photoshop to crop and edit my images and to create my front cover.

I created my masthead by using Bevel and emboss to create the white shadow around the lettering and to add depth to the lettering. i also used drop shadow effect to define the white shadows around the letters, as well as using an inner glow and stroke to create the black between the white text and shadow.

I then used the magnetic lasso tool and the eraser tool to cut my image out. i then added the image to my front cover and used exposure to change the light contrast making the colours look more darker and more defined which goes with the rock genre of magazine.

I then created the green strip at the bottom using shapes and used bevel and emboss to give it depth. Then added the buzz word and writing.



I then created another shape and used bevel and emboss on this to give depth. I then added photographs which i have taken to be posters.

I then created my main headline, again using bevel and emboss and made it stand out by having it larger than my other text. I also made the subline a white colour with a tint of green to compliment my colour scheme.

I then created my other coverlines using the same tools, but making them smaller to make the main coverline stand out more.

I added the rest of my coverlines, a barcode, my ...... and the date.

FINAL FRONT COVER. first draft

Draft of front cover.

In todays lesson we were told to design our front covers and contents page on paper.