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Double Page Spread

Double Page Spread

This is my Double Page Spread I used a beige background to mirror the 80s style and put the 'SYNTH&SONs' logo on the headline. The 'SYNTH&SONs' logo mirrors the computer screens of old 80s PCs.

Contents Page

Contents Page

This is my contents page it also had a colour scheme of black white and pale green to suit that of the front cover.

Front Cover

Front Page

This is my front cover, i made it black white and pale green to attract an older clientele, filling a gap in the market whereby people aged 25-40 cannot buy magazines to suit their musical tastes.

Questionnaire Results

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Double Page Spread Production

Step One

Create a background using the gradient tool

 Step Two

add previously manipulated images to the pages.

 Step Three

add quote and banner in both corners, add page numbers too.

 Step Four

add background for anchorage text and band logo, as well as magazine name.

 Step Five

add headline and anchorage text. as well as a large indented letter to give it the look of an article.

 Step Six

add second quote ad bottom of first page.

 Step Seven

Write up article and add to first page under headline.

Contents Production

Step One

Create a background colour and add boxes for information.

 Step Two

Create header for Contents.

 Step Three

Create Banner to run across top of Contents and add previously manipulated image to Page.

 Step Four

Add Magazine name and Colour scheme to Page.

 Step Five

Add Anchorage Text and  headers to Page.

 Step Six

Add additional information about feature artist and another photograph of said artist. and Contents Header.

 Step Seven

Add competition Box to Page

 Step Eight

Add list of Contents to page, seperate in middle for additional image.

 Step Nine

add additional image to break up text and help page to look more exciting.  Contents Page is finished.

Front Cover Production

Step One

Move Background Image to fit

Step Two

Manipulate image to suit.

 Step Three

Add Background for Masthead and Puff.

 Step Four

Add bar code, price box and banner to bottom.

 Step Five

Cut background from original image and place layer over manipulated image, this results in the models appearing in colour and your background appearing in the manipulated monotone colour.

 Step Six

Add information to the Banner, less important articles and Quiz's etc.

 Step Seven

Place Masthead writing, Pug Writing (competition), date and Issue number on the backgrounds previously created.

 Step Eight

Add another Puff leading to main Splash, Add main splash relating to background image.  And that is the final product.

Mock Shots

On this post are the original images taken for my magazine. This is before I have manipulated them on Photoshop and I intend to explain where and how I am going to use these images within my magazine.

 This image I have chosen to use on my Front Page, I believe that it has a good background and would be relatively simple to successfully manipulate.

This image I have chosen to use on my Double Page Spread, however I don't want to use it as a main image, I have chosen to cut out the background and just have the three models sitting on the benches.

I have chosen not to use this image, I intended for it to look like they were playing the instruments however it wasn't taken properly and instead I don't believe it was suitable for my magazine. 

This image was to replace the previous image the i decided not to use.  I believe it looks better as it gives the impression that they were performing when the picture was taken. I have decided to use this image as the main image for my double page spread.

This image I have chosen to use on my Contents Page as the main image, I believe that  with manipulation it could look professional and would create a focal point for the whole page.

Mood Board

This is my mood board, on this are the types of band that my magazine will focus on. I addition they are some of my personal favorite bands.I believe that 80s style music doesn't get the coverage it deserves considering how well like it still is. Therefore i believe that a magazine such as mine will successfully fill this gap in the market.

Richard Dyers Star Theory

In 1979, Richard Dyer published a book simply names 'Stars' within this book he argued that the understanding of media was massively influenced by stars that are well known by everyone. This is one of the reasons that a majority of music magazines feature a star or artist on their front cover. This is an attempt to attract a customer to buy a copy of that magazine as a result of them liking said artist.This therefore increases sales if it is a very famous artist, more people will like their work resulting in more people being likely to buy a copy of the magazine.
     It was suggested by dyer that artists and stars are created for merely profitable purposes, rather than their talent. In addition he believed that record companies create controversial and 'different' artists, by means of clothing and activities. This is in the hope that the artist will be inclined to be repeatedly in the public eye as a result of what they get up to. Therefore more people are likely to buy into different forms of media that feature the artist. When an artist expresses his/her beliefs, it tends to attract a crowd of fans that too share the beliefs of that star. Stars tend to focus on ideas suck as sexuality, youth and materialism, this is seen as a way to attract young fans in their teens or young adults. It is this age bracket that by in large buy the most music magazines.

An example of this would be of Marilyn Munroe, it is claimed that many people simply just went to see her films because she was in them rather than how good the film was. In addition it is said that critics claimed that her films were good simply because she was in them rather than because the film was actually impressive.

Serif & Sans Serif Font (Typeface)

This is an example of serif font, on the image you can see that the serif areas are highlighted in red. The idea of serif font is mainly aesthetic. It creates a more professional image to the article on which it may appear, however sometimes serif font can be extreme and create difficulty in reading should the writing be rather small. Therefore is mainly used for headlines or large print on an article, and not used so much on smaller writing or the actual article.

This however is a Sans Serif font, in the image you will find that in comparison to the serif font the sans serif font lacks the additions of serifs at the ends of letters. This is useful as it can be clearer to read in comparison to serif fonts. However it gives and article a less professional look in comparison. Yet I believe that Sans Serif font would be used for the actual written article as it would be considered too plain to be used for anything such as a catchy headline, masthead or subtitle.