Mike Whites AS Media Blog
Monday, 25 April 2011
Project Evaluation
Monday, 4 April 2011
Double Page Spred Development
To add even more interest in the image, instead of keeping just a plain 2 tone colour around the image I used to liquify tool in Photoshop to blend the colours together and create what seems to be flmaes actually emerging from the background, I thought that this added in a more dynamic overall view to the image. The next stage was to start creating the page itself, I began by placing the header for the page in a black box at the top of it, this was to keep the magazines theme consistent and the contrast between the black and white really set of the image, I also added in the date of the magazine issue and the web address of the magazine as well, these are both fitted in above the page header.
Final DPS:

This is the final DPS, i have added in an interview to the pages so that it runs together, to start it off I used the 'W' in a larger font and a diffrerent cover so that it draws attention and people want to read the article, the way I set about laying the interview out was to have the interviewers questions in a different colour to the answers, I felt that this was an importanat factor as it allowed a clear separartion from the 2 and meant it wasnt going to get confusing for the reader. Before the interview starts I decided that it would be a better idea to put in a couple of paragraphs giving a bit of history and background information from which the questions in teh article would arise from and this again allowed the continuity to flow over the 2 pages.
Once I had finished writing up the article I decided to add an incentive to the readers which may also have caught their eye, on the right hand side at the bottom I added in a black box and put details about free merchandise, in this case 3 free songs from the artists album, as this was to help create an interest and would be a USP for my magazine. After going over the page quickly to check it I noticed I didn't have a page number, so I flicked through a couple of magazines that I had laying around and saw that not all of them had a page number on each page, therefore I've decided to only number one page of the DPS.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Front Cover Development
The majority of the feedback was that my cover lacked any differentiation between the colour scheme. The first step I took was to move the CDI over to the right hand side a bit more, allowing me to have more room to work with for my features. I also took the strapline and made it smaller, changed the colour to a golden shade as I thought it would compliment the black background of the cover. The masthead has also been increased in size so that it draws more attention tot it when on the shelves. In the second phase I kept the majority of the text the same, however I did play around with text sizing so that certain aspects would be clearer, predominantly these were the key articles that would feature in the magazine itself, these were also highlighted with block colouring which helps enhance the overall look of the cover as well, by having more colours in the scheme it also added another dimension to the cover. The features have also been changed into colours as well so that it isn't just one single colour throughout. The third stage of this development is where I took the coverline and added it back in, again i changed the size of it and matched the colour to the strapline, I have still kept it with the strapline so as to keep a continuity aspect there. I also added the barcode and the other small bits of information, such as price, issue number and date back in, these werent changed as I felt that they were suited to where they were and weren't in need of being change.
In these next two development sections I focused on getting all the fienr details in place and ordered correctly . The first stage here I went and took out the page numbers that were with the features on the left hand side and simply had the feature, I also changed the features so that they all had the same colour, however so as not to end up with another cover that had a very single coloured scheme I then broke the featuers up using some red lines that gave it a more flashy look so to speak. In the second stage here I then moved the CDI to the right and up a bit as I felt that by moving the features covered up some of the image and I wanted to keep the entire image viewable. The main article title was then added back in and placed back into its original position so that people knew who the artist on the cover was. To make it a more authentic looking magazine cover page I have added a web page to it so that people could go online and access extra material on the magazine.
Final development of cover:
This is where the development of my cover has gone, I have used the feedback from people and through research as well, I feel that this is a much better overall look for a magazine cover. To this final one I have added back in the puffs along the bottom of the cover, and once again used the block colouring to enhance the overall aesthetics of it.
Looking back at the original cover I had, I believe that this is a much more appealing cover to my target market, it has that edgier look to it and a more current feel and look. I personally feel that overall this cover has taken into account the feedback and the criticisms that I have been given and I hope that this cover meets my target audiences needs.
Sunday, 13 March 2011
Creating my magazine contents page

Sunday, 6 March 2011
Creating my magazine front cover

Magazine Coursework Images
Monday, 7 February 2011
