Monday, 26 April 2010
Diary entry: Week 6 and 7
For the last two weeks, I spent most of my time working on Photoshop, editing each page to make it look more realistic. I finished cropping and neatening up all my photos and inserted them on to my magazine. i also began to write my article. i read a few different interveiw of Katy Perry and Pixie Lott so i could grasp their interveiwing style and their personality. I then added a barcode, date and issue number on to my front cover to make it look more realistic. I think these small items contribute a large amount to making it look more professional.
I also decided I needed another smaller image for a insert picture on my contents page, so I took some pictures of a female subject against a brick wall. I used a background on this image as I wanted to show variety instead of all my images looking the same.
I added stories to my contents page with page numbers, i tryied to feature popular television programs and artists such as Gossip Girl and Paolo Nutini to increase popularity of my magazine.
I also decided I needed another smaller image for a insert picture on my contents page, so I took some pictures of a female subject against a brick wall. I used a background on this image as I wanted to show variety instead of all my images looking the same.
I added stories to my contents page with page numbers, i tryied to feature popular television programs and artists such as Gossip Girl and Paolo Nutini to increase popularity of my magazine.
Making the 'USA' and 'UK' font
I wanted to have UK Vs the USA as the theme for my magazine, so I decided to make a statement out of ‘UK Vs USA’ so to do this I constructed a font, I used a photograph I took of the Union Jack and the American flag and I cut out each letter using the flag as a background for the letter, I then but an outline round it to make it stand out, I also changed the contrast and lighting of the image to make it stand out. This was very time consuming as it was extremely hard to get the right part of the flag and the right size font that I was cutting out, but I felt it was worth it as it does make a statement and looks professional.
Rough Cuts And Feedback
Feedback
Front cover
More stories
Change strapline 'borderline indie'
Cant make out logo 'Up'
Move 'Influential woman special' Doesnt stand out and isnt clear.
This feedback helped me as i wouldnt have thought of the 'Up' logo no being visible as i knewit was there, so this helped me to see what other people think about my Front cover. Also the advice to change my strapline was very useful as its more obvious to the reader and 'borderline indie/pop' isnt a very well known genre of music so it would most likely put people off buying my magazine.
Contents page
More stories needed
'Influential woman' too long, looks out of place
More page numbers needed and also on images
This infomation helped me to improve my contents page as i didnt realise i hadnt put a page number on one of my insert pictures until soeone pointed this out to me. I changed the positioning of 'Influential woman' as it looked out of place. And i also added more stories to the page to make it look more full.
Double Page Spread
Article needs to be longer
Page numbers
Name of magazine could be mentioned
Looks very 'spacey'
Other people reading my article helped me to identify mistakes i hadnt noticed, such as capital letters needed. this helped make my magazine look more real. Also a piece of infomation i found the most helpful was that as its a double page spread, the center line will be down the middle and since my article was in the middle of the page, it wouldnt be readable so i decided to move it to the left handside of the page and put the two images of the subjects next to each other on the right handside. This solves the problem of not being able to read the article and it also solves the problem of it looking 'spacey.'
I summed up the main points made from my feedback, and bullet pointed them below.
Front cover
More stories
Change strapline 'borderline indie'
Cant make out logo 'Up'
Move 'Influential woman special' Doesnt stand out and isnt clear.
This feedback helped me as i wouldnt have thought of the 'Up' logo no being visible as i knewit was there, so this helped me to see what other people think about my Front cover. Also the advice to change my strapline was very useful as its more obvious to the reader and 'borderline indie/pop' isnt a very well known genre of music so it would most likely put people off buying my magazine.
Contents page
More stories needed
'Influential woman' too long, looks out of place
More page numbers needed and also on images
This infomation helped me to improve my contents page as i didnt realise i hadnt put a page number on one of my insert pictures until soeone pointed this out to me. I changed the positioning of 'Influential woman' as it looked out of place. And i also added more stories to the page to make it look more full.
Double Page Spread
Article needs to be longer
Page numbers
Name of magazine could be mentioned
Looks very 'spacey'
Other people reading my article helped me to identify mistakes i hadnt noticed, such as capital letters needed. this helped make my magazine look more real. Also a piece of infomation i found the most helpful was that as its a double page spread, the center line will be down the middle and since my article was in the middle of the page, it wouldnt be readable so i decided to move it to the left handside of the page and put the two images of the subjects next to each other on the right handside. This solves the problem of not being able to read the article and it also solves the problem of it looking 'spacey.'
Diary Entry: Week 5
Diary entry week 5:
This week I started constructing my magazine, I started on the contents page, I added my main image and edited it. I then began adding stories and page numbers to make it look more realistic. I also began coming up with ideas for the name of my magazine…
F.A.B
Fresh
Very
Re-load
Plus
Bold
Lock
Down
Up
I then shortlisted these names to those below:
Fresh
Re-load
Plus
Bold
Lock
Down
Up
Fresh
Re-load
Plus
Bold
Lock
Down
Up
Then after much deliberation I settled on ‘Up’ as I thought it symbolises the music chart.
The image on the left was my contents page taking place and what I achieved this week.
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