COMPLETED MAGAZINE

This is my completed magazine.

Working on my front cover, Contents page and DPS

Over some time now I have been working on my magazine. During this time i have had  many attempts to create and re start my magazine. This was due to my lack of software skills.

The mast head is 'SOUL N' RYTHM'. Rythm is spelt the way it is due to the 'slang' culture of teenagers. I think that this relates to young people and they will still pronounce the word as 'rhythm'. The mast head was also voted by my classmates to be the masthead for my magazine. This showed their interests and i decided to go along with it. 

Final Draft- Front cover

To start off, this design and model was my front cover. i changed this because I felt that a male represents Hip Hop more in magazines. This draft allowed me to get the hang of PhotoShop as I made many mistakes with this image as well as learning from my mistakes.

First draft

The DPS has images and page numbers. I followed it as the specification stated.

For my double page I had to photoshop the image of my model in order for my image to look professional and work well on the page.

The image below is of the image being photoshopped.

I created my double page spread in Adobe InDesign. although this was a bit difficult to use i got the hang of it with some help.

To create the DPS I did one of many things:

• Gradient (colour and shading of images)
• Font and text
• Journalism- Q&a With a artist

These had to be adjusted to my target audience and my plan, some of the work which i created differs from my plan. This may be because I feel that it looked better as well as still meeting the target audience and the specification of the assignment.

Below are two images.

The first image is of my DPS when I created it as my first draft. However with some feedback from peers in my class i decided to change it to the second image. This is because i was told that it did not look professional nor did it look attractive. The colours used were very dull even though they were part of the color scheme. To add to this where i placed the page number and date was not seen as in a suitable place. The feedback from my classmates helped me as they were the age range I was aiming to sell my magazine to. This meant that if they did not have a liking towards my magazine then other teenagers might not either.

First Draft

Final draft

Photoshoot images

I had a photoshoot with two models, these models were friends from around the college. their looks, age and interests fitted in to my target audience.

Here are some images:

In this image my model is wearing branded trainers, this will be featured in my magazine. It also shows that music magazines feature different things inside it.