Thank You!

I would just like to say a thank you to my moderator for taking the time to assess my work. I hope that you like the direction that I have taken with my design and hope that you can see all the time and effort that I put into making my initial ideas come to life in the final versions that you will see.

Enjoy!

Evaluation

Front Cover Process

The process of sorting through my images to find the ideal one for my front cover was long, but one that was necissary as it had to be perfect. The front cover is the first thing customers see and is the thing that was first attract your audience in.

I felt that this image was the best one as it is a clear shot of the 'celebrity' who will be covered on the double page spread and is therefore the main feature of this issue. The photo is in the medium shot range as most front cover images are for magazines. It has a clear background and neutral colours, inhancing the range of fonts and colours I can use for other images and text I will be wanting to put onto it at a later stange.

 

I next made loaded the logo and magazine name that I made earlier and added it to the image. To do this, I went through a step by step process for my deisgn to go from a drawing to the final design.



My front cover draft was done before I did my photoshoot which meant that I had a rough idea already of what I wanted the pictures to look like. Along the way I had to make same changes with colours, fonts and positionings of certain things...

Contents Page Corections

Double Page Spread Corrections

Here is the corrctions I made to my final double page spread. This included triple checking for spelling mistakes, errors in punctuation and positioning and the over all presentation. After looking over things, I noticed that there were things missing such as page numbers which I added in after.

Finals

CD Cover

I took one of the photos that I had previously took in a situation I was yet to use and made it into a front cover, attempting to use some of the conventions such as a shot of the artist, additional information and such. Though I liked this, I decided against using it on the final version of my magazine due to the face as there was too much on the page and did not like the overall look of the peice.

Double Page Spread Draft

Contents page draft

Front Cover Draft

Photoshoot planning

My main photoshoot is the most imporant as it is the one that I would need most images for and the one that will be used throughout the magazine. So to make sure that everything was perfect I did a lot of planning for it, not only in the artists and how I want my shoot to be like these ones, as you will see in another post, but everything from costumes, locations and models too.

COSTUMES

I wanted a couple of different outfit ideas, some a little more darker and some more floral and indie style, and these were the ideas I came up with. Luckily my model had a lot of the clothing needed.

SHOOT / LOCATIONS

My original plans for locations and poses that I wanted for my main feature were along the lines of what you can see above. I liked the bohemian, indie style for the artist, along with a little dark twist which I thought suited the style of my magazine. Unfortuinatly, due to the typical British weather things were not as simple as that and therefore things did not go to plan so my sunny, floral shots were a little different to planned but after a few tweaks ended up looking quite good!

Photo shoot 2#

Photos

Here are some of the pictures I took of a local band called Take Two. When attending one of their gigs I decided to take these to make them look realistic but also like they were professional and to show off the band. In the end I decided to use both pictures in the magazine

Drafts and logo

PHOTOSHOOT 1#

I really liked this picture and would have liked to have used it as my front cover image. My model is smiling and is positioned perfectly for the text and images to go around her, with a clear and neutral background. But after taking a closer inspection of this image you can see that part of her elbow is cut off. Though not a huge problem, you would not usually find this on a front cover shot. Next time I do a photoshoot of any kind I will definatly double check to make sure that all the shots I have, I have the choice of using, and make sure that they are decent before moving on.

This show is taken from a high angle, as my model sits in the church yard. It really makes for a good shot as she is looking straight at the camera with a clear view of her face which means that readers can instantly recoginse her without having to think so much about who is on the page.

I really like these two shots! My model seems happy and playful and is really attracting in the audience. The top photo is edited using a iPad app called ColorEffects, and I love the vintage, unique spin that it puts of quite a simple image; inhancing her dark eyes and adding a shine to her skin, while letting the location look mystical and appealing.