Construction of as magazine cover, contents and

Robbie Dale

CONSTRUCTION OF AS MAGAZINE COVER, CONTENTS AND DOUBLE PAGE

ARTICLE

The first step in creating my front cover was to set place

the masthead on in the conventional position. I then took a photo of my model in

front of a brick wall. This was then roughly placed in the position my research

showed conventional.

The image was edited to be lighter than the original shot

as the colours were to saturated in its unedited

form.

FRONT COVER

The next step in the creation of my cover was to place black bars across the top and bottom of the page to create a place for white text.

I also positioned the main band name just under my model’s head. This position was effective as the model’s face is not blocked at all by the band’s name, as such the story would be one of the first things a reader would see on the page.

I continue to build up a conventionally following magazine poster by having other stories in a smaller font size as not to distract from the main article. However, the minor stories are in two separate colours to allow the reader to easily distinguish between stories. They also have a outer glow effect so they can be easily legible against my model.

I also add the Plus section at the bottom, which is another conventional section of a magazine. This is combined with the tour information at the top of the magazine to fill in negative space.

To finish off my front cover I followed the codes of a magazine cover by having a bar code on the lower left side of my cover. This is in conjunction with the price and date and the rest of the cover create a very professional looking piece.

CONTENTS

I started creating my contents page by following my layout design. This led me to just place my masthead and subscription box at the bottom.

I decided to have a subscription box as it was a conventional way of advertising a magazine’s own product within itself.

At this stage I added a black bar to highlight the text within but also to continue the use of them on my front cover.

To follow convention I added a web address inside as I had not advertised one on the cover.

I then filled in the black subscription box with white and red text. I used the red to emphasise the price for a monthly subscription and the “go to” so readers’ would look straight to the website.

At this stage I added in the sections of my contents page. I used the conventional segments of News, Reviews, Features and Live, and these segments take up majority of the page.

Each sections has a larger text size and is in red to show it is the beginning of a new segment . The page numbers are also in red as the reader would find them easier is find and read.

In the final stage of constructing my contents page I placed an image of my front cover in the subscription box as conventionally magazines show one of their covers in this area.

I also added an image of my sister attended and placed it above the Live section to show the type of events it would be talking about. Also conventionally music magazine have an image of a gig on the contents page.

DOUBLE PAGE ARTICLE

To create my double page spread I made the white background black and added a main image