Content page analysis

Process of my content page

Even though, NME magazine is polar opposite of the genre of music which I am doing however, I really liked the way the layout was set and the colour which they used. Therefore, I was inspired by NME magazine to create my content page for my K-POP magazine.

For my content page, I wanted to use only one model for the main image and the model which I used was Rushali. This image of Rushali that I took was out of school and we were just playing around with poses but afterwards when I was looking at my work, I saw this image and I really liked it. Therefore I decided to use this image.

I opened this image on Photoshop then what I had to do to remove the background of this image was that I had to use the ‘Erase Tool’ to rub out all the unnecessary background that I didn’t need. Also, I used ‘Soft Tool’ to soften up the hard edges which was around the hair. As the background colour was not

green so it was quite easier to remove all of the background however, it was a little difficult to remove the background around the flower which Rushali was holding. Other than that, I did not find any trouble removing the background of this image.

I had used two other images as well in my content page and they were taken out of school too. I did the same process as I did before to

remove the background of these two images. In both of these images, the difficult part was to remove as much background as I could around my model’s hair as both of their hairs were let out and they were sticking out. To erase their hairs which were sticking out, I had to really zoom in the images and use the eraser tool to erase them out.

The font which I used in my content page texts in white were downloaded from ‘DAFONT’ website. The colour code which I decided to use for my content page was black, white, grey and blue because I thought these colours matched well together. The reason why I put those rectangle blocks was so that the texts could stand out on black and that it would be easier for the

audience to read.

The texts which are on blue tells the audience what are inside the magazine and the reason I decided to make those text blue and bold with caps lock so that it easier for the audience to read. Also, I didn’t add any background on my content page because I thought it didn’t suit with my main image and I wanted to make that image stand out since the clothes my model is wearing are dark.

I put these two images on the bottom with the page number next to it so that the audience can have an idea beforehand on what type of style is going to be on that particular page. As most people get more interested when there’s a visual

example.

Since most k-pop fans are teenagers’ girls and boys, in order to attract them I have included information such as ‘Street Fashion’ advices, ‘Life of a k-pop idol’ to make them curious on how the celebrities are able to dress so well and what their daily routine is like. Due to using colour scheme which are neither too focus on female or male, this shows that my content page challenges the convention of a real magazine as most of the time specific genre of music uses feminine colours to get more females to buy their magazine whereas, I have involved colours which are liked by both gender and this way both side will be able to buy the magazine where everything will be included equally.