First initial construction of mag advert

INITIAL MAGAZINE ADVERT CONSTRUCTION

Above is the chosen image for my magazine advert. I produced this from a previous shoot whilst filming. The lighting works well with the high contrast as it means it is black above & around Siobhan, meaning I can extend the image to make it A3 without distorting or editing the image significantly. To the right you can see the edited version of the image as I have added a black block onto it on photoshop.

From the previous image, I wanted to add an overlay to tie together an ongoing theme throughout my music video and digipak. I chose a kaleidoscope effect that I created for my music video. I used the online editor ‘Pic Monkey’ to add the overlay, and then used an eraser tool to remove the effect from covering Siobhan, as I wanted her to be the main focus point of the page.

Here is my flat plan for my magazine advert. I have placed things central as this is how the viewer will process the page. Above is Flume’s official logo as well as the font I created and plan on using.

This is a first edit of my magazine advert. I have kept Siobhan with the overlay background, but I used a ‘add’ effect which altered the colour of her. This makes her stand out well against the red, but I don’t think this will tie in well with the rest of my products, as I haven’t used green on anything else. I have also placed Flume’s official logo onto the page. I edited this so it wasn’t a block black colour, as it looked odd and out of place. So instead I added a ‘Lighten’ Effect to it, on ‘Pic Monkey’, the online editing software, and graded it slightly purple. I am happy with the outcome of the title.

This is my 2nd edit of my magazine advert. As you can see I have edited Siobhan back to the original image and colours as I think it works well, and helps tie together her against the kaleidoscope background. I have also edited the main title ‘FLUME’, as before I felt it was a little too pale, and I want to make sure it stands out well against the background. So I applied a different effect, ‘Multiply’ & this increased the contrast and also encouraged the background to appear behind it. I am happy with the effect of this.

This is my 3rd edit of my magazine advert. I have kept the previous image, but then experimented by adding text to this image. I am yet to play around with the placement and size of the text, but overall I am not entirely happy with the result of using the text I designed as I think it appears childish and doesn’t work well with Flume’s official logo. I will take this edit into a hot design session and gain feedback on the image as a whole.