Progression of my Magazine

PROGRESSION OF MY MAGAZINE

This is an image of my front cover at the beginning of the production stage. I was happy with the photography as it allowed plenty of room for my cover line. The brick wall background made a perfect canvas for the graffiti style cover lines when slightly angled which reflects the genre of the music. I made sure that the models head was fore grounded in front of the mast head because that is a trend Hip Hop magazines follow. The CD cover was too plain and simple which caused the magazine to look unprofessional.

I experimented with pictures for the CD cover and decided on this one because I could put the artists name in the smoke which is an effect that would appeal to my audience. I completed the CD cover look with the track name and a lyrical bar from the track.

I added a caption for the front cover photography to let the audience know the rappers name.

I re-adjusted the effects on the cover lines to make them look more defined, readable and graffiti like.

I added another cover line to fill the unnecessary gap at the bottom. I made the colours alternate to create a theme

As a finishing touch, I changed the saturation levels on the image for the CD cover to create a more professional looking piece of photography that added brightness to the model and darkened the background. I also put a drop shadow on the shape to make it look like the CD is on the magazine.

For the contents page, I started off with an image from the internet for a basic outlook . To follow the trend of real Hip Hop magazines, I broke the word ‘contents’ to create more space for the page but be outstanding for a head mast. The ‘D’ and ‘K’ in the background were the initials for the magazine. In real media products, the magazine name is continuously pasted somewhere on all pages to remind the audience of the magazine they are reading, I tried to incorporate this.

Here I added a sentence which gives the photographer name for the front cover and contents page. This is a technique sometimes used in real media products.

I completed the Features for the magazine with the photographers name for each article. This was inspiration from real Hip Hop magazines.

I numbered the features realistically to those in a real magazine product and added the page number and magazine name with the date of issue at the bottom.

I then changed the background image to a picture I had taken. I also added an effect to the image with simplified the amount of layers and shapes within it. I then made the hat red to introduce another colour instead of just a standard black and white.

I moved the Head mast and put a drop shadow on and coloured red to fit in with the theme.

I decided to put the features on a red rectangle with the opacity altered which aided the clarity of the text.

To improve, I moved the background image further up to allow the whole of the model to be seen. I also changed the saturation levels slightly to make it brighter.

I added a gradient effect to make the bottom of the page darker and get lighter as it went up. I thought this effect worked well and looked professional.

I used more of the space on the page by spreading the features across in a step pattern. I also made the feature titles bolder to catch attention and changed the font of the numbers to make the clearer.

I started my double page with the photography and a experimented colour scheme which seemed to work well. I then decided where the article and pull quote needed to be.

I put the page number and title of the magazine in the bottom left hand corner. This gave the page continuity.

At this stage I saturated the levels on the image to darken the background and brighten the model.

I added the article and pull quote and used a green drop shadow effect on the title of the article to allow the colours to run in a theme.

I added another image on the article page. The colours on the image went with the colours for my page and related to the genre as it was graffiti.

As a last touch to the double page, I added a third image with a green filter on which I placed behind the article but allowed the article to be clearly readable. I was happy with the result because it filled the background space to make it look more professional overall.