SCREENGRABS OF THREE PIECES

Sarah Buttery

FRONT COVER

I first took my photograph and put it onto a Photoshop document, after deciding upon a background which I made sure was linked with my genre of music and also it links with her headband, helping her to stand out even more. I used the magic wand tool to cut around her as this is a technique that is used a lot in my genre of music magazine and in the magazines I looked at ‘NME’ ‘Q’ and ‘Clash’ this technique was used in more or less every issue. I then edited the image by increasing the brightness which allowed her to stand out more on the page. I feel much more confident after creating this with editing images on Photoshop.

To create the title for my magazine ‘AME’ I inserted text onto a light purple colour rectangle to allow the title of the magazine to stand out and be easily read from a far distance. This is the main reason I chose white and bold font as it allows the text to stand out very well and be very eye-catching to encourage the reader to purchase it. The effects i have used on this font include bevel and emboss this was to allow it to stand out and be clearly read from a distance. The use of bevel and emboss is a technique also frequently used on existing music magazines such as ‘NME’, ‘Q ‘and ‘Clash’.

I Then found an image of a barcode and used it by inserting it as an image onto my front cover. I then inserted text which included the price of the magazine and the date of the issue. I located it on the bottom right hand corner of the page as this is where barcodes are usually located on a magazine front cover.

The main cover line is in purple to link with the colour of the logo/title and carry continuity through the magazine front cover the use of the artist name being underlined makes it stand out a lot and tells the audience that they are our main artist in this issue and clearly links to the main image.

I then added a shape in the right hand corner to link with the purple in the colour scheme of the magazine. This is where I added one of my cover lines using text tool.

The final thing I did was added my cover lines. I used a basic black font to make them easy to read and added white shapes behind them. This is a technique used frequently in music magazine front cover to help the cover lines stand out and be easily read from a far distance.

CONTENTS

For the publication of my contents page I used quark and created the logo/title using Photoshop and inserted it onto the publication as an image. I also did this when creating the title for the contents page. I wrote ‘this month’ rather than ‘contents’ as this is a technique used in many music magazines as it shows it is released monthly. I have also added the date in.

I then added in my images which I edited on Photoshop to look black and white and also crop them to the appropriate size to fit onto my contents well. I added the page numbers on using a word document and after saving as a word 97 I added it onto my images to clearly tell the reader where the relevant stories are.

I then used Microsoft word and typed up my contents for the contents page and ensured that I used a colour of text which linked with my magazines colour scheme but also allowed it to be easily read and noticed. I then inserted this as a Word 97 and added it to my contents page publication on Quark. I added shapes behind the heading of the contents to allow them to stand out and tell the reader where each content genre is. I made these shapes purple to fit in with the colour scheme of my magazine and also carry continuity from my front cover.

DPS

I created my DPS on quark as well as my contents. I took this photograph and then edited it on Photoshop and after this inserted it onto my document on quark. I also added page numbers as this is crucial for a music or any magazine.

I then added text for my DPS from Microsoft word and after saving it as a word 97 I added it to the document and after changing it into three columns which is how interviews and text on a DPS is usually shown I ensured the font and colour of text was bright and as well as being easy to read also linking to the colour scheme of the magazine. I have added a drop caps to help it stand out and also be easily read and noticed that it is the start of the text. This is a technique used in

I used Photoshop to create a song list. I have seen this technique used on a lot of existing music magazines and so decided to include it on my own. I have used the colours pink and purple to create this as they stand out very well and link the DPS with the contents page and front cover of my magazine. This is carrying continuity throughout the whole publication. I then added a drop quote also using Photoshop and inserted onto the Quark document. I added a stand first by using Microsoft word and then inserting it as a word 97 document onto Quark and after creating the title on Microsoft word my DPS was fully complete.