Production

I started off my magazine by adding a bright blue masthead and box to the black and white image. I also added an issue number and date which is necessary information. I chose blue for the colour scheme as It could appeal to both male and female, and is quite a regal blue which matches with the theme of a classy music star.








By adding on coverlines and a title to introduce the cover star, i am making my magazine more attractive and appealing to the reader. I have also added a plug at the top left of the page, as this is where the eyes are focused to, and an extra offer will help to attract the reader into buying my magazine.

I swapped the black box for a white transparent box, as this does not break the cover up like the black box did. I also added more coverlines to draw the customer in so that they think they are getting more for their money.

I decided to make the image of the cover star bigger to fill more of the cover so there wasn't as much empty white space. I also made the coverlines bolder and in black and blue to stand out more, and made the main coverline a brighter blue to stand out. I also added a barcode and a twitter address and website.

I decided to change the masthead to a bright lipstick pink colour, as my audience is female, this colour will stereotypically appeal to the female audience, while also standing out from other magazines for its brightness. I changes the main coverline to the same bright pink, and also changed the font of the coverlines to a slimmer, more professional font.






Once again i made the image bigger to fill the page, and also made the masthead as big as possible to spread across the top of the page and draw readers in. I changed the blue theme colour to a pale blue so it wouldn't take any attention away from the neon pink titles. I made the box at the bottom smaller so it wouldn't take up unecessary space, and then i added a handwritten title in bright pink to give the magazine a modern and contemporary feel, and contrast to the uniform style font of the title.









Firstly I wrote out the signature of my cover star on paper and scanned it in to the computer, and opened it on photoshop. The picture of the signature had to have a background so i opened it on top of my cover photo. I then used the magic wand tool to select just the writing and delete the white background, to leave just the text on the picture.The colour of the text was a bit dull so i changed this by increasing the saturation until it became a bright pink colour to match my colour scheme. Although the text was fluorescent pink i didn't think it stood out enough, so i added an effect to the image of the signature by clicking on 'blending options' and increasing the outer glow, so the text had a black outline but still had a sketchy look. Using the outer glow tool left a few black dots around the text so i used the eraser tool to get rid of these dots, making the text look smoother. I then decided to slant the text using free transform to make it look more like a hand written signature, and decided to put the 'x' at the bottom, on top of the 'i' in Louise, and i did this by drawing round the x, and choosing 'layer via cut' to seperate it from the rest of the text, and then moving just the x.


















I started off my contens page with the same blue colour scheme as my original front cover, with overlapping photos and a text box at the bottom right. However, from doing research i realised that any important text would not benefit from being in the bottom right section as this is the last place where the eye is drawn to.



I decided to place all my page numbers and description on the far left of the page, as this makes the page look more organised and is easy and clear to read. I decided to put the editors note on the bottom right as this is important enough to be on the contents page, but not the most vital information there. I have decided to use 4 sample pictures on my contents page, and make them quite large and on the right of my page. The title of the magazine and the title of the page will be on the top left hand side, as this is important information, and this is the first place the eye is drawn to.





Because of changing my magazine front cover colour scheme, i had to change the contents page colours also from blue to pink. I have stuck with the page information down the left hand side (neat and clear), i still have the editors note on the bottom right, with a handwritten signature similar to the cover. I still have the title on the top left, and 4 large pictures towards the right hand side, slightly slanted to make the page look more informal and have a scrapbook effect.

This was the very first draft of my double page spread. It still has the blue colour scheme, and all the text is in lines down the right hand side. The title is the stars name in the same font as the cover, and the rest of the text is in dark black and blues.

The picture is the same as before and in the same position, but the colour scheme has changed from navy blue to bright pink. The title of the magazine is still on the top left hand side and is larger than before, to stand out more, and i have added the stars signature, similar to the cover, because i like this handwritten touch, and it keeps consistency throughout the magazine. Because her name is written in this signature format, i have taken away the title at the top of the page, and instead i have pushed up all the text, put it in 3 formal columns, and added a sub-heading in the middle of the text to break it up and add more colour to the small black text.