Completed Magazine

Production Process

To show my production process of making my magazine I have put together a PowerPoint of all the different stages of my production. 

Production Process from maddieefaye

How I used Adobe Fireworks

Completed plan

 Now I have completed my project I have uploaded my finished plan. I have stuck to this plan as it has helped to me stay on track with things and make me complete the project on time and not get behind. I am glad that I made a plan because I have seen a difference in this task to the preliminary task. I have been more on time and been able to manage my time more effectively doing tasks together to save time
or being able to spend more time on certain things.

Here is my completed plan.

Double Page Spread

The process of making my double page spread

I started off making it on two separate files which didn't really allow to me to experience the full potential of my double page spread. So I doubled the page width which allowed me to work with it together. I have carried my colour scheme through but adding the colour grey as the background colour. I have also done this on my contents page.

 I had a chosen this picture to use at the top of my double page, spread across the entire page, this would be like a heading picture. I could then add text on top of the image. I like this picture because I think it suits the genre of my magazine because it is quite urban. The mise-en-scene of the graffiti adds to the effect of the image. I then started to construct my double page spread. 

Once I had finished this first draft I thought there wasn't much more I could do to edit/enhance my spread. Although I did sit down with a focus group to discuss my first draft. The feedback I received was that..

* There was too little text, it didn't look like it went into enough detail for the main article in the magazine. 

*Also, that once the spread is printed the text and picture would fall straight into the fold of the pages. 

This had completely not occurred to me and it was such an obvious part in my spread. I needed to change this immediately because my interview would of been non-readable. But the thing I found the hardest was the picture, my model falls straight in the fold of the page too. I tried different positions of the image but it didn't look right anywhere but central. I decided to replica my model like a fade in the tunnel. I used PhotoShop to edit this image and I think I like the the editing. 

This is my second draft of my double page spread. I have incorporated the line where the fold/middle would be and this has made it clear to me. I have listened to the feedback from my focus group (to include more text) I have added in two more columns of text which i agree does look better. The two kind of shadow effects of my model look effective because it think it keeps a sense of symmetry in my spread. I am happy with my spread but am going to have another focus group to see if there is anything further for me to change. 

Front Cover

In the process of making my front cover for my music magazine I created a draft. This would give me an idea of the codes and conventions I would like to use in my magazine. But now I have conducted my final photo shoot I have began to create one of my final drafts for my magazine. 

As you can see this is my draft looking back now I think it looks very amateur. The background is too plain and that was something I did really want to change for my final 

cover.  Although I do like the text so I want to keep and that similar in my real cover. I don't think the picture I have used in the bottom corner is very conventional when it comes to R&B magazines. I think the masthead stands out and catches the readers attention.