My College magazine practise

My Final Magazine - Front Cover

The last and main part of my magazine that I did was to create the front cover. I started by taking the pictures for it. I took a middle shot photo for this, so I would be able to get a clear shot of the girls. I used Photoshop to create this cover. I started by changing the colour of the eyes to get rid of red eye, I also added colour to the eyes like blue to make the eyes stand out and attract people. Another thing I did on Photoshop was that I added colours around the eye area to givwe the impression of more make-up.

After changing the colour of the photo I then cut it out and moved it on to a red background. I chose a red back ground because I wanted it to contrast with the dark clothing of the girls and also to represent the girls as being firey and hot. Next I added to magazine name and headlines, I chose bright colours to create a happy atmosphere and grab attention. Lastly I added a price and a bar code to make the magazine look realistic.

Overall I am happy with my front cover as I have never used Photoshop before. I feel I have achieved and created the right image for my magazine that I wanted to create, and I think the bright colours I have used will attract readers to buy my magazine and therefore make it successful. :-D

My Final Magazine - Contents Page

For the last couple of weeks I have been working on my final magazine. One of the main tasks was to create a Contents page. I started the development of my contents page by following the plans I had made to take photos. The first photo I took was of the editor, I wanted her to look older and like a editor so I got her to wear glasses. This photo had quite a lot of reflection on the glasses and in the eyes, so I used Photoshop to darken these areas. While I was doing this I also darken the areas on her top to get rid of any pink, so it gives the impression she is wearing something different.

The next photo I took was of the band 'The Sisters', this was a fictional girl band that I made up. This photo had a little bit of red eye in it so I used Photoshop to get rid of this. I also wanted to change the colour of one of the girls tops from white to black so again I used Photoshop to do this. I decided to keep the background the same as I wanted the pink background to create a girly atmosphere.

The last photo I took was for the main story headline and this was the picture of the girl band. I didn't have to change this picture much apart from using Photoshop to get rid of the red eye. I kept the same background so it would match the advert, I also wanted to create a urban look.

On the contents page I put the name of the magazine, this was one way of reinforcing the magazines name. I also put the issue date of the magazine to make it look realistic. I tried to make my contents page look girly so I used lots of colour to help to this, like the pink background. I put the main stories in bold writing to make them stand out and I also put the page numbers on the pictures, so readers will be able to find the stories easily and quickly. The last thing I did was I added a editor chat section. I wanted to create a friendly, chatty atmoshpere so I used approprate worlds to connect with my audience.

My Final Magazine - Article (double page spread)

I have spent the last few weeks creating my magazine article or double page spread. After I had planned my article I started by taking the pictures for it. I got my ideas for my article pictures from pictures of the Pussy Cat Dolls that I saw in a magazine, these pictures were of the girls in their dressing room getting ready. I wanted my pictures to be both posey, girly and fun. I tried to copy their poses, like holding a hairdrier and a mirror. I decided to set the pictures in a bedroom as the bedroom was pink and very girly so created the right image very well. After taking the photos I needed to make some changes to them, so I did this on Photoshop. Both of the pictures had red eye, so I used photoshop to get rid of this. I also added a darkener to the girls eyes so to give the impression they are wearing lots of make-up.

When creating my article I used the plans I had made as a template. I simpley took out the pictures of the Pussy Cat Dolls and added my own pictures. When writing the text part of the article I used my article research to help me create this. The main article I used was the article on the boy band, I liked the layout and style of it. I created my article on Publisher, I did this because I find Publisher easy to use. I chose to use this programme as it is easy to create pictures and text together.

I wanted my article to have an overall girly look and feel to it, so I used pink and blue colours. The images I used were glamerous and girly, with a fun feel to it. I also wanted it to attract and influence young, teenage girls so I used cool words used by this age group, to help me conntect with the audience. In my article I tried to get across the idea of the girls being attract but yet clever and indepentant.

My final magazine - Advert

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on my final magazine. The first part of my magazine I worked on was the advert. I decided to do an advert that advertises the group I have made up, which is a girl group called 'Girl Band'. I got my idea of the design from a 'Pussy Cat Dolls' concert advert. The advert had a dark back ground and the girls were dressed in colourful clothes. I liked the idea of using dark backgrounds with lots of colour as it main the advert stick out and also made the main image look very striking. I thought this would strongly attract readers attention. The 'Pussy Cat Dolls' were also in a
posing position, which created the impression they had attitude. The posing position was something that I used in my advert as I wanted to create attitude and make people look. The picture above is the picture I used in my final advert.

I created my advert on Publisher, I chose to use this programme as it suited my advert and I felt very confortable using it. My advert is quite simple so I thought this would be the best thing to use. However, I did use Photoshop to edit and change my the picture. On Photoshop I got rid of the red eye and I added colour to the eyes to the impression they had lots of make up on. I also added colour to the eyes, like blue to make them bright and stand out.

I decided to use black at the top and the bottom of the page to create a dark attmosphere and make the main image stand out. At the top of the page I put the heading 'Girl Band' as this advertises the name of the band straight away. I did this writing in Pink/Red to give a girly impression. Next to this I put 'Live in London' as I wanted people to see straight away where the concert is going to be held. I did this writing in white to make it stand out. On the bottom I put the name of the tour, I chose to call it 'The GB Tour', this is like the 'Pussy Cat Dolls' tour name, which is 'PCD' which is short for the bands name. With this I put the date and a contact number to make the advert look professional. I didn't change the back ground of the picture because I wanted to create a kind of urban, city effect to represent the music which is R&B.