First Year Media Studies: 2016

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Making My Front Cover

1) First I removed the background from my main image using the eraser and magic wand tool.

2) I added the skyline and footer.

3) I then added the masthead, issue date, issue number, barcode and price.

4) I then added the main feature story and pull quote from it.

5) I then added the feature stories.

6) I then added the plug for my magazine.

MY FRONT COVER

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Experimenting With Colour

I started off creating my front colour in the same purple used in my google mock-ups. However I feel like it did not fit my genre. Therefore, I have tried having my main colour being pink, purple and black.

PINK

PURPLE

BLACK

I believe that black looks the most professional and is most fitting to my genre.

Monday, 5 December 2016

Google Mock-up Ideas

In preparation for making my own product, I did a mock-up of my ideas using images from Google.

FRONT COVER

I moved the plug because I felt like it looked better at the bottom of the page.

CONTENTS PAGE

This wasn't on my digital draft, but I decided to add a caption to my main image so that the reader knows where to find the main feature story.

DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD

In my digital drafts for my DPS, I have put that I wanted to include secondary images down the side. However, when I was making my mock-ups they made the page look to squashed and crowded. Therefore this is something I am not sure if I am going to use now. When I make my own DPS, I will see what it looks like both with and without secondary images and see which one looks best.

Friday, 25 November 2016

Colour Scheme, Name and Feature Story Ideas

I chose the name 'Ambience' for my magazine because it is a music related word. Furthermore, ambience is usually described as 'background sound' however is still really important to the making of something, just like how a lot of the artists featured in my magazine will be 'in the background' because they're not that well known yet, however they still play a very important role in the music industry.