Final magazine.

Weekly target.

As the coursework deadline is this friday this week i need to be making the finishing touches to all my pages, the cover, the contents page and double spread to get the better higher grade. As all my ideas have been made i just need to make sure everything is how i want it to be and the ideas all work together to make a magazine, last minuet touches to my work will be needed.

Singe article page progress.

I decided to create a single page of my magazine because i wanted to show the whole article i had written which with my layout i wanted on my double page spread it couldn't show this. As inspired my clash magazine and my research i did into their double page spread and articles i decided to place an image of the lead singer of my band that this part of the interview is interviewing in the center of the page, big to help attract the readers with this main center image.

I then i have to place the text of my article on the page which i decided from my research into single page articles would look professional if the text was organised around the main center image with a white border left round the edge of the article to look neat and sophisticated.

Finally i had to add a page number which like on the double page spread i placed in the middle on the right hand side of the page in the border i left around the article text. I placed it there to connected this page with the other pages i have designed in this magazine.

Cover page ideas.

I have been very inspired by the clash magazine covers, all issues are very similar and keep their style the same through every magazine. The fonts do vary in the issue by all are very similar, the mast header 'CLASH' is always the same font but the magazine issue title and text on the magazine fonts are all very similar and big they fill the rest of the page that the image isn't filling.

For my cover page looking at clashes magazine cover pages i want mine to look similar. I like their big, bold and type writer fonts they use, also the layout of the text on the page i want to copy even the placing and positioning of the car code i wish to copy. Although i plan to copy this style and layout of the clash magazine i also want to be able to put my own mark on my magazine cover design, make it more my own but influenced by this magazines style and layout design.

Contents page progress.

I played around with the white border and black background and the white lines used to under line the headings on the contents page. the positioning of them i kept altering to suit the page and look more professional and organized.

I then added the headers to the page, which i used my own fonts and sizes that i use on the cover page as well to look like its from the same magazine as an alternate to how clash had done their contents page with their chosen fonts. I added a issue date to this magazine above the header and made sure all positioning of the text and under linings fitted together neatly.

Then i added all my text on the pages, i used the same layout as clash did in showing the page numbers and whats on each page but i added my own different page numbers and topics on those pages to match my magazine issue. The clash magazines always give a brief on their main cover story so i did the same about The Saints to give a taste of whats going to be on that page in their interview. I wanted to use the same type of text that clash use that old typewriter look as it looks really retro and cool.

Then finally to add my own touch and design for my magazine i placed my magazine title in the top right hand side in black and in the middle right hand side placed a page number which clash don't use for the contents page but i think it makes mine look more realistic having a page number.

Ideas of fonts.

Clash magazine use capital letters for text on both the contents page and cover page, i have copied this idea. I wanted my text to be typewriter but i also wanted it in capital letters that make text more bold and powerful on a page, so i want to use the font Alien League. But i shall only use this font for the contents page and cover page the double page spread however like clash they use a different font for their article text, which i have decided to use Courier New for my article font and it still looks like typewriting.  

My comments on other students blogs.

Draft Magazine Student Comments (Coursework)

Weekly target.

This week i need to plan ideas for my photo shoot for my draft, play around with ideas and insertional photographers photos and modelling then do my photo shoot which i will need to place all images taken on flickr and begin editing and playing around with black and white, brightness levels and colour to improve my photos quality. Then place images onto my draft to complete my draft design to hand in for the end of this week.

Weekly target.

My target for this week is to create my band profile from my research i have found, then start drafting ideas for magazine designs and layouts complete all mock up designs on paper and designing a pretend photo shop version with pretend images and text found online, just to start playing around and showing potential ideas. Possible design and survey to help with research for my magazines tarts direct from the audience of my magazine and respond to any comments on my blog from teachers or other students also comment back on their blogs to help them with improvements. I need to start writing and finishing my article draft with inspiration from magazines like clash and ID, their article language and style. I even need to start preparing and researching for my first photo shoot for my magazine draft.

Fashion.

I have decided that i want fashion to be appearing in my magazine, although it is a music magazine it also advertises fashion along with adverts throughout the magazine. These are examples of the type of indie/alternative fashion that will be shown in my magazine and the brands that would appear at zara, american appeal, topshop, top man, well gosh, clarks, hot mess, river island.