Editing Process

This is the editing process of one of the photos I used for my double page spread.
 

   

 

I used the magnetic lasso tool to cut around both the girls and cut them out of the background. I then cut and pasted them into my double page spread.

 

 

 

 

Then I used the eraser tool in size 100, and the one that fades to go around the girls and make the cut look better. I then placed them to the side of the page like shown in the picture above.



Double Page, Interview

From the ideas I got from More magazine, I created my interview which will be in my music magazine. This interview will be for the girl group on the front cover 'Bloom'...

The layout of how I wrote it out won't be how it will actually be, because obviously I will have pictures and stuff, but this is what questions I will be having, and the answers that the girl band will be giving.

Double Page Spread Ideas

To help me write out what I want on my double page spread I looked at some old More magazines, where Alan Carr does a question and answer interview with different celebrities. For my music magazine I will be doing this style of interview so looking at these gave me a few good ideas.

I decided that I like how they have some parts of the interview as larger like titles, and having a brief introduction to the interview. For my magazine I will do something similar to this.

I also liked the idea to have some questions which the readers have sent in, which will hopefully make my target audience feel more involved in what goes into the magazine. 

Contents Page Pictures...

These photos were taken for the contents page of my music magazine. I tried to get a picture of Chusdey actually singing, but they didn't come out very well so I decided just to have one of her smiling.

 

    

Audience Profile

age: 13 - 17 years.
gender: girls.
music tastes: pop music, charts music and popular artists.
other interests: fashion and celebrity gossip.
disposable income: my age group would still be in either school or college and its unlikely that they will have a job so their disposable income would be quite a small amount.
education level: the magazine would be informal to suit the way young people speak.

To target this audience I will use the gratifications made in 1987 by Dennis McQuail as well as the gratifications made in 1974 by Blumer and Katz.

Escaping, or being diverted from problems.
My magazine will give my audience the chance to get away from their problems and read something that they will find interesting, therefore distracting them from their own lives.

Surveillance, or gaining information.
This is probably the main thing my magazine will offer my target audience. My magazine will include information about particular events going on around the UK and around the world in music as well as giving advice and opinions. My magazine will satisfy the readers curiosity and general interest in music as well as helping them to gain a sense of security through knowledge.

First Draft: Contents Page

Here is my contents page so far for my music magazine. I still need to get images for this page so havent got any on there at the moment. But this will be the layout of the page...

Instead of having what every single page in the magazine has on it I will have 'on this months cover' shown below and on the other side to that I will have 'the best of the rest' showing other parts of the magazine which the readers may find interesting.

In the blank space at the top there will be the 'message from the editor'.

First Draft: Front Cover

This is my first draft for my front cover of my music magazine. I used one picture as the main image and then put the other stories around it. I made it so that the girls heads went over the title of the magazine, which would show that the magazine is well known enough not to see the whole title as well as so that the girls heads weren't covered over.

 

 

 

I used lots of different colours for the test surrounding the main image, this was because it is a pop magazine, and these types of magazines tend to be bright and colourful. I tried to use some different style of fonts as well, although I didnt use too many so that it didnt look too messy and childish. 

 

 From doing this I have now got a better idea of how to actually use photoshop and I think I have already improved a lot from my preliminary task where I hardly used any tools. On this I made sure I tried them all and I now have learnt what effects I like and dislike and it is becoming a lot easier to use.

 

 

 

 

 

Bauer Publishing vs. IPC Media

To publish my music magazine I have chosen to go to 'Bauer Publishing'. I chose them because they are a worldwide publishing empire comprising 238 magazines in 15 countries.

Bauer is also the largest consumer magazine publishing company in the UK, so obviously must be good. Looking at both companies websites Bauer seems to publish more music based magazines than IPC media, and since I am making a music based magazine I thought Bauer would be a better choice. Bauer also seem to have more bigger name magazine so I thought that their publishing services would help to make my magazine more well known as the others that they publish like, 'Empire', 'Kerrang' and 'Q'. 

From looking at these publishing businesses I have learnt more about the industry and it has given me a better understanding of magazines and who they are published by.

Kerrang Double Page Spread

As a group we looked at a double page spread out of the magazine 'Kerrang!'. We looked at the composition of the page, as well as the images and the text and how it all fitted into the house style of the magazine. By doing this it helped us get a better idea of how to set out our double page spread, and what sort of things we need to do in order to attract our audiences attention.

Photos I won't use...

These are the photos I will not be using:

 

I will not be using this image because i have cut of Katie's head and also I think the sun has created lots of shadows making it look a lot darker and its harder to see their faces.

I don't want to use these two either, I don't really like the angles of how I took them nor do i think the girls poses look very natural or comfortable.

Photos I will use...

These will be the images that I use in my magazine:

 

I  will use this one for the main image of the front cover. I will use it because it is kind of already set up in a way that I could have the title of the magazine at the top and the stories around the girls on the dark background which is a plainer background than other images which I took, like the ones with the green brick wall. I think this image has good eye contact with the audience as well so would be good for the front page.

 



These images will all be used on my double page spread.

I will use the magnetic lasso tool on the two top pictures to get the background completley out of the image. I will do this because I want them to look the same and fit into the page better, and I think taking out the background will help.
With the bottom image I will either keep the background or take it away like with the other two depending on how much space the interview takes up.

 

 

 

 



Photoshoot Pictures

These are the images I took of the 'new girl band' who will be called 'Bloom'. They will be on the front cover of the magazine as well as the double page spread. There were over 40 photos taken but these were the better ones..

Music Magazine Design

These are the designs for my front cover, contents page and double page spread for my pop music magazine. The ideas I have come up with for the front cover have been inspired by other magazines such as 'Billboard', 'Vibe' and 'Nylon'. For example, the way it only has one main image in the middle, and then all the text around it. 

For the contents page and double spread I have looked at other magazines such as 'Heat' and 'More' for ideas, even though these aren't music magazines, I just looked at them for the layout of the contents page and things. For example, instead of stating what is on ever single page, i have done 'on this months cover' which will have a brief description under the heading, and then a 'the best of the rest' bit where there will be other main things that will be featured throughout the magazine. I decided this, as it is a monthly magazine, it will be quite big and so it will be too much text if I wrote whats on each page.