Screen Grabs of Music Magazine

As the starting point for my front cover, I added in my front cover image. This took longer than expected due to my initial photos not being quite right for one reason or another.

The next part I added was small details like the barcode as it allowed me to begin to gauge how much space I would have for the cover lines on my cover.

I then decided to add my masthead which took time to adapt as the font I had originally chosen didn’t suit the genre of my magazine. Also I added an outer layer to my masthead which linked to my colour scheme as I added a blue around the text.

I then added another small detail to my work by placing the price, date and issue number on top of my barcode. Originally I had them more spread out across the page as well as the font being way too big. I was advised to make them much smaller and placed just above the barcode.

Next, I needed to add in my positioning statement. This took longer than expected as my original ideas didn’t seem realistic or fit with the genre of my magazine. Eventually I got to one that was good enough. Originally I had the statement spread straight across the top of the page, however I was informed to make it smaller and have it just above part of my masthead.

Afterwards, it was necessary to then add my cover lines, so I added my main cover line to judge how much space I would have around my main image for my other cover lines.

I needed to add cover lines as it was one of the last parts of my magazine that was needed.

I needed to add cover lines as it was one of the last parts of my magazine that was needed.

I needed to add cover lines as it was one of the last parts of my magazine that was needed.

I needed to add cover lines as it was one of the last parts of my magazine that was needed.

I needed to add cover lines as it was one of the last parts of my magazine that was needed.

As a final addition to my magazine, I added a banner to the bottom of my front cover as it is a common code and convention of music magazines.

As the final touches to my magazine I added the text necessary for my banner which is adding names of popular bands from the indie genre.

To start off my contents page I placed in the title of the page so I could judge how much space I would have for my text and images for the rest of the page.

Next I added in the guides of my columns for the page to see how much space I would have on the page. Then I began to add in my page numbers as a baseline for where my articles would go.

After I removed the title of the page as I wasn’t sure on the font, but I did carry on with adding in my page numbers for my articles.

I then decided to add in my first image so I could see how much space it would take up, so my articles would fit on.

Next, I added my first article headline to my image so I knew which article I didn’t have to put into the columns and I also made the text white as the blue was difficult to see.

I then added my first column of text for my regular content. Although this did take a lot of adjustments as the text didn’t always fit properly.

Next I added my first part of my feature content, this also took some adjusting as I had to ensure I had space for the rest of my images.

Then I added the last of my article headlines for my feature content which I was able to fit on the page while still retaining space to add my last two images.

After adding in my main text, I needed to add the other extremities that are essential for a contents page e.g. adding in titles for the parts of my magazine e.g. features, for my feature content.

I then added my next image with the article to match using left over space, however I did have to ensure that I had space for my title of the page.

Next I added in my last image with the article headline which I kept the same size as the image next to it so I can fit my title on. Also I added the title for my regular content while still leaving space to add my masthead, date and issue number.

As one of my finishing touches for my contents page, I added my masthead, issue number and the date as that is indicative of a magazine contents page.

To finish my contents page, I put the original title I had as I couldn’t find one that I preferred but I did have to resize it as it needed to be bigger on the page than what I had previously.

To start off my double page spread I added my chosen image to take up one page.

Next I added in my title for the double page spread which I had used a quote from my article for. The font took a while to decide on but this seemed more suited to the indie genre than the others I was thinking about using.

I then added my introduction paragraph just below the title of my double page spread, this also showed how much space I would have for my article.

For this part of my double page spread, I added in my pre-written article, however I had wrote too much which is why I needed an extra page.

Since I needed an extra page, I needed to get another image so I found where I saved the ones I had taken and luckily found one that seemed good enough. However this time I put the picture landscape across the top of the page so the article could carry on underneath it.

To finish the extra page for my double page spread, I added the rest of my article which fit onto the space that was left but I did have to make the text slightly smaller.