Magazine Portfolio Evaluation

Magazine Portfolio Evaluation on Prezi

Double Page Spread: Final Product

This is the final product of my double page spread. As a whole I feel that I have managed to achieve an authentic looking feature that would attract readers to want to get to know more about my artist ‘Christina B’. I have put a lot of thought into the composition of the different aspects of the feature. The ‘Quick Fire Questions’ will attract my younger readers as they will feel that there is a fun side to my magazine. Overall I have tried my best to make my double page spread as authentic looking as possible in order to make it appeal to those interested in buying my magazine.

Contents Page: Final Product

Above is an image of my final contents page for my music magazine. It took me quite a while to come up with a suitable composition for all of the items I placed onto my page. Looking at the final piece, I feel that it shows how much effort I put in to the little details such as the shape underneath the word ‘Gossip’. I thought a lot about what each piece of text on the page would mean to a reader and how it would entice them to read on. Overall I am quite happy about my approach to creating a music magazine contents page.

Screening in Photoshop

Original Photograph

Screened once

Screened twice

By manipulating this photograph, I was able to create a brighter looking image. I felt that this was necessary as otherwise the image would not fit in the bright and catchy theme I had in practice for my magazine pages. Using a helpful tutorial on YouTube, I was able to lighten my photograph for my double page spread quickly and easily. It goes to show how Web 2.0 can have an impact on the progress of my media coursework!

See the difference?

Before

This was the original photograph. I thought I could manipulate it to make it look more appealing in terms of brightness and contrast

                                                               After

          

This is the photo after going through many different stages in Photoshop. I made sure that I did not over edit the picture so that it would stay looking natural (which is the whole point of the pose on the grass). As you can see I have removed some lines from the cheeks and neck area with a mixture of the 'magic wand tool' and the 'healing brush tool' to give me a smoother and clearer surface. I also played around with the brightness and contrast of the image.

                                                           

 

By adding the pink border and low opacity pink box behind the text of the ‘Quick Fire Questions’, I felt that it made the text stand out. This would draw the attention of the reader to this part of the article. The reason I felt that this was necessary was because this is the fun part of the magazine. It is there to prevent the reader from dismissing the page if they thought it looked uninteresting

Initially, I thought that my masthead would stand out on its own. However, after several editing sessions, I felt that it needed something to make it look different to an ordinary article feature. By inserting a rotated copy of the title beneath the original with a decreased opacity and drop shadow, I felt that it added the effect of professionalism and creates an interesting perspective.

Front Cover: Final Product

This is the final product of my front cover. I am definitely pleased that I have been able to create a professional looking piece that resembles pop music today in my opinion. I thought a lot about the composition of each part of my page and put a great deal of effort into manipulating the main image. The text that I placed onto my page is clearly laid out in an ordered way. Any text that I placed at an angle was to emphasise to fun factor of my magazine and the image I used. I tried my best to make my magazine title looking authentic and fun, I think I succeeded in doing so as it is eye catching and clear to the eye.

Samples

This was the original font I intended to use for my title, however, i found that when editing on Photoshop, it was difficult to clean the edges of the text. The overall finish was rough looking and i though that this would go against the image I had for my magazine of clean cut and original.



This was the font I chose next as I thought it screamed pop music. However, upon placing the text onto my image it looked to me as if it was made for a children's magazine as opposed to a magazine targeted at teenagers. Once again, I had to look for an alternative.