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Production: Contents Page
Considering that their needed to be an ongoing theme throughout my front cover and contents page, I used the same text type 'Sketch Block' for the masthead on my contents page. I put 'January 2010' in bold, black sketch block font. This looked striking against the white background. As I wanted to keep a theme with the masthead on the front cover, I put a bold line underneath the text. However, I did not want it to appear too similar to the front cover so I put it in a ice blue. I decided that because the front cover had a colour scheme of black, white and red that the front cover would have a colour scheme of black, white and blue. Underneath the text, I put a line of writing in a 'decade' font which I found on dafont and wrote 'NEWgigs.NEWyear.NEW.' etc. I felt that this would look attractive and also contribute to the excitement that a new year brings, I also related all the words back to music to remind the readers that it is purely a music magazine.
I used a background of a photo of my black and white flower wallpaper, I felt that this looked classy and indie against the pictures I chose to use.
I used a background of a photo of my black and white flower wallpaper, I felt that this looked classy and indie against the pictures I chose to use.
It also went well with the colour of the font, which stood out against the shadowy background. Also, this linked back to the colour scheme of the front cover. For the photo's, I used the other shots that I took during the photo session for my front cover picture. I used the photo's of the 1940's girl with great style. I edited these photo's into a greyscale and shadowed them all to the same extent. I then put them on top of one another in a column so that the photo's resembled a polaroid shot. I liked the style of the photo's because they all were different poses but all related back to the front cover and the classy, indie jazz that the model connoted. The background did look good, however the writing didn't show up as well as I wanted to so I changed the background to a plain tourquoise one which I felt went nicely with the blue writing.
I then created a text box and split the columns into different sections such as 'GIGS' or 'NEW MUSIC' using the 'sketch block' font and the 'nicely written' font. I felt that this would connote the sense that the magazine is soley about music, it shows that it is not a celebrity, gossip obsessed magazine.
I then created a text box and split the columns into different sections such as 'GIGS' or 'NEW MUSIC' using the 'sketch block' font and the 'nicely written' font. I felt that this would connote the sense that the magazine is soley about music, it shows that it is not a celebrity, gossip obsessed magazine.
Once I created my first contents page, I posted it on facebook to get some feedback.
The feedback that I got showed me that I need to change the colour scheme because many friends commented saying that they didn't like the tourquise in the background. Therefore,
I decided to review the colour scheme and make the background white to create a more professional, clean cut feel to the page. However, my audience did say that they liked the photos and the way which they were taken and edited. Therefore, I kept the layout of my photo's the same.
Production: Double page spread
I began my double page spread today. I used a different style of fonts from my front cover and contents page but kept the same indie jazz vibe which I wanted to portray in my magazine. I used a 'brown bear' font which was curly and jazzy for the masthead and wrote 'The New Jazz Funk Feeling.' I put a burgandy, double strike line underneath the title because I felt it looked appealing and added a more proffesional feel to the page.
Throughout my magazine, their is a feeling of fresh starts and the ongoing feeling that 2010 is a new year and a new start. Therefore, I used the idea of new music to help connote a fresh feeling to the double page spread. It was also based around new Indie Jazz bands which were breaking the music scene. I used various pictures which I had used from photo shoots of my friends.
I created three imaginary bands; The Angry Mexicans, Fisherman's Weekly and Sophia Milnez. I used pictures of my teo friends Pete and Jordan, because they both look very grunge and have individual style. I used the layout tool to change the column style and had each interview written in a laid back, conversation style to appeal to the audience whom are laid back and probably slightly lazy. The substance of the interview was based around inspirational music, to make it show the genre of music clearly I wrote about classic jazz musicians, such as Frank Sinatra or Nina Simone. I then reffered to how the artists wanted to re-invent the jazz scene and make it more indie, which is what my magazine was trying to do. I felt this fitted in nicely with making the style of the magazine clear.
The layout of the interview was in paragraphs and to give a more intricate detail I put the first letter of every new paragraph in bold. I then took quotes from the interview and put them inbeetween some paragraphs. I put the quotes in a black, italic font and made the quotation marks bigger than the letters. This added to the magazine feel for the interview as many generic magazines use this style. I put the photo's next to the columns and aligned them to give a more proffesional feel then shadowd them using the 'adjustment' tools to fit in with the shady, indie style. I used a colour scheme of black, mustard yellow and burgandy red. I felt that this made the pages look warm and earthy, it also looked different because in the magazines that I researched they did not use these types of colours. I liked this because I felt that it gave a sense of individuality and added to the 'raw' vibe which I was going for.
Throughout my magazine, their is a feeling of fresh starts and the ongoing feeling that 2010 is a new year and a new start. Therefore, I used the idea of new music to help connote a fresh feeling to the double page spread. It was also based around new Indie Jazz bands which were breaking the music scene. I used various pictures which I had used from photo shoots of my friends.
I created three imaginary bands; The Angry Mexicans, Fisherman's Weekly and Sophia Milnez. I used pictures of my teo friends Pete and Jordan, because they both look very grunge and have individual style. I used the layout tool to change the column style and had each interview written in a laid back, conversation style to appeal to the audience whom are laid back and probably slightly lazy. The substance of the interview was based around inspirational music, to make it show the genre of music clearly I wrote about classic jazz musicians, such as Frank Sinatra or Nina Simone. I then reffered to how the artists wanted to re-invent the jazz scene and make it more indie, which is what my magazine was trying to do. I felt this fitted in nicely with making the style of the magazine clear.
The layout of the interview was in paragraphs and to give a more intricate detail I put the first letter of every new paragraph in bold. I then took quotes from the interview and put them inbeetween some paragraphs. I put the quotes in a black, italic font and made the quotation marks bigger than the letters. This added to the magazine feel for the interview as many generic magazines use this style. I put the photo's next to the columns and aligned them to give a more proffesional feel then shadowd them using the 'adjustment' tools to fit in with the shady, indie style. I used a colour scheme of black, mustard yellow and burgandy red. I felt that this made the pages look warm and earthy, it also looked different because in the magazines that I researched they did not use these types of colours. I liked this because I felt that it gave a sense of individuality and added to the 'raw' vibe which I was going for.
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