Front Cover

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

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These are 2 songs which fit perfectly into the category of my media product. "The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored", "Oasis - Slide Away" and "The Wombats - Techno Fan" are prime examples of Indie songs, and they are both involved in my media creation, with Oasis being the whole inspiration towards creating the Double Page Spread article.


This is Adam, he is a prime example of somebody from my target audience. He dresses in an Indie way and listens to stereotypical Indie music. His favourite band are The Wombats who are mentioned in my magazine.

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Developed Print Screens

With the front cover, the main tool i used was the text tool, as the whole front cover is dominated by text, due to the coverlines and the main cover line which is used to attract the audience. I also had to use the create a shape tool, to create the red oblong banner at the bottom of the page, and also the oval black shape in the top right hand of the page, plus it was also used to create the red box surrounding the masthead. The picture tool was also used for the picture on the front cover, which meant the resizing tool was used to make sure it was perfect.

With the contents page, the main tools used where: The create a text box tool, because three quarters of the page is made up of text, also the create a picture box tool, which is vital on a contents page, plus the shape tool, because i needed to add a banner at the top of the page which surrounded the masthead and the words "CONTENTS PAGE" plus the one big black box at the bottom of the page with the red writing, which was full of extra information about the magazine.

With the Double Page Spread, I had to use many different tools(unlike the contents page). I had to use the drop capital tool, for the big "N" at the start of the article. I also had to use the drop quote tool, for the large quote used to catch the eye of the reader. I also had to use the line spacing tool, and the line indentation tool, so it looked realistic, and looked like a professional media product. I had to use the text tool, to create the title for the article, and to write the whole article. Finally i had to use the picture tool to bring in my picture for the article, which symbolises Oasis.

Print Screen of front cover, developed

With this developed print screen, there has been a few changes to try and move it up a mark. Firstly, I decided to change the large central image, which dominates the whole of the front cover. The old image, was too dark and slightly out of focus, and in order to have a successful front cover, this needed to be changed. I changed it to quite a similar image with the same mise-en-scene as the first image, and the same person who is in the image. The main difference is the focus and crispness of the image which was vital for the front cover.

Secondly, I added a small puff, to catch the reader's eye, and act as an influence for them to buy the magazine aswell as the coverlines. 'Win a FREE electric guitar in this issue' would attract the readers as it is for free, and a chance to win a good prize.

Print Screen from Developed Double Page Spread

For the double page spread I used Quark once again. Quark was good for the structure and layout, because it gave me the guidlines to do the separate columns, the picture and the masthead with the standfirst paragraph. This was very simple to use, with the text box being the most important tool for me as the whole article is predominantly made up of text. As i used Quark for the contents page, by the time it came to the double page spread, it was pretty easy to construct, with organising the drop capital being the most complicated thing to do.

Print Screen from Developed Contents Page

For the contents page I used quark, which was effective in giving me the structure and layout for the contents page. The most commonly used tools for me, was the create a box, text box and picture box tools. This basically made up my whole contents page, with changing the colours as the only thing that I needed to modify. Quark was complicated at the start to use, but the further you got with it, the easier it became to understand and use.

Print Screen for Developed Front Cover

With this front cover I used photoshop. Photoshop was helpful to use because it allowed me to create whatever I wanted and have my magazine however I wanted it. I used the text tool mostly, because there are a lot of coverlines on the front cover, so this was important for me to use. Also I used the create a box tool which was the surrounding bar at the bottom for the text 'FREE!! Soundtrack to Kevin Sampson's Away Days!! & Competitions'. Photoshop was difficult to use at the beginning in the preliminary task, but once you get used to it, it was quite simple to use.