Production Diary 22 - Changing evaluation to magazine style format

24th February 2014

Since I had written my evaluations in draft form before, I made slight changes where necessary and then made them into a more interesting format rather than just text. I had transformed my evaluation answers into a magazine style format. I used the template of my magazine a sort of guideline to create this magazine style evaluation. I put all the evaluation questions on the front cover as sell lines and used an outdoor image of my model to make a full bleed image for the cover. 

I put the questions at the top of each page with a teal coloured background box and the question on white. I added in several images onto each of the pages including images of my magazine, props and logos such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Photoshop and Prezi. I applied text wrap to the images so that it looked like a real magazine. I also added in page numbers to make it more like a magazine.

Production Diary 21 - Improving double page spread with extra information

11th February 2014

This week I made a lot of changes to my magazine after I had received feedback from my teacher.

I made various changes throughout my magazine. I added in hashtag tweets at the bottom of the page. I also added in a box which says ‘Interview with…’ at the top left corner of the double page spreads.

Front cover: I made some changes to the positioning of the sell lines as I made the plug go under the sell line that was below it before. This is because I found that it enhances the boldness of both of these sell lines. I also used the idea from an existing magazine to create this.

Double page spread 3: I extended my article by adding an extra double page spread so that it is more spaced out. I also added in a bit more text to fill up some extra space on the second double page spread. I made loads of changes to this double page spread after I got feedback from my teacher. I used an existing magazine and borrowed ideas from it to recreate mine.

Firstly I made the image only half way up the page. Then I changed the pull quote by adding a white background box to it and positioning it on the left side of the image. Afterwards, I added in the tour dates box on the left page as well. Overall I made the double page spread have a more interesting layout that I did before.

Contents page: I also changed the border of the images on the contents page so that it is rounded. I also made the caption in a box in the corner of the image. I then changed the artist index so that it is in two columns.



 

 

After feedback:

 

Magazine Penultimate Version

Production Diary 20 - Making changes to magazine

4th February 2014

This week I made several changes to my magazine. FirstIy, I took photos outside for the double page spread and contents page. I chose a couple of images for the double page spread as a background and for smaller images on the page. I also chose one image for the contents page. I edited some of the photos, changing the brightness and contrast on Photoshop before putting it in InDesign. I also added in captions for the images in my magazine.