Editing

This is how the image looked after I had edited it using photo shop. However, when I thought about it I think it looked better after cropping the two people out at the right hand side as it gave off a more friendly welcoming effect to read the magazine.

 

This is my image that I used for my final front cover, I think by editing the brightness around his head has made a big impact as it gives off the a good effect and I think it makes the whole cover look a lot more interesting.

This is the image I used in my final double page spread. I think by editing this image, it had created a more positive attitude upon the double page spread and it gives the effect she is happier than she appears before the editing.

Images used/tried for Music Magazine

I felt this image was taken a little too closely and didn’t represent anything to do with music conventions.

This is the image I used for the first draft of my contents page, but when looking back at it I felt it resembled a fashion magazine rather than a music magazine.

I took this image in the hope to feature in my double page spread, however didn’t like the message it was sending as it doesn’t have anything to do with music conventions.

I played around with taking a few images of the same thing here, I wanted to get an image which resembled a girl band to interview in the double page spread, yet when going through the images I didn’t think this one right.

This is one of many others that I had taken when playing around taking photographs. I really like this one and think the laughter gives it something which none of the other images brought to the magazine. However when trying it out in the double page spread I didn’t feel it looked right and decided to crop this photo and use it within my contents page.

I really like this image for the front cover, however the lighting wasn’t right and I didn’t think it would look right appearing on the front cover.

This is the image I used for my final double page spread, I really like it because I feel there is a little bit of attitude but not enough to be confused with another genre.

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 This is the image I used for my final front cover, I really like it because I think the quality of the photo is really good and the top he is wearing resembles quite a pop style.

I’m not too keen on this image because I feel it doesn’t give the impression of what my magazine is about. It gives off a little more attitude and doesn’t appear to be a pop styled magazine.

 This is the image I used for my drafts of the front cover. I really like this photo, however it appeared tricky to edit as it had been taken in awful quality. I realised I had wasted too many megapixels by not getting closer to the subject of the photo.

This is an image I have taken for my contents page. I wanted it to be featured when talking about new album releases.

First Draft of Double Page Spread

This is my first draft of my double page spread; I have used a pull quote for a heading as I thought this would attract the attention of the audience as they would be hooked and want to continue to read the interview. However I am not pleased with this as I feel I haven’t written enough of an interview for my magazine to be charged at £1.50. It looks a bit dull and the image of the girls in the bottom right hand corner doesn’t appear noticeable to me and so I feel the audience would just bypass it.

First Draft of Contents Page

This is the first draft of my contents page. After looking at it, I feel it gives the appearance to be more of a fashion magazine than a music magazine. I don’t like it much and don’t feel that it would appeal to both male and female genders.

Second Draft of Front Cover

After completing the first draft, I realised the target audience I had wanted it to be aimed at hadn’t been conveyed as well as I had wanted it to. So this is my second draft. However, when looking at this draft it doesn’t look as good as I want it to and feel it needs improving to give a more professional look to it.