Today I assessed my work so far and decided with my tutor that I need to take photos. My idea to use the photography studio has currently back fired and I am in the process of discovering an alternative location to take the photos.
in the mean time I have created the basics of the final version of my Front cover, My contents page and my Double page spread.
I used the style from the mock-up of my contents page to create the house theme for my final drafts.
CONTENTS PAGE
I opened my mock-up contents page and copied the mast-head layer onto a blank document. I decided that I know longer liked the “N” in the masthead, and so I changed it back to a bank gothic style N.
I then copied the “contents page” sub heading layer, duplicated the masthead layer style and pasted it to the sub heading of “contents page”.
I made a text box consisting or stars to try to separate the masthead from the subtitle. I then added pasted the other heading’s layer style onto the “*” text box and changed the main colour to a red. I decided I needed to add a new colour as the green was getting very over powering. I duplicated the “*” layer and put the copy under the subtitle.
Next I created a text box of plain black Gothic Bank font, because I am using Gothic Bank as the house font. I but some green border lines partly around where I won’t the text to go. I then created pink squares and rectangles to place in the spots where my pictures will eventually go.
FRONT COVER
I then started to create my front cover. I duplicated the mast head onto a blank document. I then created a red rectangle to go above the Masthead of the magazine. I created some text in the house green and gave it a white drop shadow effect.
I then created another house red rectangle to put beneath my mast-head. I created more text that included the date and the issue number of the magazine. I duplicated the layer style of the text at the top and pasted onto the text under the mast head.
I created a subheading next. This will be the heading that goes with my main image. I pasted the layer style on both pieces of text and decided that I didn’t want the white outer glow as on the Masthead as it makes the Masthead seem less important.
I then created another red shape to add at the bottom of where my final image will go. I but in some pink squares for future images and created a black bank gothic text with a white outer glow.
I then created a black bank gothic £2.99 text box and rotated it. I added the bar code image I got from Google, this is the same bar code I used in my preliminary task.
After I done this I looked at the style of my contents page and decided that the mast head looked very plain compared to the mast head on my new front cover. I then changed the contents page to match the front cover more by creating more red shapes.
DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
I created my double page spread on Adobe InDesign. I created text in bank gothic font, using the name of the subjects who will be the main people in my Front cover and double page spread images. I then chose a colour for each of their names. I also created a border around the space i will use for the article and coloured it in my house red.
Next I created some text’s of stars and coloured them in the reverse colours of there names. I then created some sub text in american type writer font, and chose a complimentary colour. I added the name of the magazine, the article and the page number around the edge of the article and put them in the house colours and styles.
I then added boxes and text to show the intended layout of the Double page spread. I created boxes with the word “TEXT” in to show where text will be put and “IMAGE’ to show where I intend to put images.
