LO3: Creating production materials

Double page spread:

Contents page:

Photo for the contents page:

Firstly I opened my image up in photo shop.

I then duplicated the layer

Then I set the brush for what I would think would be good for the picture.

I drew a path around Lewis.

I then applied a stroke path.

It then applied the outline.

The outline didn't look good so I removed it.

I decided to make the image darker as it was a bit washed out, so I used the curves tool to darken it a  bit.

I used the rectangle tool and the text tool to add a contents list.

I carried on doing this to create an entire list:

Front page

I created two custom shape graphics and made one black and one white and put the black one in the white one.

I then used the rubber tool to sharpen the edges:

For another front page graphic, I took a circle and a rectangle and I applied a warp to the rectangle.

I then adjusted this so it bent around the circle correctly.

I then added text and bent that to fit the circle.

For one of the cover lines I used the rectangle tool to draw rectangles:

I then added text to link to an article in the magazine:

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I thought the outline work on the contents page picture as it made Lewis stand out more on the photo which I think would have worked well because Lewis would be seen as important and would be what the reader would want to focus on rather than the background, sadly this did not look  good as it just did not work with the photo so I removed it. I also made it look darker so Lewis didn't look as washed out and it suits this gene as photos in other magazines surrounding similar genres, such as Kerrang, they use dark photos as this suits the genre because the rock genre is very dark. I used the rectangle tool to order the contents page to make it easier for the reader to use the contents page and to use sections to put the different pages in these sections to further make it even more organised. I used the spiky star like graphic to represent the ticket giveaway, as this is represented as special and is eye catching, which is a way the ticket give away should be represented as special because that will be seen as also it being eye-catching as it could persuade the consumer to buy the magazine. Both cover lines are designed to stand out and the second cover line about Amy follows conventions of a magazine as this cover line is similar to other cover lines used on magazines. This type of coverline is popular as it makes the text more bold and stands out more making the reader more likely to read it meaning it's more likely to be advertised. The first cover line about Billy I think it is good because it really stands out amongst the front page as it has the words exclusive twice on it which is a word that is likely to catch the readers attention, the banner going around the circle give room to talk about Billy Knight.