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My Final Music Magazine

 These are the final completed copies of my music magazine's front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Double Page Spread Screenshots

To start off I got an A3 template in landscape with a white layer background.

Next I added the first image for the double page spread on the left hand side, positioned how I wanted it.

Then I done the same thing on the right handside.

Next I used the shape tool and got 2 white rectangles and played them on both left and right handsides of the double page spread to put the content of the double page spread in. I also then set the opacticity to 70% so you can slightly see the pictures through them.

Then I used the text tool and added the title of the double page spread "Told By Marines" in "Britannic Bold and in a red colour.

Using the same red as the title I added both rectangular and circle shapes to put text in. Both "Tim Hyland in a Nut Shell" and a pull quote of some lyrics he wrote for the new album.

Next I added the text for both red shapes I just created in white and in the font "Book Antiqua".

Just like the front cover and contents page I added a black circle to be used as a backrground for the title of the magazine at the top left hand corner of the page.

Then I just added the title of the magazine "The Names" in the traditionally red "Brittanic Bold" font.

Then using the text tool I added content for the double page spread in to the white rectangle boxes in a black "Book Antiqua" font.

Lastly I just added page numbers in both bottom corners in a red "Book Antiqua" font using the text tool.

This is the final finished product of my Double Page Spread.

Contents Page Screenshots

To start off I use the same layout as my front cover with a plain white background of A4 size.

Then once again I used the tool shape and used a black rectangle to have as a border

Then I used the shape tool again and used a white rectangle leave a 2mm gap from the black rectangle so it is used as the border.

Using the shape tool once again I got a set of black rectangles and created this layout, I then set the opacity to about 70% so they look slightly grey and then merged the layers.

Like on the title page I used the shape tool to get the black circle to go behind the title of the magazine.

Then I added the title which was once again "Britannic Bold" in a red colour, to keep the running theme of the magazine.

Next I used the same font and colour putting "Inside This Week" to give the contents page a title. I also used the shape tool to get a black line to section of the name of the magazine and the title of the contents page as well.

Next I used the type tool and added a title for different articles of the title page in both "Britannic Bold" (left handside) and "Book Antiqua" (right handside) fonts in white.

Then I added a photograph for the main article, dragging it in from my documents.

Doing the same thing as the previous step I added a picture in the bottom hand corner for a competition for a clothing company.

Next using the type tool I added a description for the different articles in both "Britannic Bold" (right handside) and "Book Antiqua" (left handside).

Next I used the text tool once again and added page references for the different articles.

This is this finished contents page which "Book Antiqua" text over the Redwing Clothing competition.

Front Cover Screenshots

I started off with a plain white background on an A4 sized layer.

Then I added a black square about 2mm in from the 2mm bleed on the outside.

Next I layered the front cover image ontop and made sure I used the lock tool so the image wasn't stretched at all and now the black square is a border.

Every magazine has a barcode so I added one in the bottom left corner to make the magazine look as it would need a barcode to be sold in stores.

Here I added a circle shape layer which I coloured black as a little symbol to go behind the Masthead title of my magazine.

Next I used the text tool in Britannic Bold font with a red colouring and put the title of my magazine "The Names".

Lastly I put the main article in front of the front cover image in the same font and colour as my masthead.

Flat Plan

Here is the flat plan I made for an initial idea of my music magazine. I started off with this as my basis and expanded my ideas. The final product is going to look nothing like this because I have changed many things that I drew.

Main font for my music magazine.

I have now totally changed the direction I was originally taking for the use of font, orginally (in an earlier blog I said I was going to use a font where it was going to look fairly punk and rock and roll with distorted edges). I changed my mind and after looking at Neville Brody's work and looking at British film posters I have found a font that will fit in nicely with the idea and theme of my magazine. As my magazine is going to have a sense of traditional British cinema, from films like "If" or "Clockwork Orange". The final font I'm using is called "Britannic Bold", this is what the font looks like: