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Construc)on of magazine front cover: When first star+ng the construc+on for my magazine, I have created the mast head on DaFont. I opened it in Photo shop and now I am using the fill tool to change the colour of the text to suit my genre. Also, I’ve included a white out line and a drop shadow of black to make it stand out more, as these are 2 colours that my target audience said they expected to see in a music maga zine. I then added an image to my front cov er which showed the ar+st who will feature in my double page spread through a mid shot. Once I had the posi+oning of my main image and masthead, I added in the barcode, the issue number, the price of my magazine and a cover mount which runs across the boHom of the page.

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Construc)on  of  magazine  front  cover:  

When  first  star+ng  the  construc+on  for  my  magazine,  I  have  created  the  mast-­‐head  on  DaFont.  I  opened  it  in  Photo-­‐shop  and  now  I  am  using  the  fill  tool  to  change  the  colour  of  the  text  to  suit  my  genre.  Also,  I’ve  included  a  white  out-­‐line  and  a  drop  shadow  of  black  to  make  it  stand  out  more,  as  these  are  2  colours  that  my  target  audience  said  they  expected  to  see  in  a  music  maga-­‐zine.  

I  then  added  an  image  to  my  front  cov-­‐er  which  showed  the  ar+st  who  will  feature  in  my  double  page  spread  through  a  mid  shot.  

 

Once  I  had  the  posi+oning  of  my  main  image  and  masthead,  I  added  in  the  barcode,  the  issue  number,  the  price  of  my  magazine  and  a  cover  mount  which  runs  across  the  boHom  of  the  page.  

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The  first  cover  line  is  discussing  music  reviews,  which  is  what  the  target  audi-­‐ence  of  my  magazine  said  they  like  to  see  in  a  magazine  so  I  thought  this  would  be  a  good  thing  to  include  on  my  front  cover  so  that  it  is  more  likely  to  aHract  readers.  In  this  screenshot,  it  can  can  also  be  seen  that  I  have  decid-­‐ed  to  place  the  date  and  the  magazine’s  website  underneath  the  masthead.  I  changed  the  posi+oning  of  this  as  I  felt  that  it  was  too  crowded  in  the  boHom  right  hand  corner  of  the  page.  

The  main  cover  line  has  now  been  added  to  my  front  cover.  I  have  decided  to  change  the  posi+oning  of  the  main  cover  line,  so  it  would  not  cover  the  sub-­‐ject  of  my  image.  

 

Here  I  decided  to  include  a  list  of  ar+sts  that  are  going  to  be  in  my  magazine  to  aHract  the  target  audience,  as  they  are  likely  to  know  most  of  these  popular  ar+sts.  

 

As  there  was  some  empty  space  on  the  front  cover,  I  decided  to  add  in  a  puff  that  fits  in  with  the  genre  of  the  maga-­‐zine  and  in  a  style  that  fits  into  the  colour  scheme.