Unit 51 Page Layout and Design

Production Commentary

Design ProgrammesFor my design work I used Photoshop to create my front cover and double page spread for my magazine, for my word processing double page I used Microsoft word, I used both of these because they are simple and easy to use and when using Photoshop it had the tools I needed to make my front cover and double page look the way I wanted, in Photoshop I used the magic wand tool to cut around the horse so I could the m make the title of my magazine go behind the horses head rather then over it, I also used the text box and the shapes tool to add the writing on the page and the box at the top and also the lines underneath the cover lines.I used Microsoft word to write out what I was going to put into my double page spread so that I could edit it and change what I want.

FORMATSFor this project I have created a equine magazine, I have looked at other magazine which are similar to mine such as horse and hound and Equus, to help me get an idea of what I wanted my own magazine to look like. So I would defiantly say that my inspiration came more from horse and hound the Equus for both my front cover and my double page spread.

Conventions & Visual LanguageFor this project I used very simple fonts which are still readable, I also used colours such as browns and oranges as they fit to the colour of my cover and pages, also because of the dull colours I have used it has made the original picture of the horse stand out more, my target audience for this magazine would be 15 -30 years old probably from a middle upper class social status as they are stereotypically the people who are able to afford horses and therefore they would be interested in this magazine, when I made my front cover I used the Gutenberg principle to make sure I lout everything in the right places to get people attention.http://r329.blogspot.co.uk/

First place people look

cover lines

Mastheadbanner

Central image

barcode

Dateline

kickers

Body text

guttersheadline Main images

address

AudienceI would say that the target audience for my magazine is 15 – 35 years olds who are interested in horses usually in the upper middle class social class as these are the people who would be able to afford a horse and be interested in a magazine like this as it would apply to them more than someone who knows nothing about horses.