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Anne-Marie Harris
Anne-Marie Harris

The document discusses the decisions made in producing a music magazine. It describes choosing Photoshop over Publisher as the design software, selecting pop music as the genre, and using a young male model on the cover to appeal to teenage/young adult girls. It also discusses analyzing sample magazines for layout inspiration, collecting initial ideas without planning for the cover and spreads, and planning the contents page layout after further research. The document notes how feedback improved the point size, fonts, images and overall design at each stage. It compares improved Photoshop skills from an earlier college magazine project, resulting in a more professional look. Finally, it discusses using friends James, Luke and Rowanna for feedback throughout the process.

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Production and the decisions I made! • Before I started the products I had to make the decision on what software to use. If I was going to use Photoshop or Publisher. I decided to use Photoshop as it is less restricting and creates more options. Even though it was going to become much harder for me to make because I didn’t know how to use Photoshop. This decision was the right decision because I challenge myself and learnt the skill on how to use Photoshop. • Firstly, I decided what genre I wanted my music magazine to be. I decided this by personal taste as I feel I would have more inspiration in my music magazine. The decision was pop music. • From this I had to decide what colour design I wanted or if I even wanted one. I decided that I wanted a colour design because it makes the magazine look organised and professional, plus makes a theme. • I then had to make the decision of what type of models I wanted in my magazine. How I wanted them to dress and the interpretation they gave off. I decided to use a young guy as my model on my front cover because my target audience is teenage/young adult girls and my model is suppose to be as famous as Justin Bieber.
The Start to Finished Product • Before I started my music magazine I analysed Front covers, Content pages and Double page spreads. This was to allow me to understand the different layouts and what was common of the magazines. This helped me as I started to collect ideas inside my head. • When I first started I didn’t make a plan I went with my imagination. This worked quite well for the front cover and double page spread. I didn’t make a plan because from analysing different front covers and double page spreads it gave me ideas and I just went with it. I tweaked parts along the way from the different feedback I received. However, with my contents page I needed to do more research and planning as I didn’t have much inspiration. I looked at a lot of different contents pages and I took different parts of the layouts in the different contents pages and created my own. This allowed my contents page to be unique. • Every stage I went through I got feedback, from choosing the point size, font style, colour, where the images should be placed and the colour design. I also kept looking at published magazines to make sure my magazine was on the lines of a published magazine.
The progress I’ve made since my college magazine to music magazine! • In my college magazine I used Photoshop but I didn’t know how to use it and my skills in Photoshop were very weak. This affected my college magazine as it didn’t look professional. However, since then my skills have improved massively and I’ve learnt a lot. From learning these skills my music magazine look professional, organised and has a flow. This didn’t happen in my college magazine.
Feedback: • I used three main people to give me feedback. They were James, Luke and Rowanna. James and Rowanna I used throughout my magazines. I asked for there feedback throughout the different stages in the front cover, contents page and double page spreads. I used Luke’s feedback for any improvements before I said it was my final product. I did this because it is fresh eyes and he hasn’t seen my improvement before hand and this will allow him to notice more faults. It was essential that I used feedback because I couldn’t just use my personal opinion because the magazine isn't just for me it for an audience and I need their opinion. My feedback was my audience. That is how I saw it. •

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  • 2. Production and the decisions I made! • Before I started the products I had to make the decision on what software to use. If I was going to use Photoshop or Publisher. I decided to use Photoshop as it is less restricting and creates more options. Even though it was going to become much harder for me to make because I didn’t know how to use Photoshop. This decision was the right decision because I challenge myself and learnt the skill on how to use Photoshop. • Firstly, I decided what genre I wanted my music magazine to be. I decided this by personal taste as I feel I would have more inspiration in my music magazine. The decision was pop music. • From this I had to decide what colour design I wanted or if I even wanted one. I decided that I wanted a colour design because it makes the magazine look organised and professional, plus makes a theme. • I then had to make the decision of what type of models I wanted in my magazine. How I wanted them to dress and the interpretation they gave off. I decided to use a young guy as my model on my front cover because my target audience is teenage/young adult girls and my model is suppose to be as famous as Justin Bieber.
  • 3. The Start to Finished Product • Before I started my music magazine I analysed Front covers, Content pages and Double page spreads. This was to allow me to understand the different layouts and what was common of the magazines. This helped me as I started to collect ideas inside my head. • When I first started I didn’t make a plan I went with my imagination. This worked quite well for the front cover and double page spread. I didn’t make a plan because from analysing different front covers and double page spreads it gave me ideas and I just went with it. I tweaked parts along the way from the different feedback I received. However, with my contents page I needed to do more research and planning as I didn’t have much inspiration. I looked at a lot of different contents pages and I took different parts of the layouts in the different contents pages and created my own. This allowed my contents page to be unique. • Every stage I went through I got feedback, from choosing the point size, font style, colour, where the images should be placed and the colour design. I also kept looking at published magazines to make sure my magazine was on the lines of a published magazine.
  • 4. The progress I’ve made since my college magazine to music magazine! • In my college magazine I used Photoshop but I didn’t know how to use it and my skills in Photoshop were very weak. This affected my college magazine as it didn’t look professional. However, since then my skills have improved massively and I’ve learnt a lot. From learning these skills my music magazine look professional, organised and has a flow. This didn’t happen in my college magazine.
  • 5. Feedback: • I used three main people to give me feedback. They were James, Luke and Rowanna. James and Rowanna I used throughout my magazines. I asked for there feedback throughout the different stages in the front cover, contents page and double page spreads. I used Luke’s feedback for any improvements before I said it was my final product. I did this because it is fresh eyes and he hasn’t seen my improvement before hand and this will allow him to notice more faults. It was essential that I used feedback because I couldn’t just use my personal opinion because the magazine isn't just for me it for an audience and I need their opinion. My feedback was my audience. That is how I saw it. •