Production- Article.

This is my article that I wrote after my interview


We caught up with James and his band Deaf Havana after their sold out headline gig at the Liverpool Masque on October 20th, in a dark, dingy practice room.
       The atmosphere in the room was high, and the band were in high spirits “There’s just no
better feeling that we can get after playing to a sold out venue, it’s just amazing being able to connect and reach people with our music” James explained about the bands spirit. 
       The band have just been touring with You Me At Six and Lower than Atlantis “The You Me At Six tour was amazing, we are good friends, and we just had a great time, we felt honoured to be playing with them”. The large venues are never what the band expected to be playing. Deaf
Havana are a band from a small village near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. “We started out playing in a shed at the bottoms of Ryan Mellors (former front man)’s garden, we then started trying to get more shows, getting more and more tours under our belts” James explained about the band journey into the music industry, since being in the music industry they have released 7 EP’s and 1 album since  2005, however the new album “Fools And Worthless Liars” is going to be Deaf Havana’s debut album as they call it. “We have had to mature as a band and adapt to changes in the band since 2009’s Meet Me Halfway, At Least  and we want people to treat us as a new band”, drummer Tom Ogden
explained. The changes that the band have had to adapt to was the departure of former vocalist and screamer on May 10 2010 due to personal problems, the band reacted as well as they could to this news “We realise its for the best that he went and sorted out his personal problems that made him leave the band and we had to carry on as a 4 piece, we still talk to him and he has been to see us a few times at gigs.” Tom told us. Its refreshing to see a band who are so upbeat about a departure of a member, its even better to see a band who are strong enough to carry on and adapt to a different style of music and not replace the screamer, as this doesn’t happen often. “We decided it was better to not replace him, we saw him leaving as an opportunity for us to change our music style, some people may say that it was a bad decision but we stand by it as the best thing to do for us to become a stronger band”  Lee Wilson, bassist explained. The new music style that Deaf Havana went for was a lighter rock, as James Veck-Gilodi who previously shared guitar duties with Chris Pennells, had to step into the spotlight and become the front man, “Since Ryan left, I have found it a lot harder being the front man , that is never what I wanted to do, never in a million years, I’m so much happier being in the background playing guitar, I’m not used to the attention I get as a front man” James explained. But people clearly love the new, “improved” Deaf Havana, as the gig tonight sold out within a few weeks, “Selling out a venue feels amazing, it feels like all our hard work is paying off and people do appreciate what we do” Lee explained, with a grin across his face.
        In December 2010, last time the band visited the Masque they played a new song called  “Down Syndrome Pigs”, one of the first songs  without Ryan, this song was a sign of things to come, the band were ready to start work on the new album, “Well I never wrote lyrics before in this band or ever, so I wanted to look at experiences  that I’ve had and write the most honest lyrics that I could, plain simple and personal, so people could relate to them” Veck-Gilodi explained when asked about the experience of having to write lyrics for the first time for the new album and for the B-sides released in Spring 2011.  The band say that their main musical influences are Morrissey, Poison The Well, Killswitch Engage and also surprisingly Lady Gaga “Lady Gaga’s album is fantastic, Some of the tunes are so catchy and every song is so different” said Lee, with no hint of shame. A band that takes influence from Lady Gaga, the new album will be different for sure.  It can be argued that Deaf Havana are a band who have changed from a screamo/metal band into a medium/light rock band and if that songs released “I Will Try and Home Sweet Home” are anything to go by, the new album will for sure blow everyones socks off.
       In a few weeks, on November 7th, the debut album “Fools And Worthless Liars” is going to hit the shelves. This album saw Deaf Havana leave A Wolf At Your Door Records and be signed to BMG and work with producer Matt O’Grady who has also worked with You Me At Six.  “It feels a lot better being singed to a major label, we still have the e same amount of say in  what goes into our record, it feels like we’re being welcomed into a new family, it’s what we as a band needed” James explains. The artwork for “F.A.W.L” came out in summer and there were many rumours about who the child was on the front of the album, many fans were claiming it was James in his younger years “ Right no it’s not anyone of us, its about the second track on the album ‘Youth In Retrospect’and  the child has a briefcase to show that one minute you’re young without a care and the next you’re all grown up and in a full time job, and it seems like your life is wasting away before your eyes.” James says, his face breaking out into a smile at his clever idea for the front cover. This was indeed an idea that only a band with this imagination and creativity could come up with. So what can readers expect from what is tipped to be the best rock album of 2011? “Expect  something different to what they have seen before with us, we have matured as a band since the last album (2009’s Meet Me Halfway, At Least). I hope fans like it ,we have tried hard to make a record that will show our fans and new listeners who we really are.” Tom said, brimming with excitement at the thought of the 7th November. Many bands wouldn’t be able to have struggled with the pressures of the music industry, the loss of close friends and family, the loss of a front man and to come out of it stronger and with a bright future in front of them, they are a band for unsigned artists to look to and aspire to be like. So what’s the future through James’ eyes “Getting this album out and hoping for the best, If people appreciate it and we can keep touring and producing more music, who knows we could be the next AC/DC, man lets hope for that” Deaf Havana are a band who is dedicated to getting people to hear their music and reaching people though the power of music. They are constantly touring, the tour that they are on now has just came straight after the You Me At Six tour and saw Deaf Havana’s last headline gig of the year in England before they head off to Ireland, and they most certainly went out on a bang and left the audience wanting more. So when will we see them next in England “We are touring with our good friends Architects in December and then in Spring of next year we have some dates lined up but nothing is confirmed yet” it seems that fans don’t need to wait long to see this band again. Dedicated is the word to describe them.
         After the chat, a few beers and games of twister later, the band begin to pack up, it’s
 midnight and there is still fans waiting outside clutching their posters and tickets to be signed by the band who they have been inspired by. Each member  signs the tickets and merchandise, poses for pictures, the fans look ecstatic and the band look humbled that their music has made an impact on these young people. “Without our fans we wouldn’t be touring, we wouldn’t have the ability to be making money doing what we love doing. We are incredibly lucky to have made it this far, and we thank everyone of our fans for buying tickets, buying a top, coming and telling us that they like our music, you have no idea how much we appreciate it and we love you all” James  says, whilst he holds his three band mates close, the band then get into the van and set off for Ireland to promote the new album
         This is a band who I have a feeling will be the next big thing, they have no idea how good they are and how much people adore their down to earth friendly attitudes. There has not been a band in a while who have appreciated their fans and the chances they have been as much as these guys. I look forward to seeing them headlining Download in a few years.

Article Research

Before I did my interview with Deaf Havana on the 20th October 2011I used Wikipedia to help me with background information on them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaf_Havana

I then composed all my questions to ask them. These were the questions that i asked:

Unlike most other rock bands non of you have gone off the rails, how has this happened?

If you could give a younger version of yourself some advice what would it be?

Who is the child on the album cover, there’s been rumours that its you james...

What are your five essentials to take on tour?

How’s the chemistry in the band?

If you weren’t in the band what would you be?

When are you guys next on tour?

Who are some of your musical influences and how have they impact the music you are creating?

In terms of the actual songs, what did you find yourself writing about? The newer songs seem to have very personal lyrics.

What can listeners expect from your new album, fools and worthless liars?

Do you think you have matured from your first EP Sweet Sunset in 2005 to now, if so do you think its for the better or for the worse?

What do you all get from being in the music industry?

Is there any new and unsigned bands that you are a fan of?

You all seem so confident on stage when your playing to hundreds of people, how do you do it?

Don’t you find it daunting?

You have toured with the blackout, kids in glass houses, you me at six and the blackout just to mention a few, who was the best to tour with?

Who would you love to collaborate with?

How does it feel when you sell out a venue?

Whats the next step of your career?

What genre would you say your music is?

I’ve seen you guys a few times now, and you’re always willing to stay and talk to the fans after the gig, how much do you value your fans?

You also just signed to BMG, and went away from A Wolf At Your Door Records ,what's it been like having a major label involved?

Who are some of your musical influences and how have they impact the music you are creating?

How does the process of creating a song come about?

What was the last album you listened to and what were your thoughts on it?

How did your journey into the music industry begin?

How did you guys feel when ryan left?

Why didn’t you replace ryan?

Planning Production

Over the last few lesson we have been coming up with the planning production. This is my planning production.

Planning production

Image for the front cover: 

Connotations of rock

·         Guitars

·         Skinny jeans

·         Eyeliner

·         Converse

·         Band tops

·         Black/ bright hair

·         Not smiling

·         Piercings

·         Tattoos

My main image on my front cover will be of a girl with a side fringe which is a typical rock star look, the person will be wearing eye liner and have pale skin and will be holding a guitar. They will also be wearing a black top. This picture will have connotations of rock.

Coverlines and sublines for the front cover:

Coverlines in bold, sublines not

·         Dangerous- how dangerous are dangerous?

·         Enter shikari- OK so now it’s time for our plan b

·         Blink 182 vs. my chemical romance- the ultimate battle

·         We are the ocean- Are you proud of us now?

·         Deaf Havana- We're all fools and worthless liars

Text for the contents page:

Masthead: Disturbed! contents

 To go underneath the masthead: Issue 1...Cover date: 23/11/2011

·         News: lower than atlantis and falling in reverse

·         Feedback: young guns and parkway drive.

·         Live reviews:  funeral for a friend, the blackout, Canterbury, bunny the bear.

·         Gig guide: architects, Canterbury and lost prophets.

·         Album reviews:  you me at six, megadeth.

·         Posters: Foo Fighters, Evanescence and Avenged Sevenfold.

·         Singles of the week: Jimmy Eat World, exit  ten, coheed and cambria

·         Famous last words: billie joe Armstrong from green day faces our toughest quiz yet!

PAGE NUMBERS

·         News: page 5-7

·         Feedback :page 3 and 4

·         Gig Guide:  page 110-115.

·         Album reviews: page 101- 104

·         Features: WATO: page 89

                  Deaf Havana: page 69

                  Francesqa:  page 44

                  BMTH: page 50

                  Linkin Park: page 96

                  30STM: page 105

                  Madina Lake: page 30

                  Metro Station: page 70

                  AC/DC: page 48

                  Yashin: page 108

                  All time low: page page 40

                  Dangerous: page 64

                  Enter shikari: page 32

                  Blink 182 vs. My chemical romance: page 82

                  Competition: page 72

                  The king blues: page 78

                  Panic at the disco: page 49

                  Asking Alexandria: page 86

·         Singles of the week: page 100

·         Famous last words: page 129.

·         Posters: pages  20-26

·         Live reviews: The blackout: page 9-10

                        Funeral for a friend page 11-12

                        Canterbury: page 13

                        Bunny The Bear: page 14

Subscription details

12 issues of disturbed for the price of 9 issues. Call 01456 562 222 quoting “rofg” to claim this offer, or visit our website www.disturbed.com and enter the discount code “rofg”.  This offer is only available for a limited time only.

Images for the contents page:

• Of sophie Moran who is also the main image on my front cover
• Of James Veck-Gilodi from Deaf Havana which is what my double page spread is about
• Pavilions a local band
• Lower Than Atlantis front man Mike Duce who is featured in Live Reviews

Publication Plan

In todays lesson we came up with a publication plan which contains all our decisions for what will go inside our magazine.

Publication plan

Title: Disturbed.

Positioning statement: THE rock magazine

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £2.50

Distribution: Newsagents and supermarkets and alternative clothes shops.

Rationale: The approach of the magazine will be from the readers/fans perspective. We will ask questions that they themselves would ask and also questions which answers what they may have always wanted to know, the articles and everything in the magazine will be based about music and the bands involved.

Style: The style of the magazine will be informal and to the point. It will use humour and slang that will appeal to the target audience, it will use words that the target audience will understand about music and musicians. It will be humorous and to the point, with short paragraphs with the key words and phrases in bold or italics.

Images will be the feature of layouts.

Regular content:

·         Editors letter

·         News

·         Feedback

·         Live reviews

·         Gig guide

·         Album reviews

·         Singles of the week.

·         Posters

·         Famous last words (quick quiz with a different icon every week)

Feature content:

·         Madina lake- how the leone twins have made it through hell and back

·         30 seconds to mars- about the future

·         Panic at the disco- the new album and the new tour and a new us.

·         Slipknot- iowa 10 years on

·         Competition- win two pairs of tickets to see machine head in december.

·         Deaf havana- We are all fools and worthless liars.

·         Black Veil Brides- Who are the fallen angels?

·         Bring me the horizon- will it end?

·         A day to remember- the tour to remember

·         AC/DC- the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end

·         Yashin- talk about the past, present and the future.

·         Dangerous- how dangerous are dangerous?

·         Metro station- a future with or without trace

·         Linkin park- revelations about the past

·         The king blues- plans on reform

·         Francesqa- the true meanings behind our songs.

·         Asking Alexandria- our favourite bands and songs.

·         All time low- Alex opens up about his musical past.

·         Bowling for soup-  What music means to us.

·         We are the ocean- Are you proud of us now?

·         Enter shikari- OK so now it’s time for our plan b

Colour scheme: red, white and black.

House Style

Front Cover

Cover lines will be size 16pt

Will be in font Eras Bold ITC

Sub lines will be size 14pt

Will be in font Eras Demi ITC

Extra and names along the bottom will be in size 18pt

And will be in font Eras Medium ITC

The word plus at the bottom will be in  Eras Bold ITC

And in size 48pt

Contents page

Titles of regulars and features in font Impact

In size 28pt

Stories and subscription details will be in font Ariel

In size 9pt

Titles of stories will be in font Bell Gothic Light

And in size 12

Double Page Spread

Title is in font Chiller

In size 85pt

Article is in font Ariel

In size 9pt

Drop caps are in Ariel

In size 24pt

Stand first is in font Ariel

In size 16pt

The title was made on Photoshop.

Audience Research Questionnaire Results And Conclusions

Today i used my questionnaires that 20 members of my target audience filled in and gathered results and came to conclusions that will help me to make decisions about my magazine.

Audience research questionnaire results and conclusions -

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Here is a video of some of my results as well:

Audiance Research Questionnaire

In todays lesson we made a questionnaire, of which we will give 20 copies to members of our target audiance to help ammend and see what we can do to create a new rock music magazine.
These results will help me make decisions about what I put and what goes on the front of my magazine.

After twenty people have filled these out I will collate the results and make a Slideshare about them.

Analysis Of Double Page Spreads

In todays lesson we analysed a double page spread and looked at what codes and conventions it followed.

Double page spread

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Analysis Of Professional Contents Pages.

In todays lesson we analysed professional contents pages.
To present this work we used prezi.

Analysis of professional contents page. on Prezi

Analysis Of Professional Front Covers

Music magazines

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In todays lesson we analysed professional front covers.

Initial Plans For My Music Magazine

In todays lesson we came up with some ideas about the publication of our magazine, we used our research on the market place to help us with this.

The price of my magazine will be £2.50, after looking at my questionnaire results people were prepared to pay £2.50-£3.00 for the magazine so I am keeping the price at £2.50 which is the lower end of what people will pay.
My magazine will be published monthly, this is because the price that people are willing to pay for a magazine is £2.50 however this is too much i thought for a weekly magazine which is cheaper and will attract the target audience because of the low price.

My magazine will have 130 pages as it is the right issue size for a monthly magazine if it had anymore pages we would have to charge more and not as many people would buy it, as it wouldnt seem as apealing.

It will be published by Great magazines as it also publishes kerrang magazine.
This is the publishers website: http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/

The regular content in my magazine will include:
- live reviews
- album reviews
- gig gudie
- news
- famous last words (quick quiz with a different icon every week)
- feedback(letters to the editor)

The feature content of my magazine will be:
- poster special on summer festivals
- Madina lake- how the leone twins have made it through hell and back
- 30 seconds to mars- about the future
- blink 182 vs. my chemical romance
-panic at the disco- the new album and the new tour
-slipknot- iowa 10 years on
-competition- win two pairs of tickets to see machine head in december

Researching The Market Place

In todays lesson we had to research existing music magazines that have the same genre as mine.
I found four examples of this type of magazine

Example one:

This is Kerrang magazine.

Kerrang is published weekly, a new issue comes out every wednesday.

The price of kerrang is normally £2.20 however it can vary dependant on if it has any gifts such as CD'S with the issue.

Kerrangs positioning statement is Life is loud.

Kerrang is published by Great Magazines.

This is the publishers website: http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk/

This is kerrangs website: www.kerrang.com/

The issue size( number of pages) in kerrang is 64 pages

The regular content in Kerrang is:

• Feedback
• News
• Live reviews
• Posters
• Album reviews
• Gig Guide
• The K quiz!

The feature articles in the above issue of Kerrang were:

• A competition in which you win a bottle of "bring me the horizons" bbq sauce.
• Evanescence: Amy Lee:back in black, and pink ruffles.
• Foo Fighters: The truth behind the nicest man in rock
• Dangerous! : just how dangerous are aussie rockers dangerous.
• Iceage
• Rock feuds: which musicians have more beef than an Aberdeen angus steak house.
• Madina Lake: How the Leone twins made it through hell and back

Example two:

This is rock sound.

Rock sound doesn't have a positioning statement.

The price of each issue of rock sound is £3.99

Rock sound is a magazine that is published once every month.

Rock sound is published by Sonic Publishing.

This is the publishers website: http://www.sonicpublishing.co.uk/rock-sound/

This is the magazines website: http://www.rocksound.tv/magazine

The issue size of Rock sound is: 116 pages

The regular content in rock sound is:

• Album reviews
• Exposure (shows new talent)
• Welcome to my world
• Hall of fame
• Posters
• Live reviews
• Gig guide
• On the clock
• News

The feature articles in this issue of rock sound is:

• You me at six: repent their sins in this months explosive cover story
• Young guns: we hang out with some monks in Thailand
• Mastodon: dramatic return to form on " the hunter"
• Lower than atlantis: we talk panda punching.
• New found glory: talk defending pop-punk and fellow defendants.
• Against the machine: legend tom morello talks comic books
• Etc

Example 3:

This is Black Velvet

Black Velvet costs £3

Black Velvet doesn't have a positioning statement

Black Velvet is published quarterly (every 3 months)

Black Velvert is published by Shari Black Velvet

This is the publishers website: http://www.shariblackvelvet.com/

This is the magazines website: http://www.blackvelvetmagazine.com/

The issue size of Black Velvet is: 78  pages

Regular articles in this magazine include:

• Reviews
• gig guide
• Posters
• News

Feature articles in the above copy of the magazine include:

Interviews with:

• Mayday Parade
• Panic at the disco
• Octane ok
• The summer set
• The red jumpsuit apparatus
• Framing hanley
• We are the in crows
• Sugar cult
• The architects
• Oh no picaso
• Default

Example 4:

This is NME.

NME is a weekly magazine and like Kerrang comes out every wednesday.

NME costs £2.40

NME is published by IPC media

This is the publishers website: http://www.ipcmedia.com/

This is the magazines website: http://www.nme.com/magazine

The issue size of NME is: 50 pages

 Regular content in NME is:

• Gig Guide
• News
• Live reviews
• Letters to the editor
• Posters/pictures

Media Pack


This is the nme media pack for 2011, and here you can see about their readership, issues, NME Magazine & NME Radio
http://www.nme.com/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf

Most magazines have an online media pack which is available to see by all customers and readers.

Initial Ideas

In todays lesson we decided on initial ideas for our music magazine.

The type/genre my music magazine will be about is rock.

And the target audience is simply anyone who enjoys and listens to rock music, within the ages mainly of 16-24 years old. It will target both genders also

This is a media pack for NME that is produced by IPC Media
To view the media pack press "view media pack"

http://www.ipcadvertising.com/ipc-brands/2009/feb/03/nme

Preliminary Exercise Evaluation.

For a magazine to be successful and sell, also to appeal to the target audience, they need to follow a list of codes and conventions, which are like the rules of magazines. To make my magazine appeal to the target audience i had to follow these codes and conventions. On my front cover i followed most of the codes and conventions. For example: i had a positioning statement,my masthead(title) was across the whole top of the page, my bar code was in the bottom right hand corner. I also had my title in a unique font and the cover lines in a different font to the masthead. I used a simple yet effective colour scheme of royal blue and white. I used one main image which was taken at a mid shot and had the subject giving the audience direct address which is a code and convention of magazine front covers. One of the codes and conventions i didn't follow was having subsidiary images on my front cover, I didn't use any of these because i wanted to keep the layout simple and easy on the eyes.
On my contents pages i followed the codes and conventions as best i could, by this i mean the only codes and conventions i didn't follow was not having subscription details for the magazine, i didn't use this because i felt it was unnessary. I also didn't put on a website or write an editors letter. I didn't do this because i felt this didnt fit in with the school magazine genre. I did however, use subsidiary images to anchor the stories to the pictures, i also used the same font on the word "contents" as the title was in on the front cover and carried on the simple colour scheme, this was done so to maintain the brand and make the contents page as easily identifiable as the front cover. I also split the contents page into regulars and features as this is an important code and convention as it makes it easier for the read to distinguish between the different sections,I also used different size font for the coverlines and for the sublines: 12/13 point for the coverline and 11 point for the subline. I feel overall i did well with producing a magazine front cover and contents page that stuck to the basic codes and conventions of magazines and only deviated away from them on a few things.

For the production of the magazine we used two different programmes, one of these we had used before and one we hadn't. To do the front cover we used Adobe Photoshop which we had used for the production of our music magazines in year 10. For our contents page we used a programme called Quark XPress which we had never used before. to make the magazine front cover we had to cut out the background from our pictures we took, we had to add a background or gradient and we had to add text boxes for our coverrlines and use a different text for the masthead we had to arrange the text boxes so nothing majorly interfered with the main image because our magazine isnt a well established one we couldnt have the main image overlapping the masthead.We also had to add a barcode, issue date, number and a price.After we had done all this our front cover for our magazine was complete. For our contents page we had to use Quark XPress which was a new technology package for us all, before we started our contents pages we were given a run down of what to do and shown the basic functions of Quark, after that we were left on our own to get onwith it. To start with we had to get the right amount of columns, then we had to add the text we wanted for our feature articles and regular articles, and we had to add a masthead and title. The colour scheme was consistent with the front cover,i did this to maintain the branding of my magazine. After addign the text i added the subisuary images and a copy of the front cover on the contents page by the masthead.

I think the strengths of my magazine front cover was that it followed the codes and conventions of magazine front covers, I also think it looked how i wanted it to on the plan and that i used Phtotshop well, with the limited time we had to do the task. I think my colour scheme was a bold one that would easily attract the reader and from far away it looked attractive and the text stood out and the coverlines were easy to read. On the front cover i also used a buzzword "plus" I used this to attract the reader and so they think they are getting more for their money than they are. I was happy with my magazine front cover.Another strength of my magazine front cover was that it looked how i wanted it to look when i made the rough layout, also the fact that i was familiar of how to use photoshop was a srength as it made my work faster and i knew how to use some of the tools to do my work.
 The weaknesses of my magazine front cover was with more time i would have made the layout betetr and more quirky and added images to anchor the story which would have made it more attractive to the reader, and came up with more extras and been adventourous with the tools on photoshop so the layout was better.
I think that the strengths of my magazine contents page was that the colour scheme and the fact i had a miniture of the front cover on my contents page was helping to maintain my magazines branding and so the readers could know what the magzine was without having to read the masthead. I also think another strength was that my contents page had subsidiary images and columns which is part of the codes and conventions of contents pages. Another strength of my magazine contents pages was that I had my titles for the features and the regulars in a larger different font and my coverlines and my sublines were in different fonts so that the coverline stands out more than the subline. One more strength of my contents page was that it hd a clear layout and the page numbers came before the story.
Weaknesses of my contents page was that i struggled to use the programme and i didnt anchor my pictures to  a story. Another weakness was that i didnt include an editors letter and i could have. i also didnt use 5 or more subsidiary images which is part of the codes and conventions, although  did use some. Another weakness was my layout wasnt the way i wanted it to look when i did my rough layout. This was because the programme wouldnt allow this so i had to change it to see if it looked better rearranged.

Preliminary Exercise Production Of Contents Page

Today we made a contents page for our school magzine. We did this on quark. This is how i did it.

To start with i added my picture boxes in and then i added in my feature articles and the regular articles on.

After this i added the masthead which was the name of the magazine and the title "contents2 the font used for the masthead was the same as for the front cover. I did this to maintain the branding of the magazine.

I then added my subsiduary images to the contents page into the picture boxes i previously made.

After this i added the background, which was the same colour as on the front cover. i did this to maintain my magazines branding.

This is my completed contents page for my school magazine. I made it on Quark XPress.

Preliminary Exersize Production Of Front Cover

This is my front cover, I made this on Adobe Photoshop in todays lesson.

First of all, I had to cut out the background from my image, to do this I had to crop out most of the background and copied this over to a new window as shown below.

I then added a background and transferred the picture onto the blue background of my front cover, like this:

After i had done this i chose a font for my masthead and added a masthead and my positioning statement.

I then added the issue date, number and barcode and the amgazine price, I used a different font for these.

After this i added the cover lines and the sublines. These were done in the same font as theissue date, number and price.                                                 

After this i added on extras and then my magazine was complete.

This is my completed school magazine.