Production

Screenshots of front cover development

This is my original medium close-up image of a friend. I have uploaded it and opened it into GIMP.

I used this image because it shows an average student looking relaxed and happy, which portrays the target audience of the magazine.

I used the intelligent scissors tool and manual paint touch up to cut out the model from the background. This gives a blank background to make the text on the final cover easy to read.

After my research into fonts to use, I decided on my colour scheme; yellow and blue. I used a bucket fill tool on the programme to change these colours.

I also changed the order of layers to make the image sit on top of the masthead, and the main article title above.

I added more cover-lines and a quote from the articles present in the magazine to the left third for when sold in shops. I used different colours for different cover-lines to make some e.g. Fresher’s week, look more important.

The final front cover design.

I have added more cover lines to the front cover to make it look more busy and therefore more interesting to potential customers.

I have also added the price and date to the front cover.

Contents page development

For the title of the contents page, I used the same font as on the front cover to keep consistency. Also, I decided on another white background for this reason.

I chose to take these images where students are casual and have natural poses. I did this because I want the audience to relate to the images shown.

After buying a copy of RHYTHM magazine. I saw that next to their title, they put the text ‘This month’s Rhythm’. I really liked this subtle design and chose to do my own version of it for my magazine.

Finally I added the contents and the page numbers of the magazine. Each article is in keep with the target audience.

Through out this contents page, the colour scheme and fonts have stayed the same.