Stage 1: Firstly, the picture wasn't large enough to fit all of the page and it would look to stretched anyway. To solve this problem, using the cutting tool I cut out a section of the grey background and pasted it 3 times beside the photo as shown above. Copying the exact same shape made them all equal and it gave a blind effect. I also added a black border to make the page look smart and professional.
Stage 2: Next I added the title in the font Stencil which gives an edgey and powerful impact. I added a line of text underneath which made the title make sense and it gives the readers a summary of the article. I added a thin black rectangle underneath to clearly establish between the title and the rest of the text. I decided to slightly rotate the title to make it look interesting and quirky. I then added the text which was in keeping with the red and black colour scheme which is used on the front cover and in the contents aswell. I got the white picture frames from google images and then placed my own images over the blank space. I think the photo frames are much more interesting and proffessional then just placing the image on the page.
Stage 3: I thought I had finished my double page spread but I then decided that it looked a bit plain and there was not enough writing. I also made the columns equal sizes as this is a lot more professional. For each of the questions in the article I tilted them to relate to the title and always used the same font as the title. I placed each one in a black box to make them stand out but I didn't want them to be overpowering so I decreased the opacity of them to 54%. This made them look not as harsh. I also added the website and page number in the bottom left corner to make the page look realistic and it is a convention used by existing magazines. I made the page numbers the same as how they are on the contents, a white number in a red box, to keep with continuity. I also added a little ERA logo at the end of the article because I have seen it used in existing magazines and also a quote to draw the readers in.
Stage 4: For the last little touches I burned the corners of the background using the burning tool. This makes the page look more dramatic and dark which relates to the rock genre. Using the dodge tool, I removed the shadow from the top of the model's hair and in doing this I made her hair slighlty brighter. I wanted to make the photo frames more realistic so I duplicated the layer, then made the underneath layer completely black. I then clicked on filter, blur and then gaussian blur and increased it to 7 pixels. I did this to each photo and it gives a slight shadow round them. On the previous stage, the quote was too small and didn't fit in at all so I enlarged it, changed the colour to stand out on her skin and slighlty tilted it so it was similar to the other text. The positioning actually looks like it's coming out of her mouth. This is quite clever because it is words from her mouth, a quote. To finish it off I added another page number in the same style as the one in the left corner.
Hello I'm Lucy Allen from Goffs School. For my AS media coursework I constructed a front page, contents and double spread for a music magazine. For A2 I am going to create a music video. I am going to analyse existing music videos to identify typical conventions of a music video.
Stage 1: Firstly, the picture wasn't large enough to fit all of the page and it would look to stretched anyway. To solve this problem, using the cutting tool I cut out a section of the grey background and pasted it 3 times beside the photo as shown above. Copying the exact same shape made them all equal and it gave a blind effect. I also added a black border to make the page look smart and professional.
Stage 2: Next I added the title in the font Stencil which gives an edgey and powerful impact. I added a line of text underneath which made the title make sense and it gives the readers a summary of the article. I added a thin black rectangle underneath to clearly establish between the title and the rest of the text. I decided to slightly rotate the title to make it look interesting and quirky. I then added the text which was in keeping with the red and black colour scheme which is used on the front cover and in the contents aswell. I got the white picture frames from google images and then placed my own images over the blank space. I think the photo frames are much more interesting and proffessional then just placing the image on the page. 
Stage 3: I thought I had finished my double page spread but I then decided that it looked a bit plain and there was not enough writing. I also made the columns equal sizes as this is a lot more professional. For each of the questions in the article I tilted them to relate to the title and always used the same font as the title. I placed each one in a black box to make them stand out but I didn't want them to be overpowering so I decreased the opacity of them to 54%. This made them look not as harsh. I also added the website and page number in the bottom left corner to make the page look realistic and it is a convention used by existing magazines. I made the page numbers the same as how they are on the contents, a white number in a red box, to keep with continuity. I also added a little ERA logo at the end of the article because I have seen it used in existing magazines and also a quote to draw the readers in.
Stage 4: For the last little touches I burned the corners of the background using the burning tool. This makes the page look more dramatic and dark which relates to the rock genre. Using the dodge tool, I removed the shadow from the top of the model's hair and in doing this I made her hair slighlty brighter. I wanted to make the photo frames more realistic so I duplicated the layer, then made the underneath layer completely black. I then clicked on filter, blur and then gaussian blur and increased it to 7 pixels. I did this to each photo and it gives a slight shadow round them. On the previous stage, the quote was too small and didn't fit in at all so I enlarged it, changed the colour to stand out on her skin and slighlty tilted it so it was similar to the other text. The positioning actually looks like it's coming out of her mouth. This is quite clever because it is words from her mouth, a quote. To finish it off I added another page number in the same style as the one in the left corner.
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