My FiNAL work..!!

What I've done so far..

Since I have started my media magazine project I have been on task with everything.

The schedule that I planned out; I've been following through and I'm on top of what I need to do and when to do it by.

I have completed my front cover page which took me around 2days to complete, the main problem I had doing that was getting my Masthead behind my image's head. I finally done it in Photoshop which took me a while to get hang of.

I've also completed my contents page. The image that I've used there is to do with what the magazine's months issue is to do with. (The exclusive Interview about Robin Paul)

Right now, I'm doing my double page spread. One of my pages in my double page is going to be just an image of my artist that I'm talking about. The other page will have my text on there and another image of my artist above the text.

My work so far..

This is my front cover for my magazine, majority of it is still done, however I think that it's quite empty at the bottom left of the page so I'm two minds whether I should add anything to it or shall I just leave it empty..

This is my contents page which I just done in todays lesson, I think it is quite well done as it follows majority of a HipHop magazine layout. The main image which I have used as the background is an image which is based around the main topic of this months issue - "the exclusive interview with Robin Paul."

My Front Page.. (So far)

This is the start of my front page..

My magazine is called 'Demand' and I had to make the title of my magazine go behind my images head. To do this, I had to use Photoshop.

I had to lasso my images head and copy it and paste it in a new layer which allowed me to position the text behind his head ..

Now I can carry on designing my front cover =D

Schedule for my media project.

Week 1: (1-5th Dec)

• To make sure that all planning is completed.


• To make sure all pictures have been taken.


• Edit the pictures if needed.


• Begin the work on my magazine.

Week 2: (7-12thDec)

• To start my work on my FRONT PAGE.


• To start my work on CONTENT PAGE.


• To start my work on DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD.

Week 3: (15-19th Dec)

• Make sure all work is completed.
• Make any alterations are made if needed.
• Hand in my work for the 19th Dec.

Production Task - Research analysis - Double Page Spreads

This double page spread is spilt up into 6 columns - this shows the layout follows the conventions of a typical magazine layout. The top part of the pages have all written text and at the bottom the audience we the image of the artist they have written about. We can tell this magazine is meant for teenagers around the age of 16+ as they talk about artists who use explicit lyrics containing swear words/offensive language. The magazine looks as if it's mainly targetted towards the male audience as it's to do with Hip Hop/Rap music which mainly appeals to the men. The colours they also use in this magazine double page spread are masucline as they use Black and White which are quite dull and not feminie at all, however the use of the colour Red brings the page alive so it is not too dull or boring, the use of the red font helps to attract the audiences eye. Some of the text have been boxed around, which also catches the audiences eye and makes them read the text.

Production Task - Research analysis - Double Page Spreads

This is a double page spread for a rock magazine. This fits into the whole rock genre as the layout isn't really neat. It's more messy and jagged around the edges and the pictures are all layed out on one another this shows how it is also appealing towards the younger audience as teenagers are quite messy. The colours that have been used (White, black and red) are quite masculine colours so therefore it appeals towards the male audience.

There also isn't much text in this double page spread as teenagers don't really like to read as much so that's another way we know it's targetted towards the younger ones.

Production Task - Research analysis - Contents Page

The layout of this contents page is spilt up into 3 columns.
The colours, red, white and black, appeal towards the male audience. The contents page focus on Hip Hop/ Rap music and the layout is completely different to any other genre music magazine. The text is all alined neatly towards the right hand side of the page whilst the image is blown up to cover the whole page, but it is covering more towards the left so it doesn't go over the writing.

Production Task - Research analysis - Contents Page

This is a contents page for a rock music magazine Kerrang! It's spilt into 3 different columns. The layout is following the theme of the magazine as it follows the same colours as the front cover did. The bright colours such as yellow suggest it is for a younger male audience. The capital letters also suggest that it's targetted towards the male audience.

The images used on this page falls into the convention of the genre of the magazine. Not everything is neat and tidy it's sort of jagged which falls into the whole Punk Rock genre.

Production Task - Research analysis - Front page

This is a magazine front cover I have analysed.

The genre of this music magazine is Hip hop/ Rap. Many of the artists in the magazine are American.

The colours that are used are mainly masculine colours. The bold language and capital letters of the Masthead/Kicker also show a masculine style which is all aimed towards a male audience.

The masthead is slightly covered by the main image of The Game, this shows that the music magazine is quite popular and well known to have the title slightly covered up.

The language that is used by the source is very easy as it's simple to read and gets straight to the point. This is due to because it's main target audience is young males/ teenagers.

The layout of the magazine is quite basic as the text is neatly in line with each other and the front cover is not too jam packed or overly busy.

Production Task - Research analysis - Front page

This is a magazine front cover that I have analysed.

The genre for this magazine is alternative as it contains all sorts of different music genres such as Pop/Rock/Etc..

The layout consists of 4 main colours such as; yellow, red, white and brown.

Preminliary task final - re done...again

I made a few changes to my final preminliary task..again.. I made the masthead more centre based and the side headings more equal to one another and I also made sure I used the same font for each side heading.

Preliminary Task Final - Re done

I re done my preliminary task because I forgot to add a medium close up shot on the page. So then I added another picture at the bottom which is a medium close up. I also changed the masthead of the newspaper as I had used WordArt on publisher before but Ms.L told me to change it and use Text as it looks much better.

My Preminliary Task.. Final

This is my final Preminliary task. I decided to make a few changes since my last post, the picture I chose I had edited it by making it have less contrast. I also chose the colours navy blue and yellow to represent the school.

My Preliminary Task...

This is not my completed version.

This is how far I have gotten with my preliminary task. I need to add more sub headings to it and maybe change the colour of the writing as some of it is hard to read.

My First Magazine front cover

This is my first attempt at making a magazine front cover.I think I done a pretty good job for a first time.. Well, maybe not that good but i'm sure I'll get there in time, but I must say.. I'm happy with the image that I chose.. :)

My first blog

Today is the first time I have ever made a blog..

I have no idea what I'm supposed to write about ..

But yeah, welcome to my blog = )