Last week I did my photoshoot and started working with my images on photoshop, editing then to make it look like a magazine front cover. I used different fonts that I thought would fit well with my target audience. throughtout the magazine, it consists of more of less the same font so the magazine has more of an effect to it. I used colours that relate to my model, which were pink and peach colours to show to the audience that she is female. when editing my image, I made the colours brighter so she stood out more against the backdrop. also, I added a tint of pink to her lips to fit with the colour scheme of my magazine.
Everything in my photoshoot when to plan, for example, the way my model posed and held her stance, facial expression and looking at the camera or not and attitude. However, when making my magazine front cover, I had a few problems with photoshop, with using the fonts and editing my image, getting the backdrop all the same shade etc.
In the photoshoot, I used a professional camera. The things that I had to change on the camera technically are the aperture, zoom and the focus. Also, I used different lightings such as side lighting, front lighting and back lighting to show different attitudes towards the topic of the magazine.
Firstly, I started by designing my front cover by sketching it out by hand. Then, I transformed it from paper to photohop. I worked with different types of fonts that I downloaded on http://www.dafont.com/. I used different sizes, angles and colours to make it look effective and fit the needs of my main target audience. I had a few problems when i first started using photoshop as I think it can be very confusing. However, the more I used it the more I got used to it. To avoid them from happening next time, I should be able to remember how to use photoshop and what the techniques are to make it look effective.
After I finished my front cover, I started to design my double page spread by hand, then on to InDesign.
After I finished my front cover, I started to design my double page spread by hand, then on to InDesign.
Include screen dumps of work (jpegs of photoshop work, outline of articles, clips from moving image production etc)
- Think about what exactly you have to do and discuss the possible problems you might encounter
- What will you do if these go wrong / How will you get around them or avoid them happening?
