The below images are both possible ways in which I could set out my magazine because they both feature a dominant image which nearly fills up the whole space and they both have articles talking about the movies and pictures used. They both also feature pull-out quotes talking about specific parts of the article,
I could also take some ideas from this magazine article, for example I could use the layout of the article, because again it prominently features a dominant image but this time it's a still from Ted 2 and it also features a pull-out quote from a interview with one of the actors.
Another reason why I could base my magazine off of this one is because of the bright colour scheme, this will be eye-catching and easily noticeable so it would stand out
The legal issues that come about using other people's work is that they might want to keep control of it and not give it away because they possibly will lose creative rights. This will be a massive issue if I'm trying to use of their work, to avoid this problem from happening I will credit the creator.
I could also use the other list for the worst horror movies and put that into a top 10 too, and get ideas from the image where it takes up the majority of the cover.
This is the beginning stages of what my double-page spread article will look like. It features a article talking about how movies have changed and what this means for the future of movie making and viewing.
This is the updated version of my article. In this updated version of my previously mentioned double-page spread article this one features a background image to clearly show the audience/readers that it's a double-page spread article.
This is the beginning stages of what my front cover will look like, this will hopefully include a few images relating to the movie article and have a plug and a strapline on there too, to be properly advertised as a legit magazine.
This is the updated version of my magazine front cover, where it now features a full image, a main title headline, a strapline featuring other movies that will be reviewed and talked about for the main article.
This is fully finished version of the article for my magazine, it has all of the features that were in before with some new ones including the full list of my favourite movies and also a piece about how movies have changed in the way of them having cameos a lot of the time now but even a few years ago before the Marvel universe really took off they were uncommon.
Secondary Image considerations
The above images were ones that i was considering using for my background image for my article but I chose to not use them instead because I would have to edit them more by taking out some parts of the image so that it would be totally clear but it would also make the text more difficult to read so I opted for the image that I chose because the writing for the article is clear.
Primary image
This is what the front cover image looked like originally when I took it a few months ago for another project. So I decided it would be good to use it here also because it's a really good picture and works quite well as a front cover image. The simple way that I changed the image was by using the magnetic lasso tool and cropping the image so that it could be used for work use.
How I prepared my images
When looking at a background for my article I chose to use a image that would be clear for the writing to be on so to get that across to an audience I enlarged the picture using the free-transform tool so that it would be stretched to fit the whole screen. The below images is what the background originally looked like.
Then after that I used free-transform again to change the size of the picture so that it wouldn't be too blurry, after doing this I then edited the picture seen above under the Primary Image so that it would be much better and more presentable for a front cover. The way that I edited it was by using the magnetic lasso tool so that I could crop the image and take out the background that was there when I took the picture originally. After cropping the picture I then used the free-transform tool yet again so that I could resize the picture so that it would fit into the space I wanted it to be so I could put some text around it.
Flat-Plan
This is the flat-plan for my magazine front cover and double page spread, so that there is a clear outline for the way that my magazine will be shown to a reader.
Evaluation of my magazine
When
I was thinking of ideas for my magazine there were a few things that I had in
mind for what it would look like and what would be on the front cover, I also
had a few ideas about what would be on the double-page spread. The reason why I
chose to name my magazine “Daily Movie Reviews” was because I thought that
people would be intrigued by the title and would want to read on to see which
movies would be getting reviewed and what my personal/honest opinion would be
of them.
During the early production stages of making my magazine
I had a few ideas for what way it would be set-out, but some of them didn’t make
sense for the type of magazine I wanted to make so they were scrapped. However,
one of the ideas that I went for was to have a picture background then have my article
to be over that, so the reader could look at a static image as well as read the
article
The
reason for setting out my magazine the way that I did was so that it would be
more appealing to a younger audience if they were to read through it. It was
also important because readers wouldn’t want to be bored with a bland
background because this will turn them away, so they wouldn’t want to read it. So,
to counter this issue I put a colourful background behind my article so that it
will be less distracting than it would be if it were just a blank screen.
When making my magazine I had a set audience in mind
for who would want to read it and what kind of things that they would be
interested in, therefore I gave a brief intro to how movies have changed and
how a lot of movies nowadays heavily feature cameos. For example, Stan Lee very
often features in Marvel movies in very minor roles often as a background
character or has little dialogue. This is the kind of thing that I thought my
audience would want to read about if they weren’t aware, speaking of my
audience I think it will mostly be teenagers (13-19) that would be interested
in this specific type of magazine and they might be interested in my movie list
for my favourite movies of all time.
When looking back at the early stages and then now
when my magazine front cover and double-page spread are finished there are a
few things that I would’ve done differently and possibly better if I were to do
this task again. The first of these would be to stick to a consistent idea all
the way through instead of changing my mind every time when looking at my work
because I had an idea the day before (when looking at my work after having an
idea I thought it didn’t fit or wouldn’t work well).
The second and final thing that I would change is the
fact that I took a while to get a good idea for what my article would be about and
how long it would take to get it wrote and chose what images I would use for
both my front cover and double-page spread. This the issue that took the
longest to iron out and get right because I wanted a clear image for the
background but also wanted to make sure the reader wouldn’t get too distracted
by what the image was.
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