Contents Page Progress

I used the font “defused” which was the same as the front cover title for the title of the contents page. I used the phrase “What’s new?” which I thought was an effective way of describing the whole of the contents page. For this I also used reverse out typography (white writing on black background).





I used the rectangle tool and the polygon tool (which I stretched) to make a tab from the side of the page. I linked the polygon and rectangle together then duplicated this seven times so that all the tabs were equal in size. In these tabs I wrote subheadings of different sections in the magazine.

Between the subheadings a wrote the numbers of various pages down the side in font size 19.77pt and then next to them wrote the band name and other features in font size 9.88pt. Both the numbers and features I wrote in the font Franklin Gothic Demi and in white.

I used the rectangle tool to create a red box in the corner of the page. In this I decided to place an advertisement for a competition. I used the font Stencil Std to write “WIN!” which I rotated and then duplicated and changed the font colour to white rather than black. I then created another text box and wrote a description of the competition in the font Franklin Gothic Demi as I used for the contents strip down the side.

I then put pictures I took of different people I thought looked like they could be a member of a band both behind the scenes and on stage. I used photoshop to edit the pictures such as making their complexions better using the spot healing tool. I also used the clone stamp tool to remove someone from the back ground on the picture of the girl screaming at the camera. The picture of Jack Black that I have used I took whilst I was at Leeds Festival 2008 and I thought this was appropriate as it could be featuring a gig in the magazine. This picture I had to crop and use the sharpen tool on so that Jack Black was clearer and so that I could achieve a closer picture.

I thought the advertisement at the top looked a little plain so I took a picture of my guitar and then background eraser tooled all the background around the guitar on photoshop so that only a guitar remained. I then created a .gif file of the guitar and then imported it onto my front cover and placed it so that it overlapped the advertisement and the top picture on an angle, meaning that no writing or the artists face were covered.


I created text boxes and entered in font size ... the page numbers of what the pictures are featuring in the magazine. I also made these numbers bold so that could be seen on top of the pictures and also so that they were large and stood out making it easier for the reader to know which page the picture features.



I made another red box in the bottom right hand corner which I decided to be a subscription advertisement. I made a small black box which I rotated slightly then created a text box inside and in the defused font wrote “subscribe?” which directly addresses the reader and therefore interests them. I then created another text box and explained the subscription in it with centre aligned text. I also imported the Nero title on the front cover and replaced the word Nero in the text with the picture Nero.

I created a .jpg of the front cover and imported it into my work. I resized it to fit into the box where I wanted it and then duplicated it twice to make three copies. I then overlapped these duplicates and rotated them to be on a slant.

I wrote an editors note at the bottom of the page and used the common beginning “Don’t you” to start it off. I also found a font that looked like a signature (...) and underneath that wrote “EDITOR”.

I used a small version of the title on the front cover in the very corner of the page along with the page number and date which I put into a thin red box.