Unit 3 - Create a Media Product

In order to maintain magazine conventions on my front cover, I used certain fonts, photos and graphics to make sure that the page i created is not only as realistic as possible, but would also be an ideal product for a client. I used industry standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom and InDesign to draft and create the final designs that I have exported. 1 I started off by picking a photo that I had taken in my photoshoot which would fit the theme and style of a front page cover. I chose a photo where the subject, the car, is in central frame. This makes sure that I have an established theme, as well as equal space around the photo to add text. I chose this type of image so that I could maintain a clean yet interesting design whilst also being visually pleasing. 2 After this, I added in my masthead to see if it would fit the style of my photo. Initially, I used a light grey for the masthead, but it blended with the sky which almost made it illegible, so I tried...

The purpose of my magazine is to provide entertainment and information to my target audience. This is achieved through images and text, as well as some colloquialisms for a British magazine and the type of person that would read the magazine. My magazine is also intended to create a modern style in a vehicle magazine, as well as maintaining the standards and conventions of the theme. To do this, I am using modern colours such as whites and greys, as well as some vibrant pops of red and yellow. I also used PNG photos in my magazine, as this is a very modern technique to make images stand out within a magazine page. Graphics -  The graphics I have used in my magazine include text, my logo, slogans and PNG images that I have used purposefully in the double page spread. This is my Masthead/Title, I created this graphic in adobe illustrator using the sherman font from dafont.com.  I created the design of the speedometer by using a circle with an outline, and using the scissors tool...

In this post I am going to include the assets I created for my magazine. I will compare and contrast them to the assets used in other magazines of the same genre. I will compare my initial, RAW photos to the edited version  Mastheads -  To create my masthead, I first looked online at the most popular motoring magazines and found the most common themes of masthead and the certain types of design that these mastheads have used. Car Magazine I first looked at Car magazine's masthead. This masthead uses a serif font which is extremely bold. This masthead is a very good example as it stands out amongst an otherwise cluttered page. This ensures that the name of the magazine would not be missed on a vibrant front cover, which helps the magazine's overall success. However, I think the only reason this masthead could be so simple is that the name of the magazine is exactly what it entails, therefore it would be obvious to the reader. Top Gear Magazine I next looked at Top Gear's Mag...

In this post I will be creating and evaluating production materials that I will be using in the final presentation and final creation of my magazine. Here I will explain how and why I have done certain things in the creation process. Equipment List -  Contact Sheet II (3 sheets) -  Final Magazine Photos -