Construction - DPS 2

Due to my interview being so long I had to extend my double page spread to another double page spread. As mentioned previously on my blog I decided to not follow the usually trends of magazine that if the interview is too long it will extend to another A4 page rather double page spread like mine did. Nonetheless I repeated majority of the skills/techniques I used on my first double page spread with my second, like keeping the settings the same (orientation - horizontal, and creating six columns).

Just like the first double page spread, I started with my background. Similar to first image it was not long enough so I had to extend it. Using the selection tool, selecting the end section of my image and duplicating it until it was long enough for background.
  
I first started will off with my quote at the top my article 'THE HIGHER YOU GET THE MORE YOUR FRIENDS BECOME FAKE' - I choose this quote because I believed it stood out the most in my interview and it would definitely draw in the attention of readers, I used the font Impact Label and colour black. Next I went on to create three of the boxes using the vector tool where I will place my remaining interview into, I made the outer rectangular burgundy and the inner rectangular white, this ensures my reader will be able to read my interview clearly as the   colour was black and the font was Arial. To highlight the continuation of my article onto the second double page spread I made sure the font and the colour of the font remains the same. I then copied the interview into the last three columns of the six. 

As a bonus feature for my readers I added one of his tracks (wrote down the lyrics that stands out and a small review on what it sounds like. I added all this information into a rectangular vector that I made with the vector tool. I then created another rectangular box which I edited in Photoshop. In Photoshop I changed the colour of the vector to burgundy and then changed the shape using the selection (I continued to cut off each section till it formed a triangle, once again InDesign automatically changed the form of vector through the integration between the two programmes. Due to the clever techniques of InDesign I was able to take off the peak of the triangle, by using clicking on the vector and used the blue line (not the brown line because it would cut the image) to hide the 'pointy' section of the triangle. Using the font American Purpose and the colour white I created the words 'NEW DOHDAN TRACKS'. Under those words I made the words 'THE LOWDOWN' which is in the same font but in the colour black. Feeling in an artistic mood I once again made a vector and edited it in Photoshop, in Photoshop I duplicated the layer till I felt it was long enough, I then flattened the layers which made the vector turn into an image in InDesign. Next I made the words 'HERE"S A TEASER OF WHAT"S TO COME...' in the font Arial and colour white. Finally I used the vector tool and created a skinny long baby blue rectangular box to differentiate between the title of the song and the reviews. 


I made 'IM DA KING...SOUND LIKE...STAND OUT LYRICS' all the same font which was America Pupose. The rest of the words I made the font Arial and the colour actual little. Finishing off the article I created the page numbers at the bottom of the page with the exact same format as the first double page spread.

Construction - DPS 1

To construct my double page spread I used 'In Design'. Using 'In Design' I realised that the programme gives more contact sheet that 'Photoshop' and its results are more neater, orderly - it easily allows me to change the font and layout of my article. I first set up my double page spread by changing the orientation to horizontal and adding six columns (this is the average length and width of double page spread articles). 

Through my researching of double page spreads, I found the articles which used their image as  a background more appealing. However the image which I choose for my double page spread was not long enough moreover through the integration of Photoshop with InDesign, I was able to alter the length of my image. This was done by manipulating the image - using the selection tool I selected the end of the image copied it then pasted it on a new layer. I did this ten times till it looked like this (left side). I then used the blur tool to eliminate the obvious additions of the copied layers. Automatically the new change to image was shown in InDesign. Next I created the box I placed my article, (I made this directly into InDesign rather than Photoshop) using a vector tool and created two rectangular boxes. I made the outer vector baby blue and the inner vector white. Once I had finished making the box for my article, I began on the title of my article - 'EXCLUSIVE IM DA KING'. In making 'EXCLUSIVE IM DA KING' I used the font 'Hollavetica, making 'EXCLUSIVE' the same burgundy that I used on my front cover (to show the consistence of my house style) and made 'IM DA KING' black to contrast with the colour od 'EXCLUSIVE' (making them both stand out). I then added a controversial question 'FOR HOW LONG?' this highlights my artist 'cockiness' as he attempts to answer this question throughout the interview - I made the colour baby blue but changed the font to 'Chewy'. 


Next I added my description of my artist DohDan using the font Arial Bold to either reintroduce or introduce him to my readers. I then copied my article from Microsoft Word into InDesign, into the last two columns of the six that I had created. This automatically gives my article a neat, professional look, I also made the questions burgundy and bold while the answers are in black to differentiate between the two, although I used the same font to not only show consistence but once again professionalism and neatness.

I then used the vector tool and created another rectangular shape near the top of my page. Inside that vector I placed 'B EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW' - in making these words I used a unique selling point that several successful magazines use, which is turning the name of the magazine into a logo. As mentioned on my blog previous turning the name of a magazine into a logo could make the magazine easier to recognise, nonetheless just the letter 'B' was an idea inspired by Q magazine which signature Q is well-known. Therefore in order to make my magazine well interconnected with readers and  professional I used the first letter of the title of my magazine to represent the name 'BUZZIN'. This was simply done by copying the layer 'BUZZIN' into a new document, next I used the section tool (not the crop tool because it would reduce the entire image to the size of what is selected instead of cutting the selected section and leaving the remains of the image) and just like my background image extended the 'B'. The rest of the words (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW) I used the colour burgundy and font Arial. 

To add the finishing touches to my magazine I added my page number to the left side of my magazine - using the vector tool creating a square then  placed the number 25 (same as  mentioned on content page) which was the colour baby blue and font American Purpose. On the bottom right I used the vector tool and created a rectangular tool, inside that rectangular tool I placed the page number, the name of my magazine (BUZZIN), date and the website of my magazine. 

Original and Edited Images

Construction - Content Page

In constructing my content page I used photoshop, in which I began with the outlining of my magazine.

FX Tool

Using a rectangular vector I made a large grey rectangular. Using the same rectangular vector tool i made the division between the music chart list and the other sections. I once again I used the vector tool and created another box in which I would place the list of articles - I added a (black,white and grey) gradient effect onto the box using the FX tool. Originally the rectangular vectors I used to divide my sectors were a dark red however looking from my front cover to the content page I found that baby blue was the dominate colour moreover in order to make the obvious link between the two I changed the vectors to baby blue.

Using the same rectangular vector I created light grey boxes, for different genres of music I am going to list. Using the arrows on the keyboard I was able to do accurate spacing between the light grey boxes. I then used same rectangular vector tools drew up three pairs of rectangular boxes and used it to cut the light grey boxes in half. I Incorporated two of the main colours from my front cover (baby blue and dark red) into two of the pairs of the rectangular vectors and then made the last pair the same colour as the box (dark grey). I then added the list of songs (the font of the titles of the genre of music will be Pro Condensed Bold along with the names of the songs; the name of the artists will be Century). The section in between the vectors I created using the selection tool and created white boxes on top of that I placed numbers (font - Century). Also the headings to music charts (Albums/Singles/This Week) i used the font American Purpose and used baby blue as the colour.




Next the main heading to my music chart I used American Purpose and used the three baby blue, white and a dark burgundy and created 'N0.1 on the chart'. In the top right corner I created a small logo for my music chart. The top half I used the rectangular vector tool and created a white box, on top of that I created (text tool) the word 'Chart's' I changed the colour of the apostrophe from black to baby blue. On the bottom half of my logo I used the rectangular vector tool again and created a black box, in the black box I placed the words 'Hot 100'  (Font - Condensed Arial, colour - red).


Further on I made the a competition box. Using the rectangular vector box again I created a black box and placed a outer glow effect with the FX tool. I then took one of my image and with the magic tool outlined my model and extracted it from the image. Next I duplicated the layer and dragged into my content page, with the transform tool I turned the image 89 degrees anticlockwise to create the impression that the model walking out of the box. With the font American Purpose I made the words 'WIN TICKETS' making sure all the letters were in uppercase to grab my reader's attention and made the colour baby blue to fit in with my house style. The description of the competition (underneath the title) I used the font 'Century' and the colour white (to contrast with the black box) informing my reader more about the competition.


Additionally I imported my masthead from my front cover to my content page in order for it to become more recognisable with my readers, hopefully turning it into a well known logo like 'Q magazine' (the signature Q). To import a file from one another, I had to first duplicate the layer of my masthead and drag it into a new file. From there I saved it as a PNG (flattening the layers together and removing the white background, then imported it. Next I created the words 'Contents' - all letters in uppercase and used the transform tool and rotated the word 180 degrees anticlockwise; shrinking it to size in order for it to fit into the letter 'B' of Buzzin. Underneath Buzzin I created the words 'This Week' - I wanted to show a variety in the fonts I used but not to the extent of making my magazine not look professional moreover I took a front from my front cover that I used probably once or twice (28 Days Later) and made it the font of 'This Week'.

I them took four of my images, using the transform tool and shrank it to fit in the gap I created. On top of the four images I created boxes (vector tool) and placed them in the bottom right corner of my images, on top of the boxes (font - American Purpose) I put numbers that would correspond to the different articles in my magazine.

Next I started working on my list of article sections which I called 'Features' and 'Music'. Using the rectangular vector again I created two white boxes, in those two white boxes (font - American Purpose) I wrote the words 'Feature' and 'Music'. Underneath the feature section I made the colour of the numbers (font - American Purpose) white, the title of the articles (font - Boris Black Boxx) baby blue and the description of each article (font - Century) white. Underneath the music section I made the colour of the numbers (font - American Purpose) and the title of the articles is black (the first and the second to last article are in font - American Purpose and the rest are in font - Century). To the right-hand side of my content page I placed one of my images in which I used the magic wand tool to extract it from its background then rotated it 89 degrees clockwise to give the impression the model is leaning off my content page, on top of that image I used the vector tool and created a box and placed a number inside to correspond to the article in the magazine (font - American Purpose).

Finally I completed the bottom section to my content page which I wanted my readers to read in order to get more information about my magazine. I made three paragraphs, the first paragraph contains information about my magazine website - I made the word 'Online' (font - Boris Black Boxx, colour - Red), on a separate layer I created '.Com Exclusives' (font - American Purpose, colour - Black), the rest of paragraph I used the font Century and made the colour black except from the last line which I Incorporated the colour baby blue. Likewise the same for my second paragraph except it was about upcoming music events, and so on the third paragraph except it was about subscribing to my magazine I also imported a PNG image of my front cover and placed it into my third paragraph as a sample of the magazines they will be subscribing to.

At the bottom of my magazine I placed the page number, name of my magazine, the month of the issue and the website of my magazine. The page number  and the name of my magazine (font - Boris Black Boxx), the month of the issue (font - 28 Days Later), the website of my magazine - I used the same format that I used on my front cover for my magazine website (I used the circular vector tool and  stretched it to make it look like a rectangle with circular edges and made it black. Next I placed the words 'Buzzin' and 'Com' along with a circlular vector on top of it, the font I used for 'Buzzin'  and 'Com' was 28 Days Later.

Flat Plan - Content page

Before making my content page in Photoshop, I drew up a flat plan with annotations in order to guide, along with one that I made using microsoft word.

  = Buzzin
 Font to be American Purpose | gradient effect (same as masthead - consisting of baby blue, black and white).

 = Content

White, small enough to fit inside the letter 'B' | font similar to Buzzin; American Purpose.

 = This Week

Font that would contrast with American Purpose (Buzzin) but does not deter the attention from the title (Buzzin) | Font will be 28 Days later in order to keep the consistency with the fonts I use; 28 Days Later has been used on my front cover. 

= Strip 

Will be baby blue

= 4 Boxes 

This is the section I am going to place four images, using a selling point from Q magazine that speeds up the process of what the costumer wants to read by looking at the images | inside the boxes, on top of the images there will be smaller boxes which will include the page numbers corresponding to the images in the boxes.

= Background

Background of this section will be gradient effect, using the background colours black, white and grey. This section will consist of the features and music.

= Image 

Rotating the image 89 degrees to make it seem like he is leaning off the page | white box on the image will be used to write the page number. 

= Feature and Music Box

White box around each word | Font will be American Purpose | Colour of words will be black to replicate the desaturated image of my model on my front cover | listed articles will have a number before it (colour white), the title of the article; blue and the details regarding the article (description) will be in white.

= Bar

Blue bar on top will be 70% baby blue and the rest black.

= Background 

Background of this section will be white.

= Section
Online/Event/Subs - red | font will be American Purpose | Award/Buzzin.com will be in black and the font will also American Purpose | Paragraph for each section will be in black except for the last line which will contain words that are in baby blue.

= Chart's Hot 100
Upper half white with word 'Chart' in black and apostrophe in baby blue | Font will be in American Purpose | Lower half  'Hot 100' in red (same red as the red as 'The Week' and the background will be black.


= N0.1 On The Chart
Letter 'N' and the number '1' will be in white while | Number '0' will be baby blue | The dot will be in very dark burgendy (A letters, font and punctation will be in the font American Purpose).
= Box
'On The Chart's will be in a white rectangular box | Font will be American Purpose - 'N0.1' will be smaller to reduce the focus.

= Box
Background grey (it will correspond with house style).
= Album/Singles/This Week
Will be in baby blue |  Font will be American Purpose
= Song

Catergories of the songs listed will be Myraid Pro Condensed Bold and in uppercase (size will vary on space) | Name of songs will be in Myraid Pro Condensed Bold and the name of the artist will be in Century.




= Competition Box
Box will be black | 'Win Tickets' will be baby blue | Description will be white to create the contrast with the black background | The image will be rotate anti-clockwise 89 degrees.

Front cover

Content Page

Construction - Front Cover

I created a white background in order to create that smooth contrast between the desaturated image and the white background. Next following my flat plans I made a strapline, creating a black box to separate the strapline from the rest of the magazine. I Then used two different fonts (Boris Black Boxx and American Purpose) which I downloaded from dafont.com to create the strapline, Boris Black Boxx being the smaller font and American Purpose the larger font. Additionally I used the three colours RED|WHITE|BLUE not only because of my house style but because I did not want the strapline to go unnoticed.

Using the font American Purpose I created my masthead which originally was just baby blue, however I felt like my masthead needed to 'speak more volume'. I wanted the masthead to mimic the motion of what it actually meant; 'Buzzin' - colloquial word that portrays the motion of a vibrant emotion. Moreover to 'spice it up' I added a gradient to it which I believe and hope it catches people attention.

Further on I decided to start with the left-hand side of my magazine, in which I needed to create the artist name. I used the font American Purpose in order to show the equality in importance of the name of magazine and the artist being featured on the front cover. Following my house style I made the colour of the artist name red, plus bold is a bright enough colour and it links in with the colour of his snapback (hat).

Next I created a box which appears to be white with a burgundy outline - I created two new layers each layer had the same size box, one white, one burgundy. I then used the transform tool (CMD+T) and decreased the size of white box to fit inside the burgundy box. Nonetheless to prevent the stress of if wanting to reposition the boxes (meaning moving individual layers separating) I merged the layers making it one whole object. After that added the word 'exclusive', capital words to make it seem of important and joined it to the already merged layers. Overall all three layers were merged together. I also used the American Purpose again to just flow with my house style. Furthermore underneath that I created what I would call the second most important aspect of the magazine, the quote of the artist. The quote of the artist is what would encourage a buyer to buy the magazine, therefore I am fully aware that the quote will have to be effective. From my researched I found that my favourite music magazine Vibe magazine make their coverlines as controversy as possible creating attention. Likewise I quoted 'I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE SAY I'M BETTER THAN JAYZ' . Jay-z being an well known international rapper will definitely catch people attention.

In addition I created the boxes with the words 'NEW SOUND' and 'FRESH TEENS'. New sound fitted with with the background and the foreground. While I had a problem with Fresh Teens from opinion of two people I found out that my 'FRESH TEENS' was difficult to read. Using the font Abadi MT Condensed Light (which I made a bold) it went from red|baby blue|blue|sky blue.

I then a made box which I would call interaction box, a technique that many magazine use as a selling point, giving the buyer the impression they are buying more for the price of less. By creating this box I am involving my buyer and giving them the opportunity of winning one of our magazine luxuries. I created this box using the same methods I used in making the previous box. Two layers with the same size boxes which are then altered for the white box to fit in the burgundy box. Then merge together to reduce the stress of having to moving everything individual when reposition. Then I added in text using the colour red 'SCAN TO SEE IF YOU'VE WON THIS WEEK' which is in font Abadi MT Condensed Light. Using Google images i found the blackberry pin image and the bar code image in which I included it into the box. Next I decided to make my own website address 'BUZZIN.COM'  because from my research I gathered that majority of music magazine have website for buyers to go and view for further information on the magazine, nonetheless I made my own website. I used the font (28 DAYS LATER) because I wanted my front cover to have a variety in font but not to the extent of making the whole page look compact but have an edge. Additionally my full stop in the email address was made using two circles (same technique as the technique used to make the boxes). However once I had finished putting everything together in the box I realised that the box looked typical so I decided to enhance the name of the magazine, by putting a black box behind it, I also changed the colour of 'COM' to grey to show a variety is colour at the same time sticking to house style.                          

Moving on to the right-hand side I created another coverline which I made sure identified the genre HIPHOP|RAP. Sticking to my house style I used the colours BLACK and RED. I made the colour of the word MC a faded red because I wanted the word 'HARDEST' to stand out the most but then the 'penny dropped' and I realised that 'HARDEST' is seven letters long compared to 'MC' which is just two letters long. Moreover 'HARDEST' will stand out regardless, so I changed the colour to the same colour as the word hardest. 

Following on I made another cover line, which basically showed a glimpse of some of the artist that would be featuring in my magazine. I made sure all the artists I used were well known artist, to imply that my magazine is professional and well interconnected with well respected artists. So far I hadn't used the colour baby blue a lot do I decided to take the baby blue from the gradient and black to create and blue and black better with the artists names. I used two fonts American Purpose and Abadi MT Condensed Light - American Purpose being the bolder font and condensed font being Abadi MT.