Magazine progress

 Front cover one:

I started of doing my front cover of my first Country magazine. I started off with the main image which is a mid low shot with her staring into the camera lens which is creating direct address to the audience, I have edited the raw images in light room, i wanted something with warm colours which fitted with the idea of country that uses warm natural colours such as green and browns. I put the masthead above the magazine, i used a serif font which links to the name 'Country Classics' since the typography serif is very traditional and classic while being traditionally formal. I made two lines one above the masthead and one underneath like it keeping the masthead trapped and to be noticeable, to informal the audience that the magazine is about classics country. I then added the taglines/cover-line I made them bold to make them stand out. 

I carried on developing the first front cover of the country magazine, i wanted to work on my layout and the typography for the cover-lines which i wanted to work on too. Figuring out the typography was something I had found hard because some of the ones I have used did not fit right and or I did not like them and doing the layout was hard, I moved things upwards and moved the text that was originally on the right side to the left under the main cover-line. I made the main cover-line bigger to signified that was the main topic/news of the magazine. I still used the serif font for the headings to keep the elements with classic and traditional, however for the smaller text, i made a san-serif font because I still wanted to keep hold of the modeness aspect for the younger audience and a san-serif font is known to be more moden and less traditional. I also made the text white to seprate the cover lines to the tag lines and to made the audience eyes be dragged there to let them see who are featured. I added the banner at the bottom of the magazine to let them know whats mentioned in the magazine and what to expect. I also added the date at the top of the magazine underneath the masthead. I used a serif typeface for that.  

  

I added a puff onto the magazine, I used an esclipse tool and copied and pasted it and made it smaller the the other one. With the same font type for my tagline, i made it bolder and moved it onto it side. I also carried on doing my banner and finished that off, the i added the barcode and price. I moved the main coverline to the right hand side because the colour blended in with the background. I also changed the date and the typography for the relased date to the same as mt taglines to make it match. I changed the typography to a san-serif to make the magazine represent the moden aspects as well as the classics which is being shown though the serif front because the serif font is much more classic and traditional whereas with a san-serif font its represent more of the moden aspect and less traditional.  

I changed the typography of the date to a san-serif because I did not like the way the serif looked and I felt like the san-serif fitted better. I then added a puff onto the magazine on the right side to fill in that negative space. 

Content Page one: 

I began to start doing my content page for the first front cover for my magazine. I used the same font for my masthead and for my coverline. I used a grey/white colour that matches the person shirt because the green i use for my masthead was blended into the background, the grey didn't blend in. I began to map out where i wanted my photos and where the text will be. Using a simple square tool, i used it to indicate where the image will be placed. I began to name the different content using the same typface as the heading. I changed the colour of the text back to green but made it lighter because i still wanted to keep my green theme and so it can match my front cover so they link. 

Front cover two: 

content two

plan website-

video plan- introduction to the website and magazine, whats the website/magazine is about and what it entails. Talks about the values of the website and what they are aiming to do.  {19th september}

complete front cover {first cover}- 23-27 september 

Content page {first page}- october

photoshoot- 20th september 

Website progress

 

I have started off with my website by trying to figure out the colour palette and the typography. 

I started on my website design, i used the colour sage green for the background colour which fitted with my logo for the magazine, i want to be able to show that the website and magazine are linked together and are the same. At the very top of the page i began adding the logo, the menu bar, social media links and the search bar. underneath that, i will add the video. At the very bottom, i did the footer. i added a number for the busines/magazine, a email and social media links. 

I got some box's so i can place where i want the images and the text to be for my homepage for a template before adding the image and text. For my homepage i want to have a couple of my magazine and a few articles.

strolling down under the magazine and articles template with the box, i added another box where i want my video to be and under that the core values of my website. 

I went onto my news menu and started placing some boxs where i want the image for my news to be and how many i want. 

i added boxes to the website to plan out where i wanted to added my core values and what values I wanted to add. I also wrote what values that i am wanting to represent in the website. 

I got removed the white box so i could start adding why these are my core values. 

I started adding the photos to my website including making a ranting chart of the best music which includes making a couple of album covers along side making a ranting chart, i wanted to make a tour posted since in my magazine I mentioned in the content pages about tours and the people, i wanted to make a poster with those people so it can have a link back to the magazine. 

I started to add more of my images to the actual website, a few on the home page and a few on the news page too, i also added a line and text so it organised and show what you are expecting next such as the video and the core values, this is to make it clearer of what things are.