Stages of Front Page

Stage 1

This is the first stage of my front cover for my magazine. Firstly I went through my photos and chose the two that I liked the best and thought would be a good front cover image. I then created two different front covers to see which one worked out the best. I added two layers of text for the masthead doing ‘Country’ in Castellar font and then ‘Notes’ in Segoe Print. On the first cover I coloured the font in brown and in the second one I coloured the masthead in white and brown. I then added the date, issue number, price and website in brown on the first one and white on the second, to in keep with the colour theme. I then added an image of a bar code on the cover underneath the right side of the masthead. Once I had done that I then added the big feature name ‘Lucy Sirett’ ¾ of the way down the page. On the first cover I put the font in purple and on the second one in green, in differing fonts. By looking at the two front covers and listening to some outside opinion and feedback I chose to continue with the first front cover. Once I had made my decision I used the eraser to rub out the bottom of the masthead so that it looked like the image was in front of the magazine title. I prefer the first front cover, as the image is light, which creates a ligh

t and summery feel to the magazine, which is what I wanted. The second magazine cover had a too darker feel to it and the background would have been tricky to put text over along with a colour that wouldn’t clash. The brown colour on ‘Notes’ I feel clashed too much with the background therefore if I continue with the second front cover I would have had to of changed my colour theme.

Stage 2

For my second stage I added a rectangle shape and filled in the colour of a pale mint green. I then added

text ‘Exclusive’ over the top of that in font Impact. Along the bottom of the page I changed the font and the colour of the feature heading ‘Lucy Sirett’ to font Modern No. 20 and a dark pink. I then added some text underneath in Handwriting- Dakota to explain the headlining star. I prefer the colour change to the heading, as it is a bett

er contrast to the colour theme than the purple that I had used before hand. I also think the font contrasts better and fits in better with my country theme.

Stage 3

In my third stage of the magazine I began adding subtitles to the side of the page. I used them in the same colour as the feature heading and used Times New Roman font. For the ‘CrystalMusicAwards’ I created a bigger, different font and more of a logo heading for the subtitle and layered it over the top of ‘Behind the scenes’ to make it stand out more. I also move the ‘Exclusive’ heading up the page a bit more to make room for the titles.

Stage 4

For the fourth stage of my magazine I removed the black‘CrystalMusicAwards’ as I didn’t think that it looked very professional and replaced it with just the same text as the rest of the heading. I then added more heading and typed them in alternating colours, the same as the masthead to in keep with my colour theme. I also made the ‘CrystalMusicAwards’ bigger than the rest of the subtitles so that is stood out more, as it was a bigger story than the others.

Stage 5

For the fifth and final stage I kept most of it the same with only a few small changes. On the left hand side of the page I moved the heading ‘Exclusive’ and all the subtitles further up along the page to make room for an extra title. I then changed the type of font underneath the featuring header ‘Lucy Sirett’ and changed the font to segoe print, so that it would stand out more. I then added another heading underneath that to add more big names to the front of the magazine. I then added a pug underneath the bar code to advertise a competition. Once I had made my changes I felt that my magazine was complete.