Creating My Music Magazine

STEP 1:

Here are the images that i decided were the best of the photoshoot i did with ashleigh, which was the first stage before i began to edit my magazine. In order to get the right front cover image I wanted we tried out several poses before deciding that head shots fit best for a magazine cover.

STEP 2:

After i had chosen my image and set it on to photo shop i decided to get a copy of the Q title and past this image in the top left hand corner similar to Q covers I had studied. 

STEP 3:

Next I started to layer up some titles for the magazine, i sampled several different fonts but decided that Capitals Regular was the most similar to the font that Q uses, I also used the Eyedropper tool and selected the red from the Q logo to make sure it matched my the titles perfectly. I thought that red and black would be the best colours to use for my cover as these are the ones most commonly used on Q and give off that genuine Q feel to the magazine. I also decided to make most of my titles about new bands and music as well as interviews as I know that this is what Q is most commonly known for. I decided to make Ashleigh's name the main feature of the magazine title (for the main story), this was inspired by Florence + the Machine's Q cover, showing the audience that its its an interview but making her name bold and large will help the cover stand out and make fans of hers want to read further.

STEP 4:

Lastly, I decided to add a couple extra images from the photo shoot with Ashleigh just above the main title. This helped to fill out the empty gaps and make the cover look more full and realistic, it also would be put in place to give the audience a quick insight to the photo shoot and a taster for what could be inside. 

I also, as a last minuet touch, tried out changing the filter on the background as my original one is totally unedited I decided testing out some filters that might add to the cover. Firstly, i tried black and white. Whilst black and white made the red in the font stand out it didn't add to the cover and took away from the realism of it. Next I tried a dim filter, with altered hue/saturation, and much like the black and white it dulled down the image and took away from the freshness of the original image.