29th January 2010

In today’s session I have been working on completing my first mock up, after deciding with my class peers to base my magazine on the theme of karaoke in the presentation last week. As I am yet to take any original images I have been working out my layout using images from the internet. This way, when i do have my own pictures to use, i can simply just switch them and use the same design.

I am really happy with the masthead and I think that I will keep it to incorporate in my final piece, although the colour may change depending on the image used on the front cover.
I also quite like the positioning of the model, and so I will try to capture a singular, close up shot to use.

In this second stage of construction i decided to try moving the main story to cover over the image itself and i think it works quite well. This way. i also have more to add more stories.

I am not sure whether or not i will keep the green and purple blocks to hold the other content. i think it works well with this front image because it is a really bright and eye catching contrast to the black background. however, i feel that it looks a little tacky and so this may be something i readdress later on in the project.

I also added a caption above the masthead, acting as a slogan for the magazine, to give potential readers more of an idea of what the magazine is about without necessarily opening up.

In this stage I added some magazine content to the front page. I also added the small details such as a bar code. issue number and date, and price.

although i am not whether or not i will keep the layout design for the content, i do think that it has worked reasonably well, and so i will reconsider its use when i have my original images.